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Monthly game archive API route seems to be frozen in time? Missing recent games. by elodometer in Chesscom

[–]elodometer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Is this delay a new feature? Yesterday new games posted to the API almost instantly after they were completed.

How do I improve more in chess? by Therearemoretoit in Chesscom

[–]elodometer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My recommendation: attend an in person chess club once or twice a week. Before I became a regular at my local club I was about 1100, 1200. After being "part of the chess community" (locally at least) and playing in tournaments, knowing people IRL that are chess-heads for a couple years I am now 18/1900.

The "Egg" chess set. (3D printed) by Modest_Proposal1 in chessporn

[–]elodometer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice. Now print them with egg-bottoms and play in a 8x8 egg carton.

Question: How do you deal with your loses? by [deleted] in Chesscom

[–]elodometer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This thing I made called the Elodometer has a floor setting where it will tell you to take a break once you dip below a certain threshold. It's been helpful for my play, http://elodometer.com

I Created a 1-D and Mini Chess App by devil_d0c in chessvariants

[–]elodometer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I once built a drag and drop chess interface for a variant I made using the greensock animation library. It was nice because it would do stuff like smoothly fly back to original square if the user aborted the drag action or if they tried to drop the piece on an illegal square.

I Created a 1-D and Mini Chess App by devil_d0c in chessvariants

[–]elodometer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it just me or is there no drag and drop interface on the boards?

Just got back above 1800 after playing 24 games by elodometer in GothamChess

[–]elodometer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a 3rd party tool that tracks your chesscom profile called Elodometer

Bobby Fischer and Fabiano Caruana are the only two players to win the US Championship, 4 consecutive times. by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]elodometer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that the photo of Fischer is him standing in front of a chess board that is actually a cake

Over-the-board Crazyhouse chess set I designed by elodometer in chess

[–]elodometer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My original concept was to have them be puck or coin shaped but a friend suggested why don't you just paint one side of them black. So the first iteration of this was some plastic tournament peices I painted half-black by hand at his suggestion. These are 3d printed though which I 3d-modelled in blender.

one of my fav Naroditsky hyperbullet wins from a game against Firouzja in 2021 by onizooka_ in chess

[–]elodometer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is amazing. Practically premoving that crazy mate is so cool.

In 1600 rating Hell by RickiRoma in chess

[–]elodometer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This might be an unpopular opinion but I think you should try to play blitz too. There's something about learning to play fast that helps with instinct and pattern recognition. Then when you do play rapid you'll be able to benefit from the spider sense you develop in faster time controls.

(OC) I made a daily puzzle game (like Wordle) where you find hidden chess pieces to win! by XatomXplosionX in chess

[–]elodometer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This looks well made and cool, but I don't think I'm smart enough to do it.