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Knife Wielder

In the shadows...

Joined
28 Aug 08
Moves
76086
13 Dec 10

Why doesn't game explorer ever update its game database? It has sat at the same numbers of games since I started paying attention to it, which was a long time ago...
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e4

Joined
06 May 08
Moves
42492
13 Dec 10

Because....and I know you will find this hard to believe.

No new games have been played since the last update.

Every game that has been played since the last update is just a repeat of
a game already in the RHP Database.

When Russ loads in the new Database it automatically does a 'doubler'
search and stops any doublers from getting in.

If you really want to get a game into the Games Explorer DB then start
with 1.f3 and 2 g4. or 1.g4 and 2.f3.

If you check the DB you will find no games with those two opening moves.

Good Luck.

d

Joined
27 May 10
Moves
3733
14 Dec 10

There is surely NO way that there have been no new 'original' games played.

Does that mean every single mistake has been made before? Because if so.... ;-;

S

Joined
27 Apr 07
Moves
119321
14 Dec 10

Wowzers.

How deep does it go? All the way through the games, or just a few moves in?

I can't believe all my crappy games have been entirely played out before. If so, I should be playing those folks.

g

Joined
20 Jul 10
Moves
1072
14 Dec 10

I pray to GOD that the last two posts were meant as sarcasm.

S

Joined
27 Apr 07
Moves
119321
14 Dec 10

Nope.

g

Joined
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Moves
1072
14 Dec 10

😞

S

Joined
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14 Dec 10

I have never experienced the game explorer, so forgive my ignorance.

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14 Dec 10

Originally posted by SmittyTime
I have never experienced the game explorer, so forgive my ignorance.
http://www.chessatwork.com/gamesexplorer/

Knife Wielder

In the shadows...

Joined
28 Aug 08
Moves
76086
15 Dec 10

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Because....and I know you will find this hard to believe.

No new games have been played since the last update.

Every game that has been played since the last update is just a repeat of
a game already in the RHP Database.

When Russ loads in the new Database it automatically does a 'doubler'
search and stops any doublers from getting in.

If ...[text shortened]... .f3.

If you check the DB you will find no games with those two opening moves.

Good Luck.
When was the last update, or when is the next one? Because my games aren't in there, and it says 'no games have gone past this point' when I try.
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g

Joined
20 Jul 10
Moves
1072
15 Dec 10

The next update is Monday.

t
King of the Ashes

Trying to rise ....

Joined
16 Jun 04
Moves
63851
15 Dec 10

Originally posted by gorookyourself
The next update is Monday.
Which Monday?

k

Joined
14 Nov 10
Moves
2197
16 Dec 10

The one immediately after Sunday

-k

DTG

Joined
07 Apr 10
Moves
8856
18 Dec 10

There may be a bug in the 'de-doubler' code. In some games I refer to the database until it runs out of moves. I don't have any games in the db and I've played more than a handful of games where I know the database didn't have the move I (or my opponent) made.

I've spent a teeny amount of time doing this-I wrote a simple chess program not too long ago. It included a database, but not a 'de-doubled' database. I could imagine a scenario where the FEN stored in the RHP db is from a game where the position was reached several moves later and the de-doubler incorrectly drops games where the position is reached sooner in a later game.

e4

Joined
06 May 08
Moves
42492
18 Dec 10

It's a minor flaw in the program.

The doubler detector kicks in after just two moves.

So games that begin 1.e4 e5 or 1.d4 d5 or 1.Nf3 Nf6 etc etc get stopped.

That is why you should start with 1.f3 2.g4. That will work.