2009-10-08

New chat rules

We restricted access to the chat. Now everyone can view it, but only registered members can post messages. We will use this oportunity to also establish some rules for the chat:

- Respect others. ChessBomb has multinational audience, and different people may root for different players.

- No insults. No swearing. No profanity.

- The official language of the chat is English. Occasionally posting in another language is fine, but don't overdo it.

We don't have real-time moderation yet, but will ban accounts from the chat for repeatedly violating these rules.

P.S. The bug which caused the chat to lag (and also slow the rest of the site) should hopefully be fixed now.

2009-09-28

Nanjing Pearl Spring 2009

The very strong Nanjing Pearl Spring 2009 tournament starts today.

The list of participants:
  • Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) - ELO 2813
  • Magnus Carlsen (Norway) - ELO 2772
  • Peter Leko (Hungary) - ELO 2762
  • Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) - ELO 2757
  • Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) - ELO 2742
  • Wang Yue (China) - ELO 2736
The games start at 7:00 AM GMT each playing day. SuperGM Rybkovich will analyze them live on ChessBomb as usual.