Please sort my opponent's finished games by default by BKR decending.

E.g.: *link to a member's profile deleted*

I would like to see the "finished game section" ordered by BKR decending by default. In order to make it easier to detect, which his favorite - or best - games are ...

Thank you!

*I don't think a link to a particular player's profile page is necessary. Your request is clear enough without it. The member might not appreciate his profile being held as an example.*

A major feature request I have is:

Please offer an new - additional - option to select colours dependend on (BKR) ratings.

I'm rather annoyed, that it currently required, to check out, whether it is "fair" to challenge a yet unknown opponent either with Black or White.

Thus I ask you to introduce a new option "colour choice depends on (BKR) rating" for new game invitations, which should be based upon my and my oppentents rating as well as upon then stats for the already finished games that particular game.

Kind regards,
Frank (frs)

For Froglet, Battleboats and BK newbies the "your color" info on "new game" pages and the "game list" status page is a little confusing.

Neither Froglet nor Battleboats feature White or Black pieces. And not every BK newbie knows that "your color: white" is intended to mean "you are the player to move first".

I suggest to clarify this by renaming these pieces of info into something like "first move: [my nick] | [opponent's nick]" or "first moving player: you | opponent".

bumble to red dragon: You won't have any problem unless some idiot mentions auto-pass.

Does someone want to ask for an auto-resign-feature? >;-> 'd be very useful for already hopelessly lost but not yet finished games. ;-)

Does someone know how to change the font type of game notes into a mono-spaced (non-proportial) font?

In Dark Chess games I trace my opponents pieces by logging a comment like

# 2:

- ABCDEFGH

8 r?b?k??r
7 ????-???
6 ???????-
5 ???-p--?
4 ----P---
3 ---P----
2 PPP-PPPP
1 RNBQKBNR

at the game notes field (which is not visible for the opponent).

Unfortunately the default font type of game notes is a proportinal one, i.e. each character is displayed with an indivial length.

I already tried to enclose my notes into <TT> </TT> and <CODE> </CODE> HTML tags which are usually displayed mono-spaced, but I didn't work: BK seems to ignore or escape these tags ...

> What other BK developers?

@ Fencer: I didn't excpected it's "only" you, who cares for code development and code improvemtents.

I thought, it 'd need more people to develop, run and admin a site like BrainKing.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for considering and implementing not to display inactive players at BK's rating lists (by default) anymore.

(The more or less interesting details are explained and listed below ...)

@ BBW (and Fencer and other BK devolpers):

When I'm looking at the rating list of a particular game, my main interest is to find players/potential opponents, who are still interested in that game. And who 'll maybe accept a game invitation.

I assume that someone, who haven't played at least one game during the recent months, have lost his interest in that (particular type of) game.

Thus I suggest, that inactive players should NOT be listed at the rating list of that particular game by default anymore. (And I appreciate to add a new option / filter criterium "show all users", which includes inactive players.)

In my opion it 'd be useful to define "inactive player" as: Has currently no running game (of that particular type) AND has not finished at least one game (of that particular type) during the last 120 days.

I'd appreciate, 1) that players who haven't finished at least one game during the last six months aren't displayed in BK's default rating list of that particular game. I.e.: 1.1) By default BK's rating list should display only players who are still playing and who are still interested in this game. 1.2) For historical reasons an additional rating list option "show all ratings" (including inactive players) would be useful.

Furthermore I'd appreciate, 2) that the rating of a player who has stopped playing a particular game "decreases by time". For example: Not having finished at least one game during the last 3 months AND not having at least one running game, counts as about one lost game in terms of rating.

My suggestion: Inactive players' BKR should be decreased by 1% per month, i.e.: A 2000-player will lose 20 points/month (or 5 points/week), a 1500-player 15 points/month (or 4 points/week), if he isn't playing and hasn't played at least one game during the last 3 months.

It 'd encourage players to defend their BKR, 'd help to keep the rating list up-to-date, and historical ratings 'd be still visible via the "show all ratings" option.

Example: The rating of a 2000-player 'd drop to 1980 after 3 months of inactivity, to 1921 (after 6 months), to 1864 (after 9 months) and to 1827 (after 12 months). Those of a 1500-player to 1485 (after 3 months), 1440 (6 mon), 1398 (9 mon) and 1370 (12 mon). A 1000-player: 990 (3 mon), 960 (6 mon), 931 (9 mon) and 913 (12 mon).