ChessBase Support

New ratings on playchess.com

Answer

The new starting screen of the program allows to access directly with a click on your mouse any one of the different ways of using it which are on offer.

Thus the program places the relevant functions in the appropriate menu bar and these allow the user to concentrate on the work he or she wishes to do.

Login

Many of the web based functions of the program require you to have a registered ChessBase Account. You can register for such a ChessBase Account with the serial number of the program or you can use the latter to extend the validity of an existing account. So that the user does not constantly have to enter login data, the program offers the option of a permanent login for the use of the web-based services. One typical example would be the use of the chess server.

This launches the following login dialog.

“Create new player name” allows new users to create a new player name.

The status of your ChessBase Account is also displayed in the upper part of the screen.

With a click on your player name you can directly change the settings on your account. “Remember password” makes it easier whenever you restart the program, since you will not have to enter your access data on each occasion.

After logging on, you can simply try out whether the login has worked. Clicking on “Playchess.com” in the bottom left of the screen starts access to the chess server with your user name.

So, unlike in previous versions of the program, there is no need for you to input your access data afresh because the login now follows on “centrally”.

After logging on, you can simply try out whether the login has worked. Clicking on “playchess.com” starts access to the chess server with your user name.

This principle is repeated in those windows which require a login to a server.

From the starting screen these are specifically:

1. Chess server: login follows automatically. You can get going straight away. Here the starting screen is different according to particularly popular usages and playing modes.

“Follow live games”, for example, allows you direct access to the most important grandmaster games currently being broadcast!

2. Access to the available WebApps. Here too login is done automatically by clicking on the desired App.

The access client offers a new rating, “Pool Blitz”.

In this mode the server automatically pairs the two players for the game. The main criterion it uses for this is the rating the two players have achieved. Wherever possible the server pairs players whose ratings are at approximately the same level.

All the settings you had chosen in the Formula are thus ignored by the program when it is in this pairing mode. The advantage of this way of assigning opponents consists of the fact that a player will be able to achieve a realistic rating relatively quickly.

If you prefer to find possible opponents as you usually did via the Formula option, you can as usual issue your challenges for “classic” blitz games.