WHAT'S NEW ON GAMEKNOT:

August 21, 2007: Emergency game postponement

Announcing a new GameKnot feature: automatic emergency postponement.

July 25, 2007: Publish a game

You can use GameKnot's free interactive chess game viewer "iChess" to publish chess games on your own website or blog.

May 1, 2007: Player stats

Player stats are now available broken down into 3 different time periods: past 90 days, past year and all rated games. "Past year" and "all games" stats do not include the first 20 rated games (i.e. the provisional rating period). Also, the up and down arrows denote whether the corresponding number is above or below the same stat in the next tab (i.e. "past 90 days" numbers relative to the "past year", and "past year" relative to "all games" tab).

March 13, 2007: Analyze the board

Several additions to "analyze the board" page: animation of the movement of chess pieces (speed can be set via "Options..." link located at the bottom of the page), possible valid moves are shown when a chess piece is selected (also optional) and, long overdue, checkmate detection has been added as well.

March 3, 2007: Annotated games

It is now possible for other players to add comments to annotated games (in effect, kibitzing). Also, linking directly to a specific annotated game (with comments) from your own website.

February 27, 2007: Avatars

By popular demand, the maximum avatar size has been increased for premium subscribers to 50x40 pixels. Also, avatars are now being shown in club forum posts.

February 16, 2007: Customize active games list

The active games list can now be customized by adding a new column showing each game's relative score (i.e. the material value of pieces remaining on the board).

January 15, 2007: Team ladder

A new form of team competition is now available: Team ladder (rules).

August 8, 2006: Club forums

By popular demand, it is now possible to post chess diagrams in the club forums. Simply use fen= code followed by a FEN notation in quotation marks to insert a chess diagram for any given position on the board. For example, the following code will produce a chess diagram of the position on the board after 1. e4:
fen="rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b"

July 21, 2006: Annotated games

It is now possible to filter (or search) the annotated games list using several different criteria (the link is located above the annotated games list).

July 15, 2006: Annotated games

It is now possible to export PGN for annotated games and also if you start a new game from scratch, it is possible to import a PGN notation for the entire game, so you don't have to enter it move by move (with notes too!). The "import PGN" function is also useful if you have a PGN notation for a game (from a magazine or another website) and would like to replay the game on the board without manually entering each move.

July 9, 2006: Annotated games

It is now possible to annotate games (i.e. add notes for each of the moves in a game) using the link located below the game board. You can do it privately for your own games to keep track of their progress, or you can make public annotations for your own or someone else's games.

March 21, 2006: Analyze the board

The new version of "analyze the board" page now supports pawn promotions and you can optionally allow only the legal moves to be accepted.

March 11, 2006: Analyze the board

"Analyze the board" page has been updated with many new features, including fully dynamic tracking of your moves and the captured pieces. It might not be fully compatible with the older web browsers, so please make sure to update yours to the latest available version -- Firefox, Internet Explorer -- or use the "old version" link.

February 23, 2006: Clubs

A list of most active club forums (based on the number of posts in the last 10 days) and a list of active message threads in all club forums are now available.

February 13, 2006: Bookmarks

You can now bookmark frequently visited pages for one-click access (bookmarks can be accessed by moving your mouse over "more options" item in the menu).

January 15, 2006: Avatars

It is now possible to upload an image to be shown as your avatar in all your games.

September 22, 2005: RSS feed

RSS 2.0 feed is now available with the list of games in which it is your turn to move. Look for the orange RSS icon near the bottom of your active games page.

September 12, 2005: Online chess games database

It is now possible to perform a search for all previous positions in a game, if the current position on the board cannot be found in the database.

May 21, 2005: Conditional moves

By popular demand, conditional moves are now available on GameKnot. After making your move, you can now enter a response to any future move by your opponent. If your opponent makes a move that you predicted, your next move will be automatically submitted by the system as per your instructions. The link to conditional moves can be found directly below the game board.

April 11, 2005: Personal chess games database

Do you like our online chess games database? You can now have your own past games organized the same way, with the same detailed stats.

April 2, 2005: GameKnot clubs

Several new features and minor fixes (including the ability to upload a club picture). A link to GameKnot clubs is also in the main menu now.

March 26, 2005: GameKnot clubs

Introducing an entirely new feature -- GameKnot clubs (currently in beta stage).

March 12, 2005: Chess teams

A short note can now be added to most of team related actions (joining, leaving, challenges, etc.).

February 22, 2005: Profile

A larger size of the chess board can now be used when the large chess set is selected in the player's profile.

February 15, 2005: Premium memberships

The premium membership system has been updated to allow for easy upgrades from one level to another at any time by paying only the difference in subscription rates (excluding certain conditions).

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