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I think it was mentioned that flashing avatars would be disallowed. I hope that is still the case as the constant movement when studying a game can be very offputting as well as possibly giving headaches etc if you saw it for too long. I don't want to sound melodramatic but they certainly make me feel ill quite quickly.

Originally posted by mghrn55
Question ...... when a pawn reaches the 8th rank, the promotion defaults to a Queen.

If a player wants to promote to other than a queen, how is it done ?

Originally posted by Kewpie
There's a drop-down selection box showing the default (queen) which you click on if you want one of the other choices. It's now done BEFORE you submit the move, so it can't mangle the game the way the old system used to if the promoted piece wasn't selected.

Russ .... would it be possible to re-instate the game count on the game list ?
We used to have it.....

If it is showing somewhere and I have missed it let us know.
At present I have to go into my player profile to find out how many games I have in progress.
Needless to say...... a pain in the $%#@ !!

Click on Manage Folders and it gives you number of games in Inbox. Provided you do your housekeeping promptly it's the same number as games in progress, and only one quick click and back to My Games.

Originally posted by Russ
This issue has now been fixed, the preference was maintained during the session, but if you closed your browser, the preference was lost.

You may need to set your preference one last time, but it will now be retained between sessions.

Originally posted by mghrn55
Russ .... would it be possible to re-instate the game count on the game list ?
We used to have it.....

If it is showing somewhere and I have missed it let us know.
At present I have to go into my player profile to find out how many games I have in progress.
Needless to say...... a pain in the $%#@ !!

the "Help " button is gone. Where is it? I have no board on my screen when I log on so I cannot move.

Originally posted by Peta Pan
the "Help " button is gone. Where is it? I have no board on my screen when I log on so I cannot move.

Originally posted by johnnybike
I think it was mentioned that flashing avatars would be disallowed. I hope that is still the case as the constant movement when studying a game can be very offputting as well as possibly giving headaches etc if you saw it for too long. I don't want to sound melodramatic but they certainly make me feel ill quite quickly.

Originally posted by fabphil39
In analyze mode, after accidental selecting the wrong piece, you used to be able to click on the same square to reset it.

An additional lag before a "drag" move starts has been introduced for mobile devices to help prevent accidental moves of pieces.

Originally posted by Russ
This is now back in. The intention was not to remove it during the update.

Originally posted by mghrn55
Thank you ......

Now I see something else....
I just offered a draw and in viewing my games, I can't tell that game apart
from the other games awaiting opponents move.

Old screen used to display "opponent's decision".
Bringing up the game doesn't help either.

As usual, if I am missing something, let me know.....

Thanks....

Originally posted by venda
Yes it is different.
When I offered a draw , I went back into the game and somwhere it said something like "a draw has been offered with your last move", but the opponents decision message was more helpful.