"Recent checkmates" on home page

I note that the three chessboards on the home page are now "recent checkmates".

Sadly, I am now less likely to spend any time looking at those boards. I find that the games worth exploring are those between strong players; and those games tend to end in resignation, not checkmate.

What do you think?

I like "recent checkmates" more than I liked "recent games". I've run into some very interesting mating positions by looking at it. It's not the page of the site where you'll stay for long anyway, so it has more of a decorative purpose.

wow i didnt even notice they changed them

also found these 2 links
http://www.timeforchess.com/chess/grandmaster-games/index.php
http://www.timeforchess.com/chess/openings/index.php

when were these added?

I don't know, but they're very cool.

Originally posted by O Artem O
also found these 2 links
http://www.timeforchess.com/chess/grandmaster-games/index.php
http://www.timeforchess.com/chess/openings/index.php

Originally posted by Jigtie
Excellent! Added to my favourites. 😀

I think Russ must be fulfilling a few New Year's resolutions.

Originally posted by John of Reading
I note that the three chessboards on the home page are now "recent checkmates".

Sadly, I am now less likely to spend any time looking at those boards. I find that the games worth exploring are those between strong players; and those games tend to end in resignation, not checkmate.

What do you think?

It gets worse: they aren't "Recent checkmates" at all!

I spotted an odd mating position that I thought I'd seen on the home page before, clicked through, and found that that the game ended in January 2009. A few more tries and I find games that ended in November/December 2008. What is the point?

There are much better ways to find games between strong players than using the 3 boards on the front page [no matter what they might show].

SG is of course correct.

I don't even look at the front screen.

I spend a fair while (waiting for my opponents to move) just
scanning their games looking for what may have been an
interesting game.

I've leaned on this site quite heavily over the past few months for
my column.

http://chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandler.php

This place is a gold mine of games good and bad.

I just wish there was someway you could access them all in one
big DB. You could do a positon search and find out how many players
have fallen for a Scholars type mate