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Blitz and rapid rated are possible in Lichess!!
Jaume Martínez@jaume-martinez-vanaclocha
41 Posts
#1 · January 30, 2021, 8:34 am
Quote from Jaume Martínez on January 30, 2021, 8:34 amHello friends!
I have just installed the new software for playing online (Certabo Online 5.0). I found it close to the Bluetooth accesory: https://www.certabo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Certabo_OTB_5.0_64bit.zip
I have tested it with my Lucien chessboard and it works for any time control rated and unrated!! My surprise! In my opinion there is no sense to play quick games with the electronic chessboard (it is almost impossible with less than 5 seconds of increment), but it is a very good new that you can play rated rapid games than before were forbidden (for example 5+5 or 10+10 because the minimum rated time control was 15+10 ) or blitz games like 5+3 (if you are very fast with mind and hands, you can try).
Info: you cannot play this kind of games with the other sofware that only works with classic (rated and casual) or rapid (all casual and rated slower than 15+10). You have to install the Certabo Online 5.0 software.
Thank again to Pietro and his team for this improvement, but I suggest him to show this new software in the downloads page because right now it is no showned: https://www.certabo.com/download/
I would suggest a new improvement for the certabo chessboard: make time piece recognition faster. Right now it is around 2-3 seconds, if you add the time to do the rival move it means that you need minimum 5 seconds per move. If you can reduce the time recognition faster than one second it will be great. If you waste 1.5 seconds less per move, it means one minute more for the game in a 40 moves game. You know the time preassure is so hard in chess.
Thank you very much for making our chess live better.
Hello friends!
I have just installed the new software for playing online (Certabo Online 5.0). I found it close to the Bluetooth accesory: https://www.certabo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Certabo_OTB_5.0_64bit.zip
I have tested it with my Lucien chessboard and it works for any time control rated and unrated!! My surprise! In my opinion there is no sense to play quick games with the electronic chessboard (it is almost impossible with less than 5 seconds of increment), but it is a very good new that you can play rated rapid games than before were forbidden (for example 5+5 or 10+10 because the minimum rated time control was 15+10 ) or blitz games like 5+3 (if you are very fast with mind and hands, you can try).
Info: you cannot play this kind of games with the other sofware that only works with classic (rated and casual) or rapid (all casual and rated slower than 15+10). You have to install the Certabo Online 5.0 software.
Thank again to Pietro and his team for this improvement, but I suggest him to show this new software in the downloads page because right now it is no showned: https://www.certabo.com/download/
I would suggest a new improvement for the certabo chessboard: make time piece recognition faster. Right now it is around 2-3 seconds, if you add the time to do the rival move it means that you need minimum 5 seconds per move. If you can reduce the time recognition faster than one second it will be great. If you waste 1.5 seconds less per move, it means one minute more for the game in a 40 moves game. You know the time preassure is so hard in chess.
Thank you very much for making our chess live better.
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Last edited on January 30, 2021, 8:35 am by Jaume Martínez
Pietro@pietro-mandurino
349 Posts
#2 · February 2, 2021, 9:18 pm
Quote from Pietro on February 2, 2021, 9:18 pmHi Jaume
Yes we have to organise bit better the download we put the latest release 5.0 in BT page so can download directly from there as previous one did not support BT.
For Lichess rated game use their official API plugin integrated in the main offline software as for the online unofficial screen recognition we had some confrontation, which you can read in more in details here https://www.certabo.com/certabo-forum/topic/official-statement-using-certabo-board-on-lichess-org/
For the recognition speed well it could be possible to reduce down to 1 sec but you have to consider that from technical point of view you shall allow some time to correct the reading errors offset, sliding etc. What i think can be done is to add a toggle for speed recognition going for example from 1 to 5. So putting on 1 you get the fastest possible which you can use when you want to play as fast as possible but for example you shall lift the piece not slide as can easily take interim position, while 5 is longer so will allow more relaxed games maybe you can keep hand on piece longer etc. By default would be set to 3 which is the standard default we have now. So user can have possibility to find the best speed according to the type of game and his own style.
By the way we just finished integration of variation analysis so with next release you can get evaluation of CP during the game not only on current board position but also depending on best/different moves found in real time updated as the analysis engine goes further in depth. It looks quite cool feature and will share some video.
All the best
Pietro
Hi Jaume
Yes we have to organise bit better the download we put the latest release 5.0 in BT page so can download directly from there as previous one did not support BT.
For Lichess rated game use their official API plugin integrated in the main offline software as for the online unofficial screen recognition we had some confrontation, which you can read in more in details here https://www.certabo.com/certabo-forum/topic/official-statement-using-certabo-board-on-lichess-org/
For the recognition speed well it could be possible to reduce down to 1 sec but you have to consider that from technical point of view you shall allow some time to correct the reading errors offset, sliding etc. What i think can be done is to add a toggle for speed recognition going for example from 1 to 5. So putting on 1 you get the fastest possible which you can use when you want to play as fast as possible but for example you shall lift the piece not slide as can easily take interim position, while 5 is longer so will allow more relaxed games maybe you can keep hand on piece longer etc. By default would be set to 3 which is the standard default we have now. So user can have possibility to find the best speed according to the type of game and his own style.
By the way we just finished integration of variation analysis so with next release you can get evaluation of CP during the game not only on current board position but also depending on best/different moves found in real time updated as the analysis engine goes further in depth. It looks quite cool feature and will share some video.
All the best
Pietro
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#3 · February 20, 2021, 10:42 am
Quote from Jaume Martínez on February 20, 2021, 10:42 amHello again Certabo friends!
Recently I have been marked by lichess because I have used the Certabo Online software to play rated rapid games instead the Certabo Software that connect with lichess using an special token (you can get from the lichess page: https://lichess.org/account/oauth/token/create)
I have contacted with the lichess mods to explain my situation and the next is their answer:
"We have removed the mark on your account. As discussed in the forum response, please only use the API methods with the token."
@pietro-mandurino knows the problem with detail, so we suggest you not to use the Certabo Online Software to play on lichess; this software is only to play on chess.com and chess24.com. To play on lichess you have to use the other software to introduce the API token: https://www.certabo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CertaboInstaller_4.1_64bit.zip
And remember, till liches policy will not be changed, you only can play the next type of games:
Time controls for casual games: Classical, Correspondence and Rapid only.
Time controls for rated games: Classical, Correspondence and some Rapids including 15+10 and 20+0.Have a good day and be careful!
Hello again Certabo friends!
Recently I have been marked by lichess because I have used the Certabo Online software to play rated rapid games instead the Certabo Software that connect with lichess using an special token (you can get from the lichess page: https://lichess.org/account/oauth/token/create)
I have contacted with the lichess mods to explain my situation and the next is their answer:
"We have removed the mark on your account. As discussed in the forum response, please only use the API methods with the token."
@pietro-mandurino knows the problem with detail, so we suggest you not to use the Certabo Online Software to play on lichess; this software is only to play on chess.com and chess24.com. To play on lichess you have to use the other software to introduce the API token: https://www.certabo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CertaboInstaller_4.1_64bit.zip
And remember, till liches policy will not be changed, you only can play the next type of games:
Time controls for casual games: Classical, Correspondence and Rapid only.
Time controls for rated games: Classical, Correspondence and some Rapids including 15+10 and 20+0.
Have a good day and be careful!
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Pietro@pietro-mandurino
349 Posts
#4 · February 20, 2021, 2:10 pm
Quote from Pietro on February 20, 2021, 2:10 pmHi Jaume
Thank you for your note sorry for inconvenience and glad it has been unflagged soon.
Yes for rated games shall use the official APi one with token, we have reported in manual and here but think it is good to add also a remind on actual software so just in case for other users convenience too.
All the best
Pietro
Hi Jaume
Thank you for your note sorry for inconvenience and glad it has been unflagged soon.
Yes for rated games shall use the official APi one with token, we have reported in manual and here but think it is good to add also a remind on actual software so just in case for other users convenience too.
All the best
Pietro
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