seem to loose connection when playing chess only. ip attack?
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does anybody else have this problem?
Korgaz101 wrote:
does anybody else have this problem?
Many players around the world have a tough time maintaining their connections.
If you are playing over wifi, or over a phone, or over both, then losing your connection periodically comes with the territory.
It's not a matter of upload or download speed. It's a matter than you are trying to renew connections 50 times per game with servers halfway around the world.
The fact that it works at all is a miracle.
It's most likely hacker cheaters. Happened to me 20 minutes ago. I don't really accept this loss, as I was 3 points ahead on computer analysis, but low on time. I hate playing against these stupid aggressive king attacks, grrrr.
Arctic7 wrote:
It's most likely hacker cheaters. Happened to me 20 minutes ago. I don't really accept this loss, as I was 3 points ahead on computer analysis, but low on time. I hate playing against these stupid aggressive king attacks, grrrr.
Yes, you lost your connection after white's 24th move and lost on time. That is annoying.
According to the archives, you must have had 4:02 left when you disconnected.
notmtwain wrote:
Arctic7 wrote:
It's most likely hacker cheaters. Happened to me 20 minutes ago. I don't really accept this loss, as I was 3 points ahead on computer analysis, but low on time. I hate playing against these stupid aggressive king attacks, grrrr.
Yes, you lost your connection after white's 24th move and lost on time. That is annoying.
According to the archives, you must have had 4:02 left when you disconnected.
It's the first time I've lost connection and I've played around 80 45/45 games. I didn't lose connection to anything else than the game. My internet connection was fine for everything else... and many aspects of chess.com were working properly. The board in the PrtSc has registered my 24th move, grrrrrrrr...
Arctic7 wrote:
notmtwain wrote:
Arctic7 wrote:
It's most likely hacker cheaters. Happened to me 20 minutes ago. I don't really accept this loss, as I was 3 points ahead on computer analysis, but low on time. I hate playing against these stupid aggressive king attacks, grrrr.
Yes, you lost your connection after white's 24th move and lost on time. That is annoying.
According to the archives, you must have had 4:02 left when you disconnected.
It's the first time I've lost connection and I've played around 80 45/45 games. I didn't lose connection to anything else than the game. My internet connection was fine for everything else... and many aspects of chess.com were working properly. The board in the PrtSc has registered my 24th move, grrrrrrrr...
The fact your screenshot shows your move as being made with 0:58 left only confirms the likelihood that you got disconnected. If it is the first time, then you are lucky. You are playing from halfway around the world.
Also, if you do not like playing against aggressive stupid king attacks, then you should give up playing the sicilian. Premature attacks should be your bread and butter.
I see the word "NO" on your windows taskbar which is unfamiliar to me. What does that mean?
Jan 26, 2017
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#7
The chat window also shows you were disconnected; the red resend on the chat is a clear indication that you didn't have a connection to the Live server process. As was your comment on the blinking clocks.
@erik has posted before how the clients connect and neither client connects directly to the other client. Client1 only communicates with the Live server process. The Live server process, receives the information (move, how long the client says was spent on the move, chat messages). It then applies any lag compensation, updates the clocks, and sends the move, correct timing and chat to Client2.
So, any attempts to cause disconnects will impact the sending player and not the opponent. I'm not going to claim that something is completely unhackable but doing that to a chess server to get some time wins, seems highly unlikely.
notmtwain wrote:
Arctic7 wrote:
notmtwain wrote:
Arctic7 wrote:
It's most likely hacker cheaters. Happened to me 20 minutes ago. I don't really accept this loss, as I was 3 points ahead on computer analysis, but low on time. I hate playing against these stupid aggressive king attacks, grrrr.
Yes, you lost your connection after white's 24th move and lost on time. That is annoying.
According to the archives, you must have had 4:02 left when you disconnected.
It's the first time I've lost connection and I've played around 80 45/45 games. I didn't lose connection to anything else than the game. My internet connection was fine for everything else... and many aspects of chess.com were working properly. The board in the PrtSc has registered my 24th move, grrrrrrrr...
The fact your screenshot shows your move as being made with 0:58 left only confirms the likelihood that you got disconnected. If it is the first time, then you are lucky. You are playing from halfway around the world.
Also, if you do not like playing against aggressive stupid king attacks, then you should give up playing the sicilian. Premature attacks should be your bread and butter.
I see the word "NO" on your windows taskbar which is unfamiliar to me. What does that mean?
NO is for my location, Norway.
Hahaha, stupid attacking king attacks should be bread and butter when playing the Sicilian. Do you think a computer rated above 1700 would ever start those kind of idiotic attacks against the Sicilian. No, of course not.
I could understand doing it for a blitz game, though. Why not play it more quiet? If I have one pawn (b, c, d, e, f, g) left with the king in front against an opponent, and he's got nothing left, I win, so what's the point of these super aggressive attacks on the king?
Jan 26, 2017
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#9
It's not hackers. We had a server crash today and we are investigating. We have seen an increase in load and users and we are hitting some limit on our hardware/software. We hope to have it fixed ASAP! All eyes are on it.
On occasion we also see some issues with network outages, and we have been DDoS'd many many times. But today was just a server crash. I'm very frustrated and very sorry!
Thank you for clearing that up so members don't scramble for scans, etc. 
Thanks, erik! Seemed very odd, and a bit unlucky that I got -12. But ok, as long as it wasn't foul play, I'm reasonably happy.
I have this freaking problem every time
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