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Topic: Kibitzing
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singularity01United States flag
I don't see a search feature for the forum, otherwise, I'd check for this first.

It would be interesting to have a feature that allowed for kibitzing during games. The local bigmouth could stroll randomly through games, offering advice or remarking on a good or particularly disasterous move. Potentially, a very good player might choose to offer commentary on a game, the way published books and FIDE tournament games are done.

Obviously, this would be a non-critical request, and would require a toggled user setting to see/not kibitzes in his own or others' games, or whether the general public or buddy list members (either all or specific users) can comment on their games. If enabled, there should probably also be an option whether to save kibitzes with PGN data.

The upside of this is that high-profile tournaments or games can have a more community feel to them, with commentary accessible to the general public from the very page the game is being played on. Downside, trolls or unscrupulous users might offer unwanted commentary or advice coming from computer programs.

whitekingsSingapore flag
Kibitzing is generally considered unsporting.

However, when a game is started, there could be a setting to allow kibitzing. It should be off by default, however.


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