Matetricks

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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks - we've realized that there are some problems with FB connect when characters like a period are used. We're working on fixing this.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Bringing in Stockfish is definitely on the road map - this will allow us to automate some of the checking processes.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
I completely understand where you're coming from - without feedback telling you why the move you chose is incorrect, the exercises can become a bit frustrating. We're aiming to make the site far more adaptive by tailoring error re
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by Matetricks 12y ago
We are using chessboard.js ( http://chessboardjs.com/ ) for our board right now and I'm not sure if they support two-click yet. We may have to add it ourselves. Thanks for the note!
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by Matetricks 12y ago
We're building an onboarding process for tactics so the objective is clearer, but the point of the section is to put you in a position that you might encounter over the board and have you find the optimal moves.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
If black captures the hanging pawn, that is known as the Open Variation of the Ruy Lopez. I didn't want to get too deep into theory with this video as it was only supposed to outline opening ideas. White regains the pawn back due to hi
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by Matetricks 12y ago
We definitely don't want our users to be getting the solutions via brute-force. We're considering allowing the user to give up after a certain number of failed solutions. Incorporating more specific feedback to the user's inc
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Are you referring to the structure of the content on the site as a framework? We think that this approach to education has significant applications beyond chess, but at the moment we're solely focused on making Chesscademy work for its
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by Matetricks 12y ago
We pulled them from a database of puzzles, so there probably are a few bugged ones here and there. We've pruned the majority of tactics that are simply broken, but I'm sure that a few questionable ones remain. I'm in the proc
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks so much for the kind words! Happy learning!
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks for your comment! Please email me at andrew@chesscademy.com with any feedback you have for the site.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
What distinguishes Chesscademy is our focus on education. There are a lot of sites that offer a variety of features - multiplayer, tactics, etc. However, no other service offers educational content structured in a way that provides users wi
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thank you so much!
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Our first iteration of the site took 2 months to build. The three co-founders worked on it from June - August of last year and the product was well received by HN (we reached the top post a year ago as well). Chesscademy had a temporary hia
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback! We'll work on improving the contrast so that the buttons are more obvious.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
We're looking to partner with schools districts to add Chesscademy to the academic setting. Optimally, anybody would be able to set up their own chess club using the site and Chesscademy could work well with instructors both in and out
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I'm actually going through all of the tactics now and adding motif tags and explanations. Hopefully, this will make the solutions a bit more evident.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks for the note! We'll look into improving the coloring of the buttons so that they are clearer.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Subtitles are definitely something we want to add! It's a bit of a time-intensive process for our small team, but it's on the road map.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Yes, we're currently using Glicko-2 but we're not accounting properly for the Rating Deviation that incorporates previous games played (tactics attempted). This will be fixed in a future update. Thanks for the report!
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Good idea - we might prompt the user to go back and review the video if they seem to be struggling with the exercises.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Sure - we're built on Rails.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
We're working on incorporating personalized qualitative feedback into the content so you're provided with an explanation of why your move is incorrect and why the solution is optimal. Specific explanations for every move is probab
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks so much for the feedback! This comment is immensely valuable in helping us test cross-browser compatibility. Glad to hear everything's working smoothly on Chrome.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
In the videos before each set of exercises, I try to lay out all of the key ideas so you have in your arsenal everything you need to successfully complete the lesson. I probably don't succeed in this goal all of the time, so your feedb
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback! We're looking into ways to improve the typography so that it's clear universally for our users.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
You're probably using tactics in your games even if you don't realize it. In many cases, winning material is the result of playing a tactic. At the beginner/intermediate level, almost all games are decided by tactics and&#x2F
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by Matetricks 12y ago
Thanks for the report! We'll look into this issue.
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by Matetricks 12y ago
An onboarding process for "Train" is in the works - right now for the beginner player, this section is rather overwhelming and he or she probably would have no idea what to do. The objective is to find the best move in any given p
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by Matetricks 12y ago
We're trying to structure Chesscademy such that it provides a feeling of progression. A problem that I had while I was playing competitively was to identify material that would take me to the next level instead of covering information

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