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Game Courier Game Logs

This page shows logs for games played on Game Courier, a versatile web-based play-by-mail system that currently supports over 1100 Chess variants. By default, only publicly viewable unfinished games are shown. The form below lets you select various viewing options. To make a move in one of your own games, enter your userid in the form below, click Submit, then click on your name in the Next Move For column.

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GameLogLast ModifiedLast Move byNext Move for
Stone Garden Chesscryinto-cvgameroom-2023-141-8012 hours 47' ago Rechefiltr is Fire has won.
Opulent Chessplaytester-cvgameroom-2023-139-8711 day, 8 hours ago Play Tester has won.
Festival Chessarx-cvgameroom-2023-109-1863 days, 3 hours ago Oisín D. has won.
Banner Xiangqiarx-cvgameroom-2023-109-1864 days, 7 hours ago Vitya Makov has won.
Grand Apothecary Chess 3arx-catugo-2022-307-1164 days, 9 hours ago Aurelian Florea has won.
Symmetric Chessalienum-cvgameroom-2023-91-7444 days, 9 hours ago Homo Simia has won.
Chess with Different Armiesplaytester-cvgameroom-2023-139-8705 days, 6 hours ago Play Tester has won.
Symmetric Chessalienum-cvgameroom-2023-134-9595 days, 7 hours ago Kevin Pacey has won.
Shakoplaytester-cvgameroom-2023-139-8715 days, 22 hours ago Play Tester has won.
Al-Cessesquipedalian-cvgameroom-2021-206-7566 days, 5 hours ago Richard milner has won.
Stone Garden Chesscryinto-cvgameroom-2023-141-8008 days, 6 hours ago Rechefiltr is Fire has won.
Symmetric Chessalienum-cvgameroom-2023-134-9608 days, 7 hours ago Homo Simia has won.
Alice Chessdavid_64-cvgameroom-2023-138-1109 days, 9 hours ago David Paulowich has won.
Chinese Chess with Dragonmakov333-cvgameroom-2023-115-54710 days, 2 hours ago Vitya Makov has won.
Alekhine Chessmakov333-cvgameroom-2023-9-83411 days, 9 hours ago Vitya Makov has won.
Chess with Different Armiessibahi-cvgameroom-2006-158-71513 days, 17 hours ago Abdul-Rahman Sibahi has won.
Euchesspanther-cvgameroom-2023-62-27014 days, 5 hours ago Game Drawn
Circular Chessmakov333-cvgameroom-2023-15-98114 days, 9 hours ago Jeremy Thompson has won.
Eurasian Chessplaytester-cvgameroom-2023-105-11014 days, 11 hours ago Vitya Makov has won.
Promotion Chessmakov333-cvgameroom-2023-115-54515 days, 10 hours ago Vitya Makov has won.
Eurasian Chessmakov333-cvgameroom-2023-115-55016 days, 4 hours ago Play Tester has won.
Shakomakov333-cvgameroom-2023-115-54916 days, 4 hours ago Play Tester has won.
Wildebeest Chessplaytester-cvgameroom-2023-95-01016 days, 8 hours ago Play Tester has won.
Opulent Chessplaytester-cvgameroom-2023-84-63916 days, 8 hours ago Play Tester has won.
Monkey and Elephant Chesswdtr2-cvgameroom-2023-116-99919 days, 21 hours ago Oisín D. has won.
Chess with Different Armiesplaytester-cvgameroom-2023-84-63922 days, 3 hours ago Game Drawn
Joe Joyce Hyperchesspanther-joejoyce-2023-93-89624 days, 4 hours ago Joe Joyce has won.
Chinese Chess with Sparrowmakov333-cvgameroom-2023-115-54825 days, 3 hours ago Vitya Makov has won.
Expanded Chesssissa-arx-2023-57-07226 days, 5 hours ago Carlos Cetina has won.

MySQL

This script queried the GameLogs table with the following prepared query:

SELECT * FROM GameLogs WHERE Lastmod > :earliest AND Priority = 0 AND (Privacy = :privacy OR Opponent = '' OR Opponent IS NULL) ORDER BY Lastmod DESC

To avoid SQL injection, most of the values are passed separately. The values in the query are determined by the values in your URL's query string or by what is entered into the form at top. When you leave a field blank, it normally means that it will leave that field out of the query, not that it will search for an empty value. Here is a recreation of what the SQL query would look like with the placeholders replaced by the values:

SELECT * FROM GameLogs WHERE Lastmod > 1683150990 AND Priority = 0 AND (Privacy = 0 OR Opponent = '' OR Opponent IS NULL) ORDER BY Lastmod DESC

The underlying MySQL is handled by MariaDB. A few fields give you multiple options for how to use them. You can search for an exact string match, an exact non-match, a LIKE match, which allows the use of a few wildcards, and a REGEXP match, which allows for very complicated pattern matching. Since these may slow down the search, they should be avoided unless you have a special need for them.

Filtering by Userid

If you enter a userid, it will list only those games in which that id identifies one of the players. Under the Next Move for column, for each game in which it is that user's turn to move, it will include a link for him to go to the PBM and make his next move. If a given user is playing any games that are not open to public view, he will need to enter his password to view these games on this page. If all your games are publicly viewable, then you don't need to include your password on this page.

How to Delete a Log

To get links for deleting logs, you must first enter a userid. To delete a log, you must be one of the players listed in the log. When you click on the link to delete a log, you will be asked for your password. Enter it and click on the Delete button. If your userid matches one of the players, and if your password is correct, the log will be deleted.


Written by Fergus Duniho
WWW Page Created: 21 July 2017