BE CAREFUL

A position from the rapid game Mikromeister - Thanzler, CHESSCom 2024.

White to move.

MY WRONG COMBINATION WAS SUCCESSFUL

In the rapid game aromeoallepuz - Mikromeister, in the Steinitz Defence Deferred, I made a false combination. 

In a fascinating tactical battle, my opponent failed. I was lucky.

For the analysis, see below.

SICILIAN c3 IS DANGEROUS FOR BLACK

The Alapin variation, 2 c3, in the Sicilian Defence, is pretty dangerous for Black if one does not know precisely what one is doing in the opening.

The rapid game Mikormeister - Bahamapapa was short:

Here is my analysis of the game:

HOW TO RECONNECT?

I have lost a few games on the CHESSCom because of "disconnection." 

It has nothing to do with my computer or my internet connection. I even had no other browsers opened.

Such things have happened on other chess platforms, too.

Almost always, such incidents have happened when I had a winning position.

I have abandoned some chess platforms on which such incidents seem regular.

The weird thing is that sometimes, the chess platforms demand that the player should "reconnect". Unfortunately:

No information about how to "reconnect" has ever been given.

The same is true about CHESSCom. In the HELP files, no information is given about how to "reconnect". 

Note that if my internet connection is OK, it does not make sense to switch it off and then on again. The problem is only with the chess platform.

Perhaps I should switch the connection to the chess platform off and then on again? However, the following problems will immediately arise:

1. If I turn the chess platform on again, where will I find my ongoing rapid game, and how long will it take to find it?
2. If I turn the chess platform off and then on again, it is me who disconnected and then reconnected it. Can I prove that the notification of disconnection appeared earlier or appeared at all?

The information given by chess platforms, including CHESSCom, concerning disconnection issues is not clear and transparent.

I have no reason to trust such incidents, just as I have no reason to trust the digital electronic electoral systems or be sure there was no electoral fraud.