HGIYC Archive? (General)

by William , Monday, May 09, 2005, 18:04 (7285 days ago) @ moderator

? ? ? Is there a way for the administrators to archive the HGIYC games, for
? I
? ? am
? ? ? not sure if I have downloaded all the games thus far in a timely
? format.
? ?
? ? ? To date, I have downloaded 4 games (short.hgc, nenashev.hgc,
? miles.hgc
? ? and
? ? ? hgiyc6.hgc) What games am I missing if any and how can I download
? them?
? ? ?
? ? ?
? ? ? Much thanks
? ?
? ? I have already requested this facility from the site managers and they
? ? explained there are copyright difficulties in generating an archive.
?
? ? No further explanation!
? ?
? ? I have now discovered that I have also missed hgiyc games despite
? ? attempting to religously "grab" everything. Maybe we should set up an
? ? independant "archive" amongst ourselves. I have 6 files and guess I
? have
? ? missed 2 [baklan.hgc & hgiyc7.hgc]. Please email me with these files
? if
? ? you have them robparker@chess5.fsnet.co.uk I will send any you have
? missed
?
? The point is that the author is unwilling for his games to have more than
? one week's exposure but we are negotiating the situation and are hopeful
? of a beneficial outcome.

I can understand this. In any case, technically you are not entitled to HGIYC that were posted before you joined. However you should be able to have access to those produced after you joined. I will be away for 5 weeks in the year and that's too many to miss. Having said that, one per week is an exceptional deal - on top of everything else - considering the price of the author's books on the subject. This site is good value for money and there is an obvious desire to make it so and to make real improvement in it's members' chess achievement. Well done team.