GameKnot: GameKnot related, How can I cancel my account ?

GameKnot related: How can I cancel my account ?

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krasi24 05-May-10, 16:07	How can I cancel my account ? How can I cancel my account.... my Basic-account. thanks Krasi24
kingdawar 05-May-10, 16:26	Do you also have a premium account?
tugger 05-May-10, 16:58	Send a message to GK admitting that you regularly cheat. Be sure to include swears. Or take this link... gameknot.com
1emmanouil 06-May-10, 04:26	your name means wine in greek language.
krasi24 06-May-10, 12:39	@ heinzkat no, I have a simple basic account @ tugger is there not a better way? If not, it means that there is no way out? If I take the link, I run in a loop. Krasi24
kingdawar 06-May-10, 12:51	In a loop? Just click "proceed".
black_cat_hamlet 07-May-10, 02:42	Man... I love how they have 'found a better chess site' in the reasons to quit GK... they even dare you to write the name of said website lol
tugger 07-May-10, 09:18	I don't know about the loop. I have no intention of closing my account, so I don't intend to "try" my link to see if it is working properly, though it clearly takes you to the right page. Try this link instead... gameknot.com This will take you to the GK customer support page, perhaps it's best to just send a message to GK asking them for assistance in closing your account. Or, perhaps you should just abandon your account in case you decide to return in the future. x-machine... That made me laugh too. But, I'd like to think that GK spies would check out any site that is mentioned to see why someone might defect to another site and perhaps 'steal' an idea or two, though having said that, I can't find another chess site that comes close to comparing with GK, but it might just be personal preference I guess.
krasi24 08-May-10, 11:04	@all, thank you for your help. I had made a mistake when used the link, I got a wrong page. Now it works. I should like to help a friend to cancel his account.
vitviggs 17-May-10, 05:56	misscelaneous I don`t know , before digital era, what was the rule in correspondence chess regarding the time for a return move; but here , let`s say you will play an 80 moves game and your opponent is responding at 10 days... ups! 800 days for one game; no comment but I hope I should be understood in my meaning; I consider honest maximum one day , in digital era, for one move; the rest is silence...
tugger 20-May-10, 20:05	vitviggs... It's different for everyone. I usually take around 3-4 days to make a move, sometimes longer, sometimes less. Many players like to study the position as best as they can, other simply don't come on here every day. In particular, if I'm not ahead in the game, I usually take longer, to decrease the chances of making a mistake. Some games might take 800 days, it's not happened to me yet, but it doesn't matter anyway, because I intend to use this site for the next 800 days and more. Most games for me take around two months, which is just fine. If someone wants to use all their time, I don't mind at all.
tactical_abyss 21-May-10, 05:19	vitviggs and others.... To some extent,you can practically or partially "control" the time length of a game when you post games yourself or look into an opponents profile with extreme scrutiny.....(average move time,for example).I always select the options box and either check "players making moves several times a day"or "many" times a day.So even if my opponent slows down on a move or two from time to time,he usually will pick up the pace again with multiple moves in one day... later on in the game. Also,make sure you check the "max time-out" percent box to less than 3% prior to your posted game.And at the very least check an opponents profile for the % of time-outs and length of his past finished games on the last 10 games or so.And finally,never play more than 2 day per move games if you demand speedy games!Anything more than 2 or 3 day per move games will many,many times result in a big extended time game,especially if you combine time-outs from your opponent,vacations and more.And finally do not forget to plug in as many conditional moves as you can,especially in the opening.Many players want to make the "last" move for the day,so they will "push through"many obvious conditional moves alot faster than their regular moves! Oddly enough,when I played postal chess many moons ago,many games took LESS time than some of my internet games!!Yes!By average,my postal games took between 6 to 8 months to finish a game,especially with conditional moves,or "if"moves as we called it back then.So on some chess sites where the time settings were 3 day settings per move many of my opponents took the full length of time....3 days or close to it.But some postcards, especially if your opponent was close geographically,would only take a day to arrive and a day back.Combine that with "if"moves and strong play and you can see that some postal games could pass by an internet game in speed!Heck,I played a guy from Hawaii once in postal,and I live in NYC.The post card arrived to my opponent in 3 days tops!And thats 3 days back to me,if he didn't stall.So 6 days per move max time.Some players on GK have 5 to 14 day settings per move.So this will take longer than sending a post card to finish a game!(Especially if both players are taking the max amt.of time). But too expensive now days,anyway.But you get the point,I hope! I suppose in tournament play on GK this is not as controllable,since you cannot "weed out" and select your opponents,however.

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