pstat The command pstat ("player statistics") displays the record one user has in chess games against another user. Statistics 'pstat' will not include results prior to FICS version 1.22.0 pstat will only include statistics from your last 2500 games on the server. In general, this command can be used wit the following formats: (a) pstat /o User1 -- gives your record against User1 (b) pstat User1 /o User2 -- gives the record for User1 against User2 For example, the command 'pstat knighttour /o afw' might display the following statistics: knighttour's game statistics: Results vs. afw: Rated(W-L-D): 10-10-5 Unrated(W-L-D): 8-8-2 The counts are always with respect to the FIRST player -- it is the first player's record against the second player, in this case knighttour's record against afw. The counts are summed across ALL types of chess matches. (c) For the time being Old statistics can be accessed using the command: oldpstat (which is what pstat used to be). The oldpstat command can be used in the same format as in examples (a), (b) and (c); without the flag /o. For example, the command 'oldpstat toddmf Obliviax" might display the following statistics: Record for toddmf vs. Obliviax: wins losses draws rated 407 345 68 unrated 14 6 4 Other Notes: Pstat shows result summaries starting from your latest games and looks backwards. It is now possible to use the 'next' command in conunction with a helpfile and at the same time use the command 'next stats'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The parameters for pstat in the following usage format: pstat [user] [type of results to show] [how to sort] [user] is the name of the player whose statistics to be viewed if a name is missing in this command, it will show your data. [type of results to show] and [how to sort] is based on four sort parameters: (opponent, eco code, etime and category/board) To specify results to show (ie. only those results/summaries will be shown) use /o /e /t /b (opponent, eco, (e)time and board/category respectively) followed by the parameter.(a) eco code is the Encylopedia of chess openings code which describes which opening took place. It is a letter A-E followed by a two digit number. 1. Sort by ECO: /e To see what eco code corresponds to a named opening position - see help eco. (a) pstat /o User1 /e For Example: pstat /o DChessmaster /e B09 Your game statistics: Results vs. DChessmaster ECO B09: Rated(W-L-D): 2-30-1 Unrated(W-L-D): 0-0-0 (b) pstat User 1 /o User2 /e For Example: pstat Bremen /o DChessmaster /e B09 Bremen's game statistics: Results vs. DChessmaster(C) ECO B09: Rated(W-L-D): 5-5-1 Unrated(W-L-D): 0-0-0 2. Sort by time: /t etime is the maximum time 40 moves will take per player. The formula is: etime = time + 2/3 increment For example: a 5 0 game is etime 5 a 2 12 game is etime 10 a 5 8 game is etime 6.7 Please see help clocks for more details. This sort command is somewhat difficult, please read carefully. Results are grouped together in ranges of time and it's not possible to specify a decimal number etime. So to request results for 5 8 (etime 6.7) 6.7 should be rounded down to 6. In the example above where etime is 6.7; you would have to use etime of 6 (a) pstat /t For Example: pstat /t 5 Your game statistics: Results vs. DHessmaster(C) ECO B09: Rated(W-L-D): 5-5-1 Unrated(W-L-D): 0-0-0 Show me the summary of my games that have etime 5 (covers 5 For Example: pstat volcano /t 6 volcano's game statistics: Results etime 6<=etime<7: Rated(W-L-D): 14-2-8 Unrated(W-L-D): 0-0-0 3. Sort by category and board: /b Category and board are just like the match command (eg. bughouse, suicide, wild 5), though the short cut for wild (w/#) does not work and chess is not recognized. To get normal chess only use blitz, standard, lightning and untimed as the category. Specify blitz and specifying etime as a non blitz time control will give undefined results. To group results together /s followed by one or more o,e,t,b is used. It doesn't make sense to specific a type to show and also have it grouped together under that type so pstat /o Fred /so is illegal. Examples: pstat /o Fred /se Show my results against Fred by eco code pstat /e C21 /sob Show my results in C21 by opponent and board/category The following group ranges for etime are used: 0 0 < etime < 1 1 <= etime < 2 2 <= etime < 3 3 <= etime < 4 4 <= etime < 5 5 <= etime < 6 6 <= etime < 7 7 <= etime < 8 8 <= etime < 9 9 <= etime < 10 10 <= etime < 11 11 <= etime < 12 12 <= etime < 13 13 <= etime < 14 14 <= etime < 15 15 <= etime < 20 20 <= etime < 25 25 <= etime < 30 30 <= etime < 35 35 <= etime < 40 40 <= etime < 45 45 <= etime < 50 50 <= etime < 55 55 <= etime < 60 60 <= etime < 75 75 <= etime < 90 90 <= etime < 105 105 <= etime < 120 120 <= etime < 150 150 <= etime < 180 180 <= etime See also: assess eco finger match [Last modified: Dec. 11, 2001 -- MAd]