User Preferences

This page allows you to change your password, email address and other settings. Please note that providing any information in the "Optional Details" section is of course optional, but anything you put in here will be publicly viewable. Your main email address along with anything else in the "Important User Details" is never visible to anyone except yourself.

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As you are not logged in you cannot apply any of these settings. However, they are displayed so that you can still see what settings are available.

How the board looks and works

Change how the board appears to you.

Board View Mode
White on Bottom, Black on TopYou Always on BottomYou Always on Top

Change how your chess pieces look, or make your own set.

Chess Set
Classic (2D)3D (Type 1)3D (Type 2)2D - Compatible Browsers OnlyInternet ChessTest Setbashers bitsUW and WSU ThemeA Star Wars ThemeDoctor WhoFerdysChessSetMyChessSetClassic solidcars and bikesmy chest setWildcat/Bird setFreshwater/saltwater fish faceoffWarhammer 40,000Simpsons Vs. Family guyNaruto charactersArsenalmarvelWoodpusher Society SetWoodpusher Society Alphamy glass chess setWP CondalWoodpusher ChallengerWoodpusher HarlequinWoodpusher LepizigWP MagneticWP MarroquinWP ClassicWP Stylish
Create A Custom Chess Set

Change the background of your board.

Chess Board Style
Normal (Blue)Normal (Grey)Normal (Purple-Grey)Normal (Lilac-Purple)IceRockWaterWood

Do you want to confirm each move you make before it is played?

Require Confirmation Before Submitting Moves

When is the chess board allowed to auto update with opponent's moves?

Board Auto Update
Any gamesNon-timed gamesNever

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How information about the game is displayed

Change how the moves are recorded.

Move Display Notation
AlgebraicEnglish AlgebraicFigurine Algebraic

Change the order of the moves list.

Move List Order
AscendingDescending

Change the ordering of the captured pieces list.

Captured Pieces Display Order
GroupedCaptured Order (Ascending)Captured Order (Descending)Rank Order (Ascending)Rank Order (Descending)

Do you want to see a mini-board when you hover over your other games?

 Show Game Tooltips

Do you want to see a information about other players when you hover over their name?

 Show Info Tooltips

Do you want to see a clock of your total move time?

 Show Chess Clocks

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E-mails, Chat and Forums

Change how often you get e-mails from Plastic Bishop.

E-mail Alerts
High - All EmailsMedium - Emailed OnceLow - Important Game Events OnlyNever - No Emails

Should all emails be sent to you in plain text format?

 Plain Text Emails

Change how you view the forum posts.

Forum Post Display Order
Ascending Date OrderDescending Date Order

Change the order of your in-game chat messages.

Chat Display Order
AscendingDescending

Do you want to see the date and time that each chat message was sent?

 Show Date and Time in Private Game Chats

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Important User Details (only Viewable By You)

Please Note: Changing your password will also alter your key that appears in all URLs on this site. This will cause the links in previous site emails to no longer automatically log you in, and you may also need to get a new link for any of the site's RSS feeds.

Type your chosen new password.

New Password

Type your new password again to make sure it's right.

Confirm New Password

Tick if you want to be sent an emailing confirming your changed password.

Email me confirmation of my changed password

Enter the email address you wish alerts to be sent to.

E-mail Address

Set your timezone so that all dates on the site are converted to your time.

Your Timezone (Relative to GMT)
GMT -13GMT -12GMT -11GMT -10GMT -9GMT -8GMT -7GMT -6GMT -5GMT -4GMT -3GMT -2GMT -1GMTGMT +1GMT +2GMT +3GMT +4GMT +5GMT +6GMT +7GMT +8GMT +9GMT +10GMT +11GMT +12GMT +13

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Optional User Details

Where do you live? (e.g. your county/state and country)

Your Location

How do you rate your own chess ability on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = bad, 10 = good)?

Opinion of Your Ability
Don't Know12345678910

Write some information about yourself that other members might be interested to know.

About Yourself (1000 characters maximum)

 

Hide your total time logged in from your profile.

Hide active time

If you're going to be away from Plastic Bishop for a while you can put yourself as 'On Vacation'.

I'm on vacation!

Leave an 'Away Message' to let opponents know when you'll be back online.

Away Message (displayed in your games when you are not online)

Choose a picture or photo that represents you.
All images must be of a non-offensive nature. If you upload an image it must be less than 150kB in size. Valid formats are GIF, PNG, JPG - other formats may be supported by some browsers. After long periods of inactivity uploaded images may be deleted to save on disk space.

Upload an image that represents you


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Remove your avatar

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