Yes, it does. Another issue is of course--why are people playing chess on wikipedia when there are so many other places to play it? Yes, I agree that people should have some latitude in regards to what they put on their own userpages, but that borders on the ridiculous.
It is an awfully tedious way of playing chess. I predict that unless people start making a big issue of this, they'll get bored and quit after very few games!
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