Fergus,
Yes, you described this correct. I can add that I made my first move
(which was: 'P d2-d4 // Good luck') using your advice. I appended
'&userid=andreas' to the game log URL (I don't have access to my emails
at home) and made a move. May be this caused the problem?
Another thing I suspect is that Laila entered not 'p e7-e6', but
'1....p e7-e6'. I made a similar mistake when I played here for the
first time.