Correspondence Chess, anyone?

[Whispers]

Aqualys, I wouldn't have put my knight in check in the first place so early on in the game. I'm more on the conservational side of chess. You could say I play quiet games, although I do seek vengeance once the game heats up. =p

maha, I used to go to Yahoo, but, I dunno. There's something about the presence of the board and pieces that attracts me to chess. Just looking at a screen holds little interest to me.

Sepharius, chess through correspondence is the best! You get to know someone quite better than face-to-face. People seem to be less candid in print - more thoughtful.

[ShadowValentine]

Um... Just throwing this out there... What the hell is everyone saying? o.O

[Whispers]

Correspondence chess = Chess played via correspondence.??Meaning that rather than playing over a board or video board (like when playing online) opponents rather send in their moves by way of some type of messaging system; be it mail, text, telephone, E-mail, PM, here in a thread, even homing pigeon.??Hell, you could write your move in the sky if you had the ability.??It's pretty much playing chess when not at the board.??Even two people who share a house can play.??Say, Jack wakes up in the morning and sees Jill's left a note reading, "f6 (that is, the sixth column to the left, sixth row down - from the light side, as that is the side we read from)," and sees a pawn resting on f6 (pawns are not notated with a letter like P).??He moves his bishop to f6, taking her pawn.??He leaves a note reading, "Bxf6 (Bishop captured a piece at f6)."

Everything else we're talking about is all strategy.??You'd have to study all that to make sense of it because I'm not going to try to explain it.??I need to go to bed soon.??xp