Only Chess
01 Feb 07
01 Feb 07
Originally posted by shortcircuitFair enough. Just remember that games you start on here can take over a year to complete (with the longest time controls). Even with the shortest control of 1/0, a game could conceivably go on for 80+ days, but if ye agree to making multiple moves a day, then you could get it finished in 1.
Actually, I am on Uchess and I was told by several memebers to check out RHP, which I am doing. Since I am new to the site I am having to learn all of the parameters and controls here, which are much different than at Uchess and (ughh) Yahoo. Thanks for the insight though.
This is a correspondence chess site, based on the original correspondence chess which was played through the postal system.
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01 Feb 07
Originally posted by RagnorakThanks for your thoughts. Yes I understand that this is a CC site and I have no problem at all playing long duration games, when I know that is what I am signing up for. I was miffed that some advertise quick games and they are not quick. I am not an advocate of speed chess. In my younger years when I played all of the time and had no worries, I played speed chess alot. However (and I will piss off a bunch of people when I say this), I don't believe that the best chess is played in speed chess. Granted, there are many who will play speed chess with greater accuracy than I will play at CC levels, but I am not in their league anyway. I will now step down off my soapbox. *the masses applaud*
Fair enough. Just remember that games you start on here can take over a year to complete (with the longest time controls). Even with the shortest control of 1/0, a game could conceivably go on for 80+ days, but if ye agree to making multiple moves a day, then you could get it finished in 1.
This is a correspondence chess site, based on the original correspondence chess which was played through the postal system.
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02 Feb 07
Every once in a while I make a game titled insanely quick game, however every once in a while a situation rises in real life that does not allow me to finish the game at that moment. I usually try to convey that message to my opponent, though, but I can understand why people do that.
02 Feb 07
Originally posted by shortcircuitI have one going now that I had posted "Finish today." and due to some personal issues that arose where I hadn't planed on them caused me to not be able to fill my "Finish today." game. But from what I saw he was moving a little slow as well and we just haven't bumped our game at the same time with the time to finish.
I am tired of players who offer a game and include the condition "fast play only" or "30 minute maximum game time" and they proceed to play the game at a snails pace and then drag it out forever once their position is hopeless. They won't resign, they won't move until they nearly time out and then they make a move. Why even make the offer if you don't intend to follow it?