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Are there any good on line chess sites?
I was just wondering are there any websites were two players can compete against each other. I would google it but find that it takes ages to find a good site there, always having to look through loads of sites before finding a good one.
Also is there any way for me to challenge someone on Answerbank, for example, to an online game of chess?
Also is there any way for me to challenge someone on Answerbank, for example, to an online game of chess?
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I found this link on the website of the English Chess Federation:
http://www.ficgs.com/
You might find other sites to interest you from the same starting point:
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/
While it's theoretically possible to use a Chatterbank thread to play chess against someone, you'll risk lots of unwanted interventions from other people on here!
You could try setting up a 'disposable' email address (e.g. [email protected] or [email protected]) and then using Chatterbank (or, possibly, Gaming) to challenge someone to a correspondence game.
Chris
http://www.ficgs.com/
You might find other sites to interest you from the same starting point:
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/
While it's theoretically possible to use a Chatterbank thread to play chess against someone, you'll risk lots of unwanted interventions from other people on here!
You could try setting up a 'disposable' email address (e.g. [email protected] or [email protected]) and then using Chatterbank (or, possibly, Gaming) to challenge someone to a correspondence game.
Chris
But that was for fun, if you're interested in doing it properly then it has to be http://www.chessclub.com/
Thanks for responses. Pogo chess worked okay, I assume I was playing against another player but didn't see a chat option so for all I know it was a computer. Chris, how do you mean use chatterbank? Do you mean tell someone a move like e4 to d6, and then they respond with their move and we each plot our moves on our own boards in some way, or can that be done on line?
Yes, Flobadob, I was suggesting that each player has their own board at home.
That's the way that correspondence chess was played for years before the invention of the internet. Player's had to post their move, by good old-fashioned snail mail, and then wait for days or even weeks (if the opponent was abroad) before finding out the other player's response. My uncle used to have loads of chess sets in his living room, with a different correspondence game being played on each board.
That's the way that correspondence chess was played for years before the invention of the internet. Player's had to post their move, by good old-fashioned snail mail, and then wait for days or even weeks (if the opponent was abroad) before finding out the other player's response. My uncle used to have loads of chess sets in his living room, with a different correspondence game being played on each board.
Well I was only suggesting one board at a time, Flobadob, using email instead of snail mail.
I was one of the first people in the country to be awarded the title of 'Regional Coach' by the British Chess Federation but that was a long time ago and I've not played chess for many years. These days, I can probably just about remember where the pieces go on the board and which way they move!
I was one of the first people in the country to be awarded the title of 'Regional Coach' by the British Chess Federation but that was a long time ago and I've not played chess for many years. These days, I can probably just about remember where the pieces go on the board and which way they move!
Alice:
I think that, despite my coaching award, I never got too serious about chess because I saw what it did to my uncle. He was Essex county chess champion for many years in a row, but he became totally obsessed with the game, cutting himself off from the family (and from any non-chess-playing friends) almost completely for over a decade.
I think that, despite my coaching award, I never got too serious about chess because I saw what it did to my uncle. He was Essex county chess champion for many years in a row, but he became totally obsessed with the game, cutting himself off from the family (and from any non-chess-playing friends) almost completely for over a decade.
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