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CMaximus
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25 Nov 2008, 3:12 pm
The sole reason my dad bought a computer was so he could play internet chess with it. 
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
25 Nov 2008, 3:19 pm
Ragtime wrote:
The sole reason my dad bought a computer was so he could play internet chess with it.
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
That's like instant messaging by sending quick messages via E-Mail.
There was an online chess tournament in Switzerland in 2002, during which eveybody gathered at some big convention center to play webcam chess, I mean, that's taking it a little too far...
25 Nov 2008, 3:33 pm
25 Nov 2008, 3:41 pm
gismo wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
The sole reason my dad bought a computer was so he could play internet chess with it.
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
That's like instant messaging by sending quick messages via E-Mail.
There was an online chess tournament in Switzerland in 2002, during which eveybody gathered at some big convention center to play webcam chess, I mean, that's taking it a little too far...
It would be cool to do a one-on-one webcam chess game with someone, but I wouldn't have the time for it really,
nor do I have an advanced enough webcam to view a chessboard clearly enough.
25 Nov 2008, 3:50 pm
Ragtime wrote:
gismo wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
The sole reason my dad bought a computer was so he could play internet chess with it.
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
That's like instant messaging by sending quick messages via E-Mail.
There was an online chess tournament in Switzerland in 2002, during which eveybody gathered at some big convention center to play webcam chess, I mean, that's taking it a little too far...
It would be cool to do a one-on-one webcam chess game with someone, but I wouldn't have the time for it really,
nor do I have an advanced enough webcam to view a chessboard clearly enough.
What would be cool, would be a USB Chess set, that after being plugged into the computer, can let you play chess with the board against an online oppoment using online software that comes with it, like of of those electric chess boards you mentioned, except you face other people on the net and pieces move without you having to move them.
They still sell those computer based ones you can play matches against computers with...
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... ECHESS.htm
This one can actually teach you how to play chess..
25 Nov 2008, 4:13 pm
gismo wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
gismo wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
The sole reason my dad bought a computer was so he could play internet chess with it.
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
What made it cool was that he also had a big-screen TV, and adaptor that displayed the computer's output
on that giant screen. You could see who's online, click on players, and challenge them to a game.
Personally, I prefer playing in person. Then, you know that your not playing two or three brainstorming people at once, which is cheating. And "postal chess"? Crazy. You actually mail each move to someone around the world, who mails back his/her responses. Talk about slow!
That's like instant messaging by sending quick messages via E-Mail.
There was an online chess tournament in Switzerland in 2002, during which eveybody gathered at some big convention center to play webcam chess, I mean, that's taking it a little too far...
It would be cool to do a one-on-one webcam chess game with someone, but I wouldn't have the time for it really,
nor do I have an advanced enough webcam to view a chessboard clearly enough.
What would be cool, would be a USB Chess set, that after being plugged into the computer, can let you play chess with the board against an online oppoment using online software that comes with it, like of of those electric chess boards you mentioned, except you face other people on the net and pieces move without you having to move them.
Yep, that would be cool. I like having the 3-dimensional, physical board, rather than those 2-D software versions that run on PCs/Macs.
gismo wrote:
They still sell those computer based ones you can play matches against computers with...
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... ECHESS.htm
This one can actually teach you how to play chess..
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... ECHESS.htm
This one can actually teach you how to play chess..
Cool! Ya, they had several in stores just a few years ago, and some moved their own pieces magnetically.
When it took your piece, it would move it completely off the board for you, avoiding collisions with all the other pieces along the way, of course.
25 Nov 2008, 4:16 pm
25 Nov 2008, 4:41 pm
Orwell wrote:
I'm 19, and already too old to really learn to play chess at a high level.
Oh, I don't know about that... I'm finding, now that I've re-taken up chess, that I have much more patient slyness than I did back when I was younger and only wanted to win, win, win. Now, I actually enjoy the whole game, and since humans' brains reach maturity at around age 30, I'm finding new mental resources that I didn't have before. (I can also attest that that last part has been true for each year of my twenties.)
Orwell wrote:
RE; Ragtime: Postal chess: usually this is done by e-mail nowadays, or on dedicated web sites like chess.com. Correspondence chess is very fun because it allows for much deeper analysis of the position than traditional OTB play.
Interesting.
25 Nov 2008, 8:06 pm
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