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Off-topic forums => Completely Unrelated => Topic started by: L. Spiro on 2006-10-05 06:46:14
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Well from a previous tournament I know that a lot of people here enjoy chess.
I also enjoy chess, but I wasn’t hanging around at the time of the tournament so I completely missed out.
If you are like me, you don’t have a lot of time anymore, and this is one major reason I stopped playing chess long ago, and probably why fewer people here show interest in it as much.
One alternative has been to play quick games (10 minute games or such) but quite frankly I hate those.
If I am to play chess, I will play a thinking game or none at all. Hence why lack of time has forced me to play none at all.
Someone on another forum kept pushing me to play to which I kept replying that I had no time.
Finally he linked me to http://www.chessatwork.com/.
Honestly, I have to admit I am impressed with the detail they have put into this site.
They put a lot of time into it, added tons of little useful features over a long period of time, and the entire site is really huge, complete with forums where chess players chat it out (I do not participate but they have it).
The best part is that the time per move is noted in days, giving us working men and women the ability to play thinking games again without interfering with our lives.
You can play multiple games at once as well and keep the opponents fresh.
It also has full league support.
It natively supports the creation of chess clans and allows clan battles as well.
My interest in chess really died long ago, but recently I have been getting back into it and I am considering even subscribing to the site ($30 for a year, no problem).
Note that you do not have to subscribe, and you can still have fun without doing so.
If anyone would like to play, my ID is “LSpiroâ€.
It is more fun to play people you know than a bunch of strangers.
I heard Nori ripped it up at the last tournament.
Too bad I will never get to play her now that she left.
Maybe we can have another Qhimm tournament on Chess at Work, especially since it seems both of the winners from the previous one are gone.
L. Spiro
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I'd be up for that likes.
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I am not a subscriber now so I can only play 6 games at once, which is where I currently am, so I can not accept challenges yet, however, I already spoke to my boss about buying me a subscription (he has a credit card and I will pay him back).
So soon I should be able to play infinite at once.
L. Spiro
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Heh thats funny that your boss will be paying you to play *Chess at Work* :-D
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Yes indeed.
He paid for the subscription and on occasion sees me playing, well, chess, at work.
Anyway, I thought a few more people would be interested in this.
I guess the site is not so active anymore.
Oh well.
L. Spiro
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I'd be interested, but I don't want to pay for chess.
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You don’t have to pay.
I said that.
L. Spiro
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Oh. I got confused because you were talking about a paid subscription. I'll look into this.
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Unforunately, I'm too dumb for chess. :(
However, I like playing Abalone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone_game).
I just registered at NetAbalone (http://netabalone.goto-games.com).
Maybe someone of you wants to battle me?
- Alhexx