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JoshuaChess960
Turn-based Games ? But Correspondence chess sounds better.....
GreenPumpkin31
Online Correspondence Chess?Correspondence Chess = sounds like mail
Online Chess = all chess is online O_o
So..... Online Correspondence Chess!Genius! ^_^
forkmate
ChessMail?
theriverman
The word 'correspondence' reminds me of playing chess by mail. The word itself should be in a spelling bee.
'Daily Chess' or something like that is needed. Simple , short and sweet to the mind.
Turn off the left, think with the right and create something.
blitzs4
correspondence sounds more appropiate
Correspondence chess servers are usually database-driven and carry with them a web-based interface for submitting moves to the database. But they do create the possibility of facilitating any method of transmission, as long as the transmitted moves are audited within the server's database.
Server fees vary. Most casual servers use a yearly charging model, whereby players can play as many tournaments or games as they want all year round. Some servers offer basic membership for free, with more services available for a fee. Also more casual servers allow the use of nicknames, and have a real-time rating system which often adjusts a player's rating after each rated game. Casual servers also tend to have a wide range of facilities, such as online games databases, social and chess improvement forums, teams, and player homepages. More traditionally based correspondence chess servers often charge per tournament and still force the use of real names, which some claim raises privacy implications[who?].
The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) closely cooperates with the world chess organization FIDE. All ICCF titles, championships and ratings are recognised by FIDE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess
"Casual Chess' maybe??
gards1964
Analysis Chess: It describes the real point of this game-type and a tool you get to use - the analysis board.
As with Online Chess,
There are three main types of correspondence chess, with server based correspondence chess becoming the most popular form in the world today, with major correspondence servers becoming as large and popular as the online blitz chess servers.
With the advent of smart-phones such as Apple's iPhone, Blackberry and Android based devices correspondence chess has seen a recent rise in popularity as applications on these devices. Usually the devices use Wifi, GPRS, 3G and sometimes SMS technology to submit their moves to a central server.
There are organizations devoted to organizing play by email, such as the International E-mail Chess Club (IECC).[3]
Email play has gradually declined in popularity due to issues such as email viruses, opponents' claims of not receiving moves, and similar impediments to the point email play has arguably been superseded by server-based correspondence chess, where usually the interface to a chess server is a web-based interface.
There are national and regional organizations for postal chess which use traditional "snail mail" for transmitting moves between players. The ICCF and affiliated local and national federations often organize postal events. Other examples of groups offering postal play include the Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA) and the United States Chess Federation (USCF). However, groups other than the ICCF and affiliates are not sanctioned by FIDE.
Traditional postal chess organizations such as the International Correspondence Chess Association, the Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA), and the United States Chess Federation (USCF) have added email and/or server-based options to their correspondence play.[4]
Postal correspondence chess has arguably been superseded by email-based correspondence chess, where play per game is cheaper—each move usually delivered free and instantaneously by email. But there are still devotees
As of now , over 50+% are voting for the stupid, long, laborist, painful word, Correspondence chess. !!!!!!!!
SandyJames
Correspondence chess reminds me of stamps! Below are two stamps - one from Finland and the other from Laos.
Omer_Hayyam
something like c-Chess wouldn't harm its spirit, if you think correspondence is too long.
tom_williams
How about 'Engine chess' to reflect the number of people using one
CorfitzUlfeldt
Well then. Perhaps it is not so stupid after all?
It is also the word you looked up on wikipedia, which gave you a description of exactly what is called "online chess" on this server (and this server only!)?
This is a chess-server after all. The audience for this kind of internet service is someone who likes to work out his brain in his spare time. A lot of us can even use the word "prophylaxis" in a sentence. Having to read the word "correspondence chess" is well within our means.
Then we should call it '
When we started Chess.com 5 years ago, we had only one kind of chess to play. At first we called it email chess. Then shortened it to "echess". Later we hated that name and changed it to "Online Chess". But all chess is online...
Anyway, we're stuck with this problem where we have "Live Chess" and .... the other kind. Turn-based, correspondence... there are lots of old-school names for it. But they all fail for one reason or another and Chess.com has had an impossible time trying to rename "Online Chess".
So... what do YOU think it should be called? Debate it here in this forum, and make sure to answer the survey!
Click here to vote on the name!
Most people think of corresponding as writing a letter to someone.
Sooner
I agree. I think we can handle the formidable term "correspondence chess," theriverman's view of our limited intellectual capacity notwithstanding.
KalunaDarlin
you mean you are still using the envelope, letter and a stamp ?
Nah, when I was a kid we used postcards.
"Online Torpid Chess" then?
This comment exemplifies the cuteness that is utterly irrelevant to the conversation and only clutters it. Can't we stay on point?
Your point is dry and without any creativity or exploring.
But sensible, nevertheless.
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