Just a note to say hello from Bloxwich in England.

I saw this site mentioned on the BBC TV programme "Click" this morning and thought I would check it out.  Looks like a great site with lots of promise!

See:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6960751.stm 

I have not played chess seriously since I was at school nearly 30 years ago but decided to take it up again recently and have been kitting myself out with equipment and books.  This site looks like a fun and useful add-on to those resources

Computer-wise I am using a PowerMac G5 2.5Ghz dual-processor system. 

Hope to participate as time permits, meanwhile, 

Best wishes to all,

From Stuart Williams

(The Time Traveller) 

Welcome to the chess.com community!  Make the most of playing, learning and sharing.

adeshmukh wrote: Welcome to the chess.com community!  Make the most of playing, learning and sharing.

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Thank you!  I will do my best

Hey Stuart,

That's great that you found the site through a BBC program. The nice thing about chess today is that you can join communities, like this one, play on line, and stay in touch with players from around the world. There are a number of us who recently picked up the game after an absense of many years. Take adantage of the sites resources and the people on chess.com. I've gotten a great deal of useful information since joining. All of it at no cost!! Welcome to the site!!

                                                      Hugh

Hi Hugh, and thanks!

 

The BBC "Click" programme does a regular review of interesting websites and chess.com was featured in some detail as part of that review.

 

Of course when I was at school we were still using punch cards to be sent to the local college when we wrote computer programs

 

I can't help thinking sites like chess.com make chess magazines obsolete, which is a pity but the internet  is both more timely and more interactive than any hardcopy magazine can be...

 

Cheers,

 

Stuart 

Stuart, 

 Hope you enjoy it here (I know I am :D). 

Wow! chess.com was on tv.

Hey Stuart,

I'm 46 years old and I still prefer real magazines and books to the internet. I still prefer an analog (old fashion) chess clock to a clock. I still write all my music on paper with a #2 pencil. I like the olds ways, which is why I love chess: You can change the look of the pieces but it's still a game that hasn't changed much over the years!

Hugh,

It's nice to have the options of both ancient and modern methods in life.  If it wasn't for the usefulness of the net in communicating with people I would never have any chance to meet, such as in this forum, I would be perfectly happy with snail mail and one of my fountain pens, and probably a lot less stressed out!

 

I enjoy fine books and electronic books (on my pda). I have both analogue and digital chess clocks.  And both a radio-controlled Casio wristwatch and a Victorian pocketwatch... I much prefer real-world chess to computer chess, but I find the latter a useful learning tool (Sigma Chess with Hiarcs MP on my Mac).

 

So I can see where you're coming from. 

Hi stuart.

I am from England, too and found this site from Click on the good old BBC.

I hope you enjoy using this site . if you need help at any time there will be someone to help. A Good place is help and support  on the forum and the Search at the top corner. you never know you might find your answer there.

 

Hi BigBoy, cheers for that, nice to know there are a few more of us Brits dropping by  :O)

Timetraveller, Bigboy, & other Brits,

 Let's start a British chess renaissance! We've been in chess Babylon too long.

chessbot3000,  I think there may already be British chess renaissance outside cyberspace (though they probably still use quill pens )...  But I agree it would be great to see a lot of Brit activity on chess.com, considering England is the birthplace of Staunton!

If the British take over chess.com be sure to make me an honorary member!

Hugh, you'd be more than welcome as an honorary Englishman

Hi Stuart,  Welcome to the site, you will find that there are many, many, Brits on this site. I hope you enjoy belonging to Chess.com as much as we all do. Since I joined I've found the member's (and not just Brits), but from all over the world great, and really friendly. Most have a good sense of humour and fun, as well as some of them being really knowledgable about chess, as you will find out by reading the Forums. You will be able to play with people you would never normally have the opportunity to meet.  The Guys that set up the site are fantastic, and really helpful. They have set the ethos of chess.com to be one of a really nice place to be. So enjoy. Hope to play you sometime.

Hi Queenie (how is one?), and thanks for the welcome.  I'm getting the distinct impression that Chess.com is a bit like "Cheers" - where "everybody knows your name..."  Certainly there seems to be a lot of good people here from all over the world with the right attitudes to life as well as chess.  I also anticipate learning a lot, as someone whose chess needs a lot of work after such a long break!  No doubt we must have a game sometime. TTFN, Stuart.

One is very well Stuart,  thanks for asking. You are on the right site if you want to learn, brush up your skills. Look up Bill Wall. Fantastic man, very clever, really knows chess like the back of his hand. Loads of information. Mind you he's too hot for me to play, sorry to say. One Day PG.