My last game at chess.com having finished, I am leaving the website and the game of chess (chess for the 2nd time). During its introductory time, this website was really awesome. However, the Izo cheating scandal, harassment of my family and mysel...
I've played 416 games on this site, which makes me #40 in most games played out of several thousand members. I have 332 points which puts me in the top 50. I'd say that gives me the right to talk on any topic I so choose. So to my adversar...
This is the 300th member point, YEAH the sense of satisfaction is underwhelming.
Over the next few days we are going to review what chess is all about
I didn't know people were allowed to use databases on chess.com. All this time I've been playing using my own resources. No wonder there are alot of high rated players on this site. So after 400 games I'm going to start using databases...
Erik, founder of Chess.com read my blog, I would have spruced things up a bit if I knew he'd be dropping by. He really gets everywhere on this site.
So I suggest that the 5th ranked player on the site is a bot and a firestorm breaks loose. Within 24 hours said player stops playing and loses 32+ games so far on time. Coincidence? No. He was obviously cheating and no one would stop him. Except R...
Reserves Monkey® posts to his blog exclusively.
People are asking me how do I create these posts that have 750 and 500 views. Titles are important to a good flame war. You need to jump off the screen and grab the reader, make him open that door. Just like a tabloid. OK, everyone's all upset...
OK so the vacation abuse posts are very popular but few of the respondents seem to realize it's a joke. I'm going to keep pushing it up the bizarreness scale until more people catch on.
I just tried the Live Chess demo and it's pretty cool if you're into blitz. The game time controls that add time seem to make more sense than pure countdown games. I noticed all I had to do in those was make more crazy moves faster than th...
OK, I've slipped below the waves again, this isn't good!
I like the fact that Erik, the founder and CEO of chess.com, is actively involved in the site and I hope he keeps involved as it gets bigger. You can tell it's not just a money making tool for him like most web sites. I got back into chess bec...
OK, so I just figured out there is no incentive to play anyone lower rated. Since I can gain 6 pts but lose 17 playing a 900 player but win 29 and only lose 3 playing a 1500, I might as well just gamble on the better player..rack up another member...
I have passed 1100 for the 3rd time. I need to get above 1150 to keep from sinking again. Good luck Reservesmonkey! You Go!
I've decided to post a blog here because you get member points for posting and I'm not sure what those points will be used for. I want as many as possible. Maybe they will allow you to upgrade your icon from an unweighted plastic set to Ho...
