Hey Nigel,
I'd also like to play these variants a bit from time to time. However, I don't see how to use the club for this, since it does not seem easy to make subgroups. So we either add each other as friends (it's more easy to see the online status of the other then). Or we join one of the groups, that are more specialized on v3 and the games there. E.g.:
or, not game specific: V3
What do you think?
Hi Everyone,
Been a long time lurker on the group, posting now because I'd like to try playing the variants a bit, but when I do seeks there aren't any bites. I'll sit for 5, 10 minutes with an open seek and if I'm lucky get a 3 min 3 check game, but good luck with crazyhouse or any of the games at other time controls. It seems that the variants have not caught on yet, everyone's still playing regular chess… ;-)
Anyway, I tried asking in the live chat rooms, but still no takers, then I thought, hey why not try the intellectuals? If anyone would be up for something new and exciting it'll be those guys… I've never played any of them before, so really looking to try them out,
If anyone else is interested and experiencing similar frustrations, or just interested... let's make a date to meet up in live chess and play matches in some of these weird chess variants.
Maybe we can post our availability here? I'm generally free after 7:00pm at GMT -5 (EST if your in the states). Hit me up with a note on my homepage, or respond here I suppose, not really sure how best to organize this.
Thanks all!