Natalia_Pogonina wrote:
+1
don't you just hate it when people talk to you in numbers?
Chess.com the best !?
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many thanks to everyone who bothered to answer my question..even those who think i'm a plant.If I were a plant i'd be a chessnut!
LisaV wrote:
Sure.
If I were a plant, I think I'd like to be a Venus Flytrap, only instead of flies I'd catch the old wandering chicken tikka masala or tom yum gai. mmmm. :)
..and if I were a chicken masala i'd consider myself quite clucky...i'll get me coat
Jul 21, 2010
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#45
chess.com wins for the regular installments of Silman insanity alone :-)
Having caught the occasional bottle of rum myself, the stories are limited to those you can remember....
i like this chess site alot
there is one problem
if you have a bad computer, being slow, it will lag alot
some other chess sites would not
Jul 21, 2010
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#49
One of the best features that I enjoy about chess.com is the iPhone app. Having the ability to take chess.com wherever you go is outstanding.
LisaV wrote:
TheGrobe wrote:
Having caught the occasional bottle of rum myself, the stories are limited to those you can remember....
A corollary for me. Rum tells stories I'd rather not give others the chance to remember in the first place. :)
Yes, these two in conjunction can definitely lead to some subsequent awkwardness.
"I did what?!?"
LisaV wrote:
cwwiss wrote:
LisaV wrote:
If I were a plant, I think I'd like to be a Venus Flytrap, only instead of flies I'd catch the old wandering chicken tikka masala or tom yum gai. mmmm. :)
..and if I were a chicken masala i'd consider myself quite clucky...i'll get me coat
My response to that is way too dirty for chess.com. lol
Anyway, being a Venus Flytrap would be cool. Imagine the stories a Flytrap would tell its buddies if it caught a bottle of rum.
now you're just being silly Lisa...too dirty for 'this' site!? lol
I actually used to own a small venus fly trap when I was younger. I had to bring in from outside somewhat dead or stunned ants and flies and stuff like that, and feed it. It was very cool to have that, lasted a long time too
Jul 22, 2010
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#53
I also had a venus fly trap. If I couldn't get an appropriate critter for it I'd drop in a fly-sized piece of raw hamburger. It was always consumed with no complaints.
Jul 22, 2010
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#54
LisaV wrote: Good lord, I haven't even talked about the Marco Polo game.....
Hot damn! Time to break out the fruit-flavored body paints! 
LisaV wrote:
TheGrobe wrote:
LisaV wrote:
TheGrobe wrote:
Having caught the occasional bottle of rum myself, the stories are limited to those you can remember....
A corollary for me. Rum tells stories I'd rather not give others the chance to remember in the first place. :)
Yes, these two in conjunction can definitely lead to some subsequent awkwardness.
"I did what?!?"
"I did who?!?"
Actually, in this context, "I did what?!?" would be far more disturbing.
How likely is it that the bottle of rum is the answer?
TheGrobe wrote:
This is not just the best chess site -- this is one of the best run sites I've ever frequented -- period.
yep...it's not just me then.Now i'm going to start feeling guilty about not subscribing
but it's just really hard to pay for something that's free!..it just goes against the grain of my miserly ethos.If they introduced a compulsory basic sub of less than £15 a year then I would upgrade.
Jul 22, 2010
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cwwiss wrote:
yep...it's not just me then.Now i'm going to start feeling guilty about not subscribing
but it's just really hard to pay for something that's free!..it just goes against the grain of my miserly ethos.If they introduced a compulsory basic sub of less than £15 a year then I would upgrade.
what??? it's £19.5 - that's close enough, right? ($30USD = £19,5)
think of the kids.... (my 4 kids... who all need to eat...)
;)
Well, it's not the best right now. Game Explorer is still out with the flu! I'd actually consider upgrading if 1. Game Explorer worked correctly 2. I could upgrade my account and if I didn't like it, get pro-rated back down.
Welcome! Another pretty good site is chessbase.com. You get a one year subscription for free when you buy the Fritz program. It is somewhat German-oriented, and you have to pay 'ducats" (you can buy them) to participate in certain events such as lessons. I find chess.com and ICC a good mix, but I also have Chessbase since I just bought Deep Fritz 12 (the free Stockfish and Fire both beat it at blitz but they both need an interface such as the Fritz GUI).
If you buy "Fritz 7" you can play for free all your life. But only live-chess and I dont know if all features are still working, because I never use it.