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Debate: What to call "Online Chess"...
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Nov 21, 2025
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#1603
I don't know... Why not just call it what it is.... Online chess. Or maybe it's just me. I'm a firm believer in K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid.
Nov 22, 2025
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#1604
Royal-shark wrote:
Kaeldorn wrote:
Royal-shark a écrit :
wtheck does this even mean
Why? You can't read or you can't English?
I don’t understand why y’all are arguing about what to call online chess- just call it online chess
it’s that simple
No it isn't. Blitz, bullet and rapid times are all "on-line." All chess played on this site is on line. So this isn't really making anything clearer. Some called it daily chess, others say correspondence, since it looks like the old days of sending postcards through the mail. Others call it slow chess.
It's not one of the big problems of our day, but it seems to bug some people.
Nov 22, 2025
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#1606
technical_knockout wrote:
i like calling it 'daily chess'... sounds nice & aptly refers directly to the time control.
since engine usage is not allowed, daily chess isn't really correspondence chess & it would only create unnecessary confusion to conflate the terms.
Using an engine is Centaur chess, or Advanced chess. I stopped playing correspondence chess everywhere but here when they started allowing engine use.
Kaeldorn wrote:
Of course it's all commercial BS when you refuse to do the right thing, so casual players won't be scared off by some words they don't know well and what other lame reasons.
"I wanted to try play chess online, but then I saw "Correspondence chess", got scared, ran away, and chess.com lost billions."
It's about it, the moronic ideas these merchants do have got.
Fun fact: the issue was settled 13 years ago, and they are calling it "Daily chess" ever since.
But don't mind that, I'm sure Eric is still glad to get your input after all those long years.
Nov 23, 2025
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#1609
I think simply referring to it as the time control it belongs to is the perfect nomenclature. Issue seems largely solved at this point. More letting you know that I agree with the format you wound up with than anything else 🫡
Nov 23, 2025
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#1610
LeonaeuReeves wrote:
I think simply referring to it as the time control it belongs to is the perfect nomenclature. Issue seems largely solved at this point. More letting you know that I agree with the format you wound up with than anything else 🫡
Yea but that takes away from the drama these things create and some live on drama.
Nov 26, 2025
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#1611
DrSpudnik wrote:
Royal-shark wrote:
Kaeldorn wrote:
Royal-shark a écrit :
wtheck does this even mean
Why? You can't read or you can't English?
I don’t understand why y’all are arguing about what to call online chess- just call it online chess
it’s that simple
No it isn't. Blitz, bullet and rapid times are all "on-line." All chess played on this site is on line. So this isn't really making anything clearer. Some called it daily chess, others say correspondence, since it looks like the old days of sending postcards through the mail. Others call it slow chess.
It's not one of the big problems of our day, but it seems to bug some people.
Just call it e-chess then ig… seems pretty simple to me
Nov 26, 2025
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#1613
Correspondence, "Daily" means every single day, and if you have a have Where both players have 3 days, is it really Daily?
Correspondence should be the norm, Also because it is not vague like "turn based", Like.. Live Chess also is turn based.
Nov 26, 2025
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#1614
But I know they won't change it to "correspondence" Just because It was named "daily" and will always be known as "daily"
wtheck does this even mean
Why? You can't read or you can't English?
I don’t understand why y’all are arguing about what to call online chess- just call it online chess
it’s that simple