Debate: What to call "Online Chess"...

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Clavius wrote:

. . . Correspondence Chess is time-honored and internationally recognized.

erik wrote:

i know that but. . . i'd say only 10% of our users would know what that means

Silly argument. Just say you don't like it Erik from 3 years ago.

What % know what the laughably ambiguous "online chess" means when they first come here?  0%?  Good guess.

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Robert0905 wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:

Let's all get together and have a mass debate!

Did I win?

You're the champ!

Change the "a" to a "u"?  lol

Instead, change the a to and i

Lol, yes!  I do like to scratch in weird places, heehee.

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Uncoupled Chess.

(Possibly 'Consciously Uncoupled'.)

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Caïssa's Unterruptus?

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        "TAP-OUT"    Because at some point; Sometin's gotta giveWink   The games can even start with a pre-recorded message; LADIES & GENTLEMEN, WE ARE LIIIIIIVEeeee!Yell                                                                         

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Look at those wimpy arms, lol.

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How dull it is to pause , to make an end,
To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!

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Sometimes I move right away.  Sometimes I wait a few hours, or even days.  Depends on my mood.  I guess I play "Move When the Mood Moves Me" Chess.

Also, since I get the blues when I lose, you could say I play the Moody Blues.  (You could say that, but frankly, I wouldn't recommend it.  In fact, I'm already sorry I said it myself.)

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motherinlaw wrote:

Sometimes I move right away.  Sometimes I wait a few hours, or even days.  Depends on my mood.  I guess I play "Move When the Mood Moves Me" Chess.

Also, since I get the blues when I lose, you could say I play the Moody Blues.  (You could say that, but frankly, I wouldn't recommend it.  In fact, I'm already sorry I said it myself.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LH72BTAYME

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I mostly play tournaments on this setting.  How about tournament chess?

Avatar of RonaldJosephCote

 What do you mean, "What Do You Call On-Line Chess"?   You call it on-line chessYell         A rose by any other name is still a Rose!    And a pig with lipstick, is STILL,  a pig with lipstick.Frown

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Pucker up!

Avatar of Ziryab

The question should be: How do we call correspondence chess with move transmission via website something other than correspondence chess?

Avatar of johnmusacha

Well, it's a given that the thing described is "chess", so we can safely drop that.  Less is more.

Call it "Online".

Avatar of Ziryab

Well, it's a given that the thing described is online, so we can safely drop that. Less is more.

Call it " ".

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Call it Eric's bread and butter.

Avatar of PossibleOatmeal

There is literally no reason not to call it "correspondence chess."  That's what it is, that's what it's called everywhere else, and that's what it should be called so people understand what it is with no confusion.

This is a silly subject and it's ridiculous that chess.com has gotten this so wrong and that it's even a discussion here.

Honestly baffling.

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pawpatrol wrote:

There is literally no reason not to call it "correspondence chess."  That's what it is, that's what it's called everywhere else, and that's what it should be called so people understand what it is with no confusion.

This is a silly subject and it's ridiculous that chess.com has gotten this so wrong and that it's even a discussion here.

Honestly baffling.

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Precisely. The arguments against this name overlook the basic function of the internet to transmit information, just as smoke signals, the telegraph, postcard, and email were used in prior variations of correspondence chess.

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But doesn't "Correspondence Chess" sound a bit "formal" and "old-fashioned?"  So how about this?  -- 

"Really Modern, Totally Cool, Space Age Chess!!"  Cool (Catchy, huh?)

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Smoke signals suck for correspondence chess.