I guess the thread has moved on.
I guess the thread has moved on...
irl tournaments Can be hard to get too,yes.
I'm not sure its SO hard in most universities though. I would think that would be the kind of place where it is relatively easy to find a few fellow chess players? (anyone I had to say something to the 1 week endgame mastery)
It's easy to find chess players. It's just hard to find chess players who take it very seriously and really want to put the time, effort, and money into playing or hosting regular rated events.
I would choose an occasional OTB with a casual player
over strictly playing Online. any day of the week.
IMHO, this is nothing more instructive to a person chess player than OTB games. the Longer the clock the better.
and as a fact, you Can only get to be a gm (of course) by playing OTB.
Only on the Chess.com forums do you seem to run into the Online Super world chess champion- (strangely usually these guys disappear after a few loud posts)
yes
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