I too was a bit startled, and started thinking of this...
(Which was when The Beard went all preemptive on me.)
Rule explanation needed for "Postal Chess"
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I played postal chess for years. I was in Alaska, before it was a state and playing postal chess. I remember it was almost always the highlight of my day to look in the mail box to see if there were postcards with chess moves. Always hoped to receive what I expected in moves and if someone played a move unexpected--I would hurry to my postal album to ponder.
I would have been in 7th Heaven to be able to use the internet and to have available all these chess resources.
Yeah, how about this Nalimov thing?! lol I still can't get over that. 
ponz111 wrote:
I played postal chess for years. I was in Alaska, before it was a state and playing postal chess. I remember it was almost always the highlight of my day to look in the mail box to see if there were postcards with chess moves. Always hoped to receive what I expected in moves and if someone played a move unexpected--I would hurry to my postal album to ponder.
I would have been in 7th Heaven to be able to use the internet and to have available all these chess resources.
Welcome to the digital world pop!
People play chess by mail?
Sorry, I've heard this before, just couldn't believe it still occurred.
Maybe the envelopes contains "sweet nothings" or they would like to seal their moves with a kiss.