tournaments?

Hi,

I have played online about 10 times.  Most of the time in live chess, I lost.  I went to chess mentor and played a game there.  I beat my mentor at that game.

Now, it seems to me that it is the time that usually beats me in live chess as I often run out of time or feel rushed into making moves I usually wouldnt.

So, I thought that I would play in a tournament to see how I do.  The problem is that when I try to join it, I get a message that tells me that I need to play online five times or something before I can join.  I tried playing a few more times in live chess to make up for this but, it still doesnt work. My rating gets lower the more I play on there because I dont do well under the time contraints.

Does anybody know how I can join tournaments?

you have to play at least 5 cc games. live games don't count, nor do 'mentor games' (or whatever that is, i have no idea what you're referring to there).

My understanding is that you need to play some turn-based chess... you need to establish that you are reliable enough to finish some (slow-paced) turn-based games.

thanks for your responses. how do I do that?  just noob here and no idea what I am doing wrong but, that is exactly what I want to do:  play some turn based games against other people

nm i think that i figured it out

go to 'play' at the top. go to 'online chess'. on that page you have to select 'open seeks' on the right and choose from the games there, or 'start new seek' and fill out the information to start your own game, then wait for someone to accept it.

rite thanks