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No Slow Pokes Tournament for Chess 960

No Slow Pokes Tournament for Chess 960

tdbostick
| Jun 28, 2011
| 1,104
| 4

I've created another No Slow Pokes tournament - this time for Chess 960.  The same basic restrictions are in place here as in the last one, except the rating range is appropriately lower.  Here's the link: http://www.chess.com/tournament/no-slow-p...

Chinese & Japanese Chess

Chinese & Japanese Chess

tdbostick
| Apr 15, 2011
| 3,153
| 0

Who would like to see Xiangqi and Shogi offered here at chess.com?  Both games are really fun and offer completely new strategies.

New (sorta) fast tournament

New (sorta) fast tournament

tdbostick
| Jan 7, 2011
| 1,794
| 3

There's a new tournament for people who get fed up with those who force the official tournaments to drag on for years and years.  This one won't let you join unless you're time/move is under 12 hours, you've played at least 20 games (eliminates ne...

Games in progress mismatch

Games in progress mismatch

tdbostick
| Oct 28, 2010
| 1,879
| 1

I currently have 11 games in progress, but the site is reporting I only have ten, when clearly there are 11 open ones.  I've noticed this with other players, where they have way more games in progress than are actually reported. I can't figure out...

Timing

Timing

tdbostick
| Oct 21, 2010
| 1,134
| 1

One thing I learned playing correspondence chess: don't make your moves late at night when you're mind's starting to shut down.  I had a streak recently where I had some really dumb losses and my rating dropped nearly 200 points, all because I was...

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