Mostly interested in cave surveying these days, but sometimes I play chess to stay in practice and for distraction. I have been playing live chess here for a few weeks and already accused of cheating. Why am I supposed to do that? I get nothing for my wins. Cheating would just be a waste of time.

I used to play on FICS and ICC years ago, but timeseal/timestamp stopped working. chess.com seems like a good replacement, although I am missing Sutovsky's excellent live commentary that he did on ICC.

PS: I am also missing timeseal/timestamp. I am losing 0.2 seconds per move due to my internet roundtrip time, that's 20 seconds in a 100-move bullet game and half a minute in an average puzzle rush. Additionally, I'm suffering from not being able to configure move animation speed. Default move animation speed is very slow on my computer due to the hardware or web browser I use. So if you wonder why I fail so horribly in bullet and puzzle rush: It's not only caused by my sluggish brain, but also by time odds.

See my homepage www.volki.at for contact information.

Speaking of contact... I get friend requests sometimes from people I don't know. Please don't take it personal when I reject those requests. This is not Facebook where the social status is defined by the number of bogus friends. If you want to get in contact with me, send me a message or e-mail.

viennacaver