Playing Chess Online: Correspondence versus Live
Sunday, 19. July 2009
If it is your first time to be playing chess online you should distinguish first the difference between the email or correspondence chess servers and those servers that provides live chess. Your movements on the live chess servers are transmitted almost instantly to your opponent and vice versa. Thus, playing chess games in these servers almost feels like you are just playing the traditional over the board chess game- except of course that you need to use the computer mouse in moving the chess pieces and your opponent is not visible. Some of these popular servers for live chess plays are the FICS (Free Internet Chess Servers), ICC (Internet Chess Club), and many more.
In the correspondence or email chess, everything is a bit long drawn out because when you move a chess piece, that move is at the meantime stored on the computer server until the opposing player logs in or your opponent send you the reply email of move. Usually, it takes a few days for your opponent to respond and make his or her move. Some examples of correspondence chess game servers are the ChessWorld, FICGS (Free Internet Correspondence Games Server, and many other more.
Before you start to play in these correspondence chess game servers, you should check out their fine print. Some of these servers allow the usage of certain computer programs and some of them don’t. Make sure that you have chosen the appropriate server for your needs. For example, if you choose to play against human chess players only, you need to join the appropriate server for this.
So it is up to you, what suits your style in learning and playing the chess games. Just choose the one you like and opt for the best website online for the kind of server you can use.
