To Play Chess Online: OTB versus CC
Sunday, 19. July 2009
To play chess online is really fun and exciting. It offers certain alternatives to the traditional methods of chess game play such as OTB or over the board game play where chess players play against live or human opponents. In this kind of chess game, chess players sit together in front of a board in the computer and play a live chess game. It uses real time environments where the bullet chess games, blitz chess, and rapid games of chess can be played. Time controls and time management are being enforced for both of the chess players.
Another is the CC or correspondence chess where the chess games are done by mailing the moves or responds back and forth from the two opponents using what we called snail mail or for some use the regular postal services. They are allowed to have ample amount of time to think and consider a certain position and then make a move after careful consideration and send it back to their opponent. The next thing they are entitled to do is to wait for the reply.
Some internet correspondence sites allow up to 10 days of thinking before making or sending the move. Furthermore, in this way, you can consult and read some chess books or find tips online freely, to be able to learn more about that certain position, your opponent has come out. The correspondence chess play is enabled by the web browser’s provision based on boards and almost instant email notifications to avoid prolonged delays as well as expense that is caused by the posting of moves.
The online chess games have also enhanced chess by making the chess community worldwide accessible for chess players around the world regardless of the geographic location (as long as there is electricity and internet) or time zone they are in.

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