The Chess Club

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.

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.