Correspondence Chess

Correspondence chess is a chess where the two players play a game of chess and don't sit and play at the same chess board at the same time.
They mabe play from

• different towns, cities
  
• different parts of the same country
• different countries 

For transmission of moves correspondence chess servers (entering the moves on your screen), email (sending each move by a new email)  or snail mail (the good old postcard chess) are used.

Reflection time is limited and normally measured in days.

A player can compete in different tournaments at the same time.

Today players normally use computer chess programs to generate or control their moves before they send them to their opponent.

The usage of these chess programs cannot be prevented. 

As the leading computer programs are now very strong, correspondence chess has lost a lot of it's charme.

The top organizations have lost a lot of members in the last years. 

The influence of computer generated analysis is overwhelming.

Only a few top players are capable of beating opponents who rely on the best hardware/software combinations.

But playing on such a level might be already a fulltime job. And there is no money in correspondence chess. 

Last update: 30-04-2009 16:36