2+2 Correspondence Championship (Chess.com)

[Cadaz]

Originally Posted by ganstaman

Btw, do you guys actually like chess.com? Maybe it's because I'm so used to gameknot, but this site feels somewhat annoying, bulky and bubbly, where things aren't where I want them to be. I blame all of my future losses on the interface!

It's annoying with the adds. If you become a member it's less so.

My membership expired and I'm hating it right now.

[Ajezz]

What ads do you mean? The only ad-like thing I have ever seen there is the link to their member benefit page. I am browsing with NoScript though, so I rarely see ads on any sites.

In any case, I'd have used the word "lean" instead of "bulky". I'd like to customize the "My Home" screen a bit more, but otherwise I don't have any complaints on usability and appearance of the site.

[BobJoeJim]

I guess I'm not really a fan of chess.com's visual format, but I'm also very much not a visual person, so I don't really care. I like their content (specifically tactics trainer and chess mentor) enough to pay for a premium membership, which has made it (by default) my site of choice for correspondence play, and so I've never tried anywhere else.

If you're specifically wondering why I chose chess.com for this tournament, it's quite simply that chess.com is the only place I've ever played correspondence chess, and I knew that chess.com has the option to create a custom invite-only tournament that would allow me to run this. Could I perhaps have run it elsewhere as well? Probably, but I don't really know, and that's why I didn't

[Cadaz]

No I think it's fine. It makes the most sense as we already have a "team" there.

[HipHopRTR]

Kyle now fears the BDG!

[Cadaz]

Nice game!

[KyleJRM82]

Kyle fears no gambit, ever. Which is why he consistently gets burned by them

[HipHopRTR]

Originally Posted by KyleJRM82

Kyle fears no gambit, ever. Which is why he consistently gets burned by them

Perhaps then Kyle SHOULD fear some gambits ...

[Noir_Desir]

he shouldn't fear any opening. If you have problems in some lines, book up, analyse and beat them next time.

[KyleJRM82]

My action to any gambit will always be to be offended. "What, you think I can't handle that?" Even if I can't.

[smilingbill]

nearly the right attitude imo (minus getting offended)

[MidyMat]

When does the Correspondence Championship start?
and when are the invites going to be sent out?

[Ajezz]

I am afraid you are too late.

As laid out in post #1, it has already started on November 26th.

[MidyMat]

Originally Posted by Ajezz

I am afraid you are too late.

As laid out in post #1, it has already started on November 26th.

Too late?

I posted on 11/19 (7th ****ing post in the thread) in this thread that I wanted to play and included my SN

I re-posted my SN again in this thread

and I sent to two PM's to BobJoeJim (that went unanswered).

Soooo......WTF

[Noir_Desir]

maybe you got an invitation but forgot to register for the tournament? IIRC all members of team 2+2 got invited to the tournament regardless of this thread. But it was still necessary to register for the tournament.