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http://www.chess.com/
For anyone interested, let's play. You can play either online chess or live chess. Online chess is really slow, sort of like emailing moves to each other. Live chess, is like, well, live - like USCL or ICC.
I'm actually in a locked in a really intense battle against micronesia right now, but I'd like to challenge all of you chess enthusiasts to a faster paced 1 minute (as opposed to the current one week) game of live chess.
My ID is StarcraftRice
Others:
TL ID - Chess.com ID
micronesia - micronesia
Lemonwalrus - Kwanroll
Revabug - Revabug
ZeroCartin - ZeroCartin
Try - CrazyInsanity
IMlemon - IMlemon
frozenclaw - frozenclaw
Zozma - Tsumo
jonnyp - jonnyp
Thojorin - Thojorin
Imagist - Absurd
Quint - frostmourne
zaychenok - strelok
Vision - Vis-USEast
disciple - dissuey
Pokebunny - Pokebunny
O-ops - n-gam3z
Triple7 - SauronZerg
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EDIT: NVM
looking for u XD
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ZeroCartin here  Just request a match if interested! isearched revabug but didnt find anything..
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The thing I hate about moest of these sites are that they aren't real-time. I can't stand snailchess. I remember I used to play on a website that looked more like a poker/casino-ish website, but that was 10 years or so ago.
So with that, can I ask if this website has real-time chess, with alot of opponents?
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I'm CrazyInsanity, just made an account. Looking forward to playing you guys, lets see what you've got =). (Expert level USCF)
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On August 19 2009 02:28 Adeny wrote:
The thing I hate about moest of these sites are that they aren't real-time. I can't stand snailchess. I remember I used to play on a website that looked more like a poker/casino-ish website, but that was 10 years or so ago.
So with that, can I ask if this website has real-time chess, with alot of opponents?
chess.com has real-time chess (live chess, as mentioned in the OP)
Also, I used to play on USCL and ICC for a bit. Not sure how those two sites are doing right now, though.
On August 19 2009 02:28 ZeroCartin wrote:
isearched revabug but didnt find anything..
Don't use the search function - it never works.
http://www.chess.com/members/view/Revabug
http://www.chess.com/members/view/ZeroCartin
http://www.chess.com/members/view/CrazyInsanity
etc.
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Im in as IMlemon, hit me up for a game or something... Dunno how to use that site yet.
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I'll play on this site from now on I guess.
edit: frozenclaw
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Seems fun, but idk if i'll have time 
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Just made an account "Tsumo". Well, I'll see if I get a chance to play any of you! ^_^
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somebody should make a team liquid group so it's easier to find everybody
jonnyp on chess.com also
edit: nvm lol
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^^We need a premium member to make a group, I am pretty sure micro is a premium member, so when he reads this he will probably take care of it.
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The puzzles are fun, but pretty easy
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Anyone interested in a 5 0 blitz tournament on Live Chess? Either Swiss or Round Robin depending on how many people want to do this. If so, post times your are free in this thread.
Poll: Chess Tournament?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
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hmmm I haven't played chess in many years... I've been thinking about taking it up, maybe i'll check that site out 
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On August 19 2009 05:56 Revabug wrote:
The puzzles are fun, but pretty easy
For serious tactics training I would recommend chess.emrald.net. The difficulty ranges between super easy and very obvious one-move puzzles to very difficult problems with several moves. In my opinion by far the best site to train your tactical awareness.
There have been two chess tourneys in the past on tl.net, both organized by The_Spike if I remember correctly. While the first was really good (OnePageMemory and SR17 battling it out in a nice final), the second tourney was unfortunately never finished, partly because both tourneys were played out in single-elimination and bo4 mode - which resulted in a lot of 2:2 games and people waiting for their next opponent.
A traditional round robin with 5/0 timemode sounds great, hopefully people will find time to play their games.
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On August 19 2009 07:10 Quint wrote:For serious tactics training I would recommend chess.emrald.net. The difficulty ranges between super easy and very obvious one-move puzzles to very difficult problems with several moves. In my opinion by far the best site to train your tactical awareness. There have been two chess tourneys in the past on tl.net, both organized by The_Spike if I remember correctly. While the first was really good (OnePageMemory and SR17 battling it out in a nice final), the second tourney was unfortunately never finished, partly because both tourneys were played out in single-elimination and bo4 mode - which resulted in a lot of 2:2 games and people waiting for their next opponent. A traditional round robin with 5/0 timemode sounds great, hopefully people will find time to play their games.
Do you have a Chess.com account?
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just logged on - looks interesting
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On August 19 2009 05:56 Saracen wrote:Anyone interested in a 5 0 blitz tournament on Live Chess? Either Swiss or Round Robin depending on how many people want to do this. If so, post times your are free in this thread. + Show Spoiler [poll] +Poll: Chess Tournament?( Vote): Yes ( Vote): No Voted yes. I could do it pretty much any time, actually...
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United States24651 Posts
5-0 is too fast for me so I won't participate in that but gl if you host it.
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On August 19 2009 10:52 micronesia wrote:
5-0 is too fast for me so I won't participate in that but gl if you host it.
What speed do you prefer? 10 0? I just don't want it taking too long.
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United States24651 Posts
I'm slow. I need at least 15-0 or maybe 15-10 in order to be somewhat comfortable.
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I'm on Chess.com as Absurd.
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i'm down, not good with time management though so we'll see how that goes :/
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15 10 would be good. Though I guess it might end up taking ages.
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I'm on chess.com as strelok. I've played chess since 5, (12 years). Studied in the St. Petersburg dvorec pionerov (Castle of the Pioneers) - where Spasskiy, Smyslov, Karpov & Kasparov studied. Although right now I'm not active at all, so my performance kinda sucks. Top ICC rating ~2200 at one point. But I'd be more than happy to play with some TL.net members, and perhaps get owned =)
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On August 19 2009 07:19 Saracen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2009 07:10 Quint wrote:On August 19 2009 05:56 Revabug wrote:
The puzzles are fun, but pretty easy For serious tactics training I would recommend chess.emrald.net. The difficulty ranges between super easy and very obvious one-move puzzles to very difficult problems with several moves. In my opinion by far the best site to train your tactical awareness. There have been two chess tourneys in the past on tl.net, both organized by The_Spike if I remember correctly. While the first was really good (OnePageMemory and SR17 battling it out in a nice final), the second tourney was unfortunately never finished, partly because both tourneys were played out in single-elimination and bo4 mode - which resulted in a lot of 2:2 games and people waiting for their next opponent. A traditional round robin with 5/0 timemode sounds great, hopefully people will find time to play their games. Do you have a Chess.com account?
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Someone come and play me live. Correspondence is lame.
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I play Chess often.
It's mostly on Facebook though.
Chess tourney, you say?
You can count me in.
Sounds worth registering for.
What time(s) do you play?
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On August 20 2009 02:28 Trozz wrote:
I play Chess often.
It's mostly on Facebook though.
Chess tourney, you say?
You can count me in.
Sounds worth registering for.
What time(s) do you play?
you have too much time on your hands lol
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My username is Vis-USEast
Everyone add me and challenge me =D!
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On August 20 2009 02:28 Trozz wrote:
I play Chess often.
It's mostly on Facebook though.
Chess tourney, you say?
You can count me in.
Sounds worth registering for.
What time(s) do you play?
I'll try to work out the times after I know enough people are willing to play. What's your Chess.com account?
And the above was a haiku? So it isn't anymore?
Everyone, I think you'll find it more enjoyable to play on live chess: http://www.chess.com/livechess/myhome.html
Watch out, though - the server is kind of laggy, so you may get screwed on time.
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I used to play on live, but I prefer just the standard online now.. You can play 100 games at a time, without running out of time
ALSO it's easier to do tournaments on standard online, you can even host your own o.O
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i cancelled my account on chess.com. IMO it is completely unsatisfactory to play blitz games due to lag. In nearly all of my games it took up to 4 seconds until the opponent's time started to decrease after a move and even with premove i still get deduced at least 0.5 seconds per move.
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On August 22 2009 04:47 Thojorin wrote:
i cancelled my account on chess.com. IMO it is completely unsatisfactory to play blitz games due to lag. In nearly all of my games it took up to 4 seconds until the opponent's time started to decrease after a move and even with premove i still get deduced at least 0.5 seconds per move.
...but it's free... If you're worried about time, stick to long games. By the way, I play 1 0 games just fine on that site. You know, the server lag affects your opponent as well, and it actually helps in faster games because it gives you more time to think.
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On August 22 2009 05:00 Saracen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2009 04:47 Thojorin wrote:
i cancelled my account on chess.com. IMO it is completely unsatisfactory to play blitz games due to lag. In nearly all of my games it took up to 4 seconds until the opponent's time started to decrease after a move and even with premove i still get deduced at least 0.5 seconds per move. ...but it's free... If you're worried about time, stick to long games. By the way, I play 1 0 games just fine on that site. You know, the server lag affects your opponent as well, and it actually helps in faster games because it gives you more time to think.
For a free site they're offering a great service, no doubt about that. But as mainly a blitz player lag is very annoying to deal with, and it's nothing i'm used to from other services.
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I'll play - Pokebunny @ chess.com , used to play a bit but not a ton (peak USCF like 1200?)
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ID is n-gam3z. I'll play since i need to get back in shape for the winter/spring season this year.
For anything other than blitz and rapid (or anything other mode under 30 mins) though, i would recommend chessmaniac.com. You get a lot more user features there - without paying money. Aint so with chess.com. Heck, we can even make a teamliquid chess team there :D
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On September 20 2009 03:47 O-ops wrote:
ID is n-gam3z. I'll play since i need to get back in shape for the winter/spring season this year.
For anything other than blitz and rapid (or anything other mode under 30 mins) though, i would recommend chessmaniac.com. You get a lot more user features there - without paying money. Aint so with chess.com. Heck, we can even make a teamliquid chess team there :D
Oh cool. I wasn't aware that there was another free site. I'll go check it out.
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ID - SauronZerg. I'd be up for the tournament.
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Canada8029 Posts
People, you need to do battle reports on this stuff.
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SUP CHEN!
it's Robert P
I'd love to play chess sometime, or even sc ( I've been kinda cravin it)
How's school?
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9070 Posts
lets organize a tournament this weekend
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I want to play too with you guys.
ID: Athos90
Friend add me people :D
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there is something wrong with the ranking calculation system in this chess.com
wherever I played before it was hard to get fast 1500+ points since winning against even opponents gave me like 12 points or so. here I'm raping shit at 1600-1700 and get like 50 points per win vs 1300-1400 opponents...
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^^I think your first 10 games or so count extra just so 2000 players don't have to spend a year grinding to get to their natural rank.
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I'm still looking to get a couple of games on, live (tricky with the time zones) or correspondence controls, whatever.
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EPT
