yes.
They never existed in the first place?
They exist but are unaware of your ignorance. ICCF is the correspondence equivalent of FIDE. And many countries have national events like the USCF Golden Knights.
@lizani said in #3:
> They exist but are unaware of your ignorance. ICCF is the correspondence equivalent of FIDE. And many countries have national events like the USCF Golden Knights.
i have heard of ICCF, where can i play their tournaments?
> They exist but are unaware of your ignorance. ICCF is the correspondence equivalent of FIDE. And many countries have national events like the USCF Golden Knights.
i have heard of ICCF, where can i play their tournaments?
couple of problems: 1- no way to control computer use, so it is allowed. that greatly multiplies the time investment, and distorts the skill question [i.e. who is better at operating their computer]. 2- vast increase in game databases, plus endgame tables, skews in the same direction. you don't merely look at a board, shuffle pieces and use your judgment; you stay up all night doing research.
3- time controls get shorter, with instant tranmission of moves and finally 4- it is just not as much fun sending moves by email as it was marking your postcard, putting it in the mail, waiting for the postman to bring the response to your mailbox, enjoying world wide stamps and postmarks
at least those are somoe of the reasons I quit playing postal correspondence
3- time controls get shorter, with instant tranmission of moves and finally 4- it is just not as much fun sending moves by email as it was marking your postcard, putting it in the mail, waiting for the postman to bring the response to your mailbox, enjoying world wide stamps and postmarks
at least those are somoe of the reasons I quit playing postal correspondence
@sparowe14 said in #5:
> couple of problems: 1- no way to control computer use, so it is allowed. that greatly multiplies the time investment, and distorts the skill question [i.e. who is better at operating their computer]. 2- vast increase in game databases, plus endgame tables, skews in the same direction. you don't merely look at a board, shuffle pieces and use your judgment; you stay up all night doing research.
> 3- time controls get shorter, with instant tranmission of moves and finally 4- it is just not as much fun sending moves by email as it was marking your postcard, putting it in the mail, waiting for the postman to bring the response to your mailbox, enjoying world wide stamps and postmarks
> at least those are somoe of the reasons I quit playing postal correspondence
What do you mean “you quit”? Have you played it before?
> couple of problems: 1- no way to control computer use, so it is allowed. that greatly multiplies the time investment, and distorts the skill question [i.e. who is better at operating their computer]. 2- vast increase in game databases, plus endgame tables, skews in the same direction. you don't merely look at a board, shuffle pieces and use your judgment; you stay up all night doing research.
> 3- time controls get shorter, with instant tranmission of moves and finally 4- it is just not as much fun sending moves by email as it was marking your postcard, putting it in the mail, waiting for the postman to bring the response to your mailbox, enjoying world wide stamps and postmarks
> at least those are somoe of the reasons I quit playing postal correspondence
What do you mean “you quit”? Have you played it before?
@sparowe14 said in #5:
> couple of problems: 1- no way to control computer use, so it is allowed. that greatly multiplies the time investment, and distorts the skill question [i.e. who is better at operating their computer]. 2- vast increase in game databases, plus endgame tables, skews in the same direction. you don't merely look at a board, shuffle pieces and use your judgment; you stay up all night doing research.
> 3- time controls get shorter, with instant tranmission of moves and finally 4- it is just not as much fun sending moves by email as it was marking your postcard, putting it in the mail, waiting for the postman to bring the response to your mailbox, enjoying world wide stamps and postmarks
> at least those are somoe of the reasons I quit playing postal correspondence
I quote this from the wikipedia article about correspondence chess
“ Computer assistance has altered correspondence chess. As players with poor chess knowledge can use the strongest computer programs to analyse their games, the gap between the beginner and master player has narrowed. The decline in the popularity of traditional postal correspondence chess occurred at the end of the 20th century. This is also when chess programs became widely accessible, and their playing strength soon reached the level of grandmasters.[2] In OTB chess competitions, all chess organizations strictly prohibit the use of any electronic devices. In correspondence chess, there is no unequivocal stance either prohibiting or allowing the use of chess programs during games.”
> couple of problems: 1- no way to control computer use, so it is allowed. that greatly multiplies the time investment, and distorts the skill question [i.e. who is better at operating their computer]. 2- vast increase in game databases, plus endgame tables, skews in the same direction. you don't merely look at a board, shuffle pieces and use your judgment; you stay up all night doing research.
> 3- time controls get shorter, with instant tranmission of moves and finally 4- it is just not as much fun sending moves by email as it was marking your postcard, putting it in the mail, waiting for the postman to bring the response to your mailbox, enjoying world wide stamps and postmarks
> at least those are somoe of the reasons I quit playing postal correspondence
I quote this from the wikipedia article about correspondence chess
“ Computer assistance has altered correspondence chess. As players with poor chess knowledge can use the strongest computer programs to analyse their games, the gap between the beginner and master player has narrowed. The decline in the popularity of traditional postal correspondence chess occurred at the end of the 20th century. This is also when chess programs became widely accessible, and their playing strength soon reached the level of grandmasters.[2] In OTB chess competitions, all chess organizations strictly prohibit the use of any electronic devices. In correspondence chess, there is no unequivocal stance either prohibiting or allowing the use of chess programs during games.”
Um...they do. Just join this place: lichess.org/team/correspondence-league.
@Planet_CHESS465 Sure. I played for maybe ten years, 1985 - 1995, mostly USCF tournaments, which took about three years to complete, but some ICCF. During that period Chess Life had a regular postal column, 'The Check is in the Mail.'
An odd thing about postal: twice it happened that my opponent died during the game. His widow would send a sad little card relating his death, and forfeiting the game.
I have played correspondence on lichess also, but you seem to be asking particularly about "tournaments." The answer is above.
An odd thing about postal: twice it happened that my opponent died during the game. His widow would send a sad little card relating his death, and forfeiting the game.
I have played correspondence on lichess also, but you seem to be asking particularly about "tournaments." The answer is above.