Chess website?
July 5, 2006 11:14 AM Subscribe
Can anyone recommend a decent online chess program?
I'm going travelling in a couple of months and would like to keep a game of chess going with a friend.
I'd really like to find a nicely designed site that will allow each of us to periodically log in and make a move in a saved game.
I'd prefer not to have to re-input the board positions each time (which seems to be how the majority of sites work).
I've found plenty of installable programs that allow this (via email for example), but it has to be a website as I will be logging in from many different internet cafes!
I'm going travelling in a couple of months and would like to keep a game of chess going with a friend.
I'd really like to find a nicely designed site that will allow each of us to periodically log in and make a move in a saved game.
I'd prefer not to have to re-input the board positions each time (which seems to be how the majority of sites work).
I've found plenty of installable programs that allow this (via email for example), but it has to be a website as I will be logging in from many different internet cafes!
Best answer: I was a member of Redhotpawn.com for a while, and I enjoyed it. It's free to play games against people, you have to pay to join some tournaments. It's the only site of it's type that I have tried, so I can't compare it to anything, but it should be able to do what you want it to do.
posted by jefeweiss at 12:03 PM on July 5, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by jefeweiss at 12:03 PM on July 5, 2006 [1 favorite]
I've played on itsyourturn.com before (mentioned in exogenous' link) - it does exactly what you need.
posted by deadmessenger at 12:44 PM on July 5, 2006
posted by deadmessenger at 12:44 PM on July 5, 2006
For correspondence chess you might want to look at chessworld.net (I believe it's free for a small number of games.) If you want to schedule a live game try FICS.
posted by KirkJobSluder at 12:44 PM on July 5, 2006
posted by KirkJobSluder at 12:44 PM on July 5, 2006
echo the Redhotpawn recommendation. It's a nice site, with nice features, free.
Cheers
posted by Cycloptichorn at 12:55 PM on July 5, 2006
Cheers
posted by Cycloptichorn at 12:55 PM on July 5, 2006
Response by poster: All great links, but redhotpawn.com wins in the style stakes. Cheers guys.
posted by MintSauce at 1:19 PM on July 5, 2006
posted by MintSauce at 1:19 PM on July 5, 2006
Scheming Mind is a lot of fun because they have lots of variations.
posted by o0dano0o at 2:30 PM on July 5, 2006
posted by o0dano0o at 2:30 PM on July 5, 2006
I'm on Scheming Mind too, and I think it's great (I don't even play variations).
posted by nev at 6:42 PM on July 5, 2006
posted by nev at 6:42 PM on July 5, 2006
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posted by exogenous at 11:43 AM on July 5, 2006