What happened to Hushpuppy

Originally posted by Peakite
That is of course the USCF rules on correspondence chess, those elsewhere may differ.

Although I do very much like rule 2.

What happened to the good old knock down drag out matches?

Originally posted by mtn2top
What happened to the good old knock down drag out matches?

What does that mean? (I kinda know what it might means?)

ES

Originally posted by Phlabibit
What does that mean? (I kinda know what it might means?)

ES

Rule #2 is to be courteous. i.e. Your not allowed to punch your opponent in the mouth for a good move.

Some of those Fisher-Spassky, Cold War matches were right on the edge of violence with all the psych outs going on.

Originally posted by mtn2top
You're right. I looked up the official rules for correspondence chess.

http://www.uschess.org/cc/ccrules.php

It's right there under rule number 3.

I can also see where internet chess is also like a live match. It's something between the two (correspondence and live match play).

Perhaps they should consider "no book or periodical" tour ...[text shortened]... for the responses. I definitely learned something about chess at this site from this thread.

I play the Sicilian Dragon. I play enough games on this site that I will always have at least a couple of Dragon games going at a time. So if opening books and references were banned when could I study the Dragon to improve my play?

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I play the Sicilian Dragon. I play enough games on this site that I will always have at least a couple of Dragon games going at a time. So if opening books and references were banned when could I study the Dragon to improve my play?

Well between moves obviously. Perhaps there could be a proximity detector. You can't look at a book if you're within 10 feet of the comp.


Obviously databases and books are allowed in cc. We play here to improve, this is'nt blitz, nor is it a tournament for high stakes. It's scholars chess, that's the nature of this game.

I read chess books and I study databases all the time. Since I play here everyday, and I always have games ongoing, it does'nt make sense to say I can't study while I'm playing.

Nyxie