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Michael
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Aug 15, 2017 08:22AM
Does anyone here play correspondence chess? I mentioned the book, The Search for Chess Perfection II by Purdy, in another post. He said correspondence chess is the purest form of the game (or words to that effect). No OTB opponent, no clock and no outside distractions let him just think and play the best game he could. Some of my best games have been through correspondence as well.
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I haven't, but I have played better games with 3 day limit per move. My lowest rating associated with blitz games of 10 min.
I have tried, for the reason that it will help me learn and play better. Not the mail based solution but using solutions like chess.com and some which came before that.In my case I found out that it really did not help me much as I was not really utilizing the advantages of correspondence chess. The minute i got time to go to the site and saw a game waiting for my move I used to get impatient and play the move. Not think over it or reflect.
Theoretically i do believe correspondence chess will make one play better - but you need to take the time for thinking over it and to annotate your games to get full benefit.
Paul, you are right about engines. but to be honest at amateur level not many people would do that as there is really no advantage in it, especially if you play unranked. And if you are actually playing with a person you know then you would not expect them to do that anyways. Hopefully :)
Paul wrote: "Michael wrote: "Does anyone here play correspondence chess? I mentioned the book, The Search for Chess Perfection II by Purdy, in another post. He said correspondence chess is the purest form of th..."I agree to a certain extent, Paul. While books and computer research are allowed, I would hope people would be above just using a computer to play the game for them. I mean really, what would they gain if they won? Besides, you can talk to your opponent too, via notes on the cards. That can be fun too.
I've played correspondence games on various chess servers. Chess.com forbids people from using engines, but you can consult books, and work up trees of your own analysis. I think players who take it seriously play better than you can in a 90+30 OTB game. The games do stick in your memory much more than blitz games do, so in that sense, it might help your OTB play.
