Author: Frank Nelson
Date: 14:08:29 01/31/02
I first started playing postal chess after a recommendation by a SM. My rating was consistently initially between 1675 - 1775 uscf. I noticed that in 1993-1994 I lost about 10 games in less than 10 moves. My opponents were always saying regards after mailing me their postcards. Something stinks I thought. There was one opponent in a trophy quad who I had 4 games with. I lost 2 of the games in under 10 moves. In the other 2 I noticed that my opponent seemed to act like ChessMaster 3000. True enough as my investigation deepen it was verified that my opponent was using ChessMaster (probably letting it run about 2 hours) and mailing me a card the same day that it was received. I turned the tables on my opponent by using ChessMaster about 2.5 hours reaching victory in one game and a draw in the other. At the time my opponent was rated 1725 uscf postal and later in 1996 I noticed my opponent rating was over 2100 uscf postal. It is my opinion that if a person pays money to play in a tournament whether OTB or postal he has a right to commend on how the tournament was conducted or runned. After a review of some of those correspondence chess games I lost in under 10 moves I suspected M-Chess, Fritz, and Genius as the programs used to generate moves. Some of the older more experienced players at the chess club I used to belong to told me that they don't play postal because of computers. Now I know what it was that they were alluding to. I have decided that postal chess is for people who wants to win trophies and money for their computers and it not for me. Ljubomir Nelson
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