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Subject: Re: Internet Chess Club Question

Author: Paul Richards

Date: 20:50:54 07/10/99

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On July 10, 1999 at 20:57:39, pallen8 wrote:

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>Hey, Just cusious as to what some of you experienced players think of the
>Internet Chess Club http://www.chessclub.com/ is it, in your opinions, worth the
>yearly membership fee ? do alot of you people hold memberships there ?  Are
>there any big downsides to it ?

Well I spanked around as a guest and registered guest for a few weeks to get the
lay of the land.  Since I can only play one or two nights a week at the most,
the 7-day trial is a bit short (IMO should be a number of trial logins, not a
fixed number of consecutive days).  So I signed up for a few trial periods, as
the net is so full of free-mail accounts that they'll never catch them all. ;)))
But I liked what I saw, lots of good games going on, and though I'm not a huge
fan of blitz I'm doing better than I expected so far. :)  Just signed up for a
year this evening.  It's worth a few bucks a month just to watch the big name
players, and if you want to practice conveniently against humans it's hard to
beat.  It's a great training ground to improve your game for live face-to-face
encounters at your local club.  Seems like a class operation, I give it two
thumbs up so far.  When I get to a big string of losses I won't be quite as
happy, but I'm in a good mood tonight. Such is the rollercoaster of emotions
that is chess. ;)



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