@lemondrop saidWow....You're no spring chicken are you!
the old fashioned way
pen, paper and snail mail
I've been doing it for decades
it's the only thing in the mail that I look forward too
my first games were in the early 60's
I had 40 or so games going at the same time
only one game now
with a cousin in Germany named Hans
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08 Dec 20
@lemondrop saidMy "current" game with Trev, had it been a correspondence one, would have been over months ago...actually a year or more ago. Talk about a snail's pace. 😉
the old fashioned way
pen, paper and snail mail
I've been doing it for decades
it's the only thing in the mail that I look forward too
my first games were in the early 60's
I had 40 or so games going at the same time
only one game now
with a cousin in Germany named Hans
08 Dec 20
@great-big-stees saidI admire your patience. 🙂
My "current" game with Trev, had it been a correspondence one, would have been over months ago...actually a year or more ago. Talk about a snail's pace. 😉
08 Dec 20
@great-big-stees saidexcept for the oxford comma, cockroaches, and the relentless cold void of space
All things will, eventually, end. 🙂
08 Dec 20
@great-big-stees saidLOL....Hey stees you knew what you were getting into in the beginning no big surprises! 😉
All things will, eventually, end. 🙂
-VR
08 Dec 20
@lemondrop
I'll get back to you on that, because I was in the British Correspondence Chess Association (BCCA), I'll publish a game in the forum when I get my finger out of my proverbial.
Good thread👍
@lemondrop saidI started out that way as well. 1977 my first USCF Golden Knights tournament. Yes, it took longer, but in many ways it was better. The slower pace allowed one to dig deep into each position and find the best move they could. No worries about engines beating you too. My ICCF events from the 70's and 80's made many at work suspicious and hostile, since they thought I was sending coded messages to the Czech and Polish government's behind the iron curtain. It was so much fun dropping an occasional Russian word in a conversation, just to keep the conspiracy theory loons angry - Sometimes I miss the cold war! 🙂
the old fashioned way
pen, paper and snail mail
I've been doing it for decades
it's the only thing in the mail that I look forward too
my first games were in the early 60's
I had 40 or so games going at the same time
only one game now
with a cousin in Germany named Hans
08 Dec 20
@very-rusty saidHas he gotten into something?
LOL....Hey stees you knew what you were getting into in the beginning no big surprises! 😉
-VR
08 Dec 20
@lemondrop
Chess Mail ; ISSN 1393 - 385X & Correspondence Chess ; ISSA 0961 - 7736. Both in 2005. A changing age, adapt to the digital age.... I need a lie down. I'll publish a game in the CF.