My first completed game

IS THERE ANYWAY TO PLAY CHESS WITH SOMEONE ON THE SPOT AND NOT LIKE ONE/TWO MOVES A DAY?????????? THIS IS GETTN ANNOYING ONLY BEING ABLE TO PLAY A MONTH LONG GAME.....SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS B.S.----THANX IF YA CAN

Originally posted by ELEMENTS305
IS THERE ANYWAY TO PLAY CHESS WITH SOMEONE ON THE SPOT AND NOT LIKE ONE/TWO MOVES A DAY?????????? THIS IS GETTN ANNOYING ONLY BEING ABLE TO PLAY A MONTH LONG GAME.....SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS B.S.----THANX IF YA CAN

Sure, I can help. Hit the button that reads "caps lock".

Originally posted by ELEMENTS305
IS THERE ANYWAY TO PLAY CHESS WITH SOMEONE ON THE SPOT AND NOT LIKE ONE/TWO MOVES A DAY?????????? THIS IS GETTN ANNOYING ONLY BEING ABLE TO PLAY A MONTH LONG GAME.....SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS B.S.----THANX IF YA CAN

Join a blitz chess site (theres an icon on the home page) or look for fast movers in the Player Table and challenge them to a 1/0 game. Message them asking if they want to stay on line and play blitz first. I've finished many games in 60 minutes.

Originally posted by ELEMENTS305
IS THERE ANYWAY TO PLAY CHESS WITH SOMEONE ON THE SPOT AND NOT LIKE ONE/TWO MOVES A DAY?????????? THIS IS GETTN ANNOYING ONLY BEING ABLE TO PLAY A MONTH LONG GAME.....SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS B.S.----THANX IF YA CAN

First off, all caps is extremely annoying and rude. Please refrain from such behavior in the future.

Second, this is a correspondence site. By definition games will last months.

If you do not wish to play correspondence chess, play a "live game". check out www.fics.org (free internet chess site) or even yahoo games if you're desperate. Their are other choices for live chess but most require a subscription.

Originally posted by TommyC
It's a temporary sacrifice, which is still a sacrifice. Btw, why does everyone care so much about exact usage of this particular term? This 'debate' seems to come up again and again in the forum, and imo is a waste of time that distracts from more interesting chessy things in the threads.

As I have said before, we all recognize that this "sacrafice" is a good investment for you. However due to the nature of how we think in chess and calculate, I still call them sacrafices because it is not natural for us to look to trade a rook for a pawn.

1b. h5

...where do I start...