The internet has given millions of chess players in the world access to chess compitition they would not normally have. The International Correspondence Chess Federation, Red Hot Pawn and other organizations offer many well organized on line tournaments. These organizations represent a wealth of online Correspondence Chess opportunities unavailable until recently. So...can you name any books written only for correspondence players? I can name only one. Winning at Correspondence Chess by Tim Harding (now over 10 years old) What's the problem? Why is there so little written material designed for the Correspondence player? It seems to me there is a huge market out there for at least a few more books on this subject.
I just don't understand...😕
Originally posted by bill718CC is just like OTB chess but with extra advantages.What would you write about that's specific for CC players?
The internet has given millions of chess players in the world access to chess compitition they would not normally have. The International Correspondence Chess Federation, Red Hot Pawn and other organizations offer many well organized on line tournaments. These organizations represent a wealth of online Correspondence Chess opportunities unavailable until rec ...[text shortened]... market out there for at least a few more books on this subject.
I just don't understand...😕
I cannot think of anything 😕
Modern Chess Analysis by Robin Smith is, despite the title, intended for correspondence players. Practice the dark arts revealed within and you may well be banned from this site!
I suppose The System by Hans Berliner is also intended more for CC than OTB although I wouldn't really recommend it for either.
Originally posted by bill718My guess is that you're mistaken when you say that there's a huge market for correspondence chess books. It's hard enough for chess book authors to make money selling into the mainstream chess market. I'd guess that it's doubly hard to try to sell into a much smaller subset of that. So I'm not surprised that you can't find very many books on correspondence chess.
The internet has given millions of chess players in the world access to chess compitition they would not normally have. The International Correspondence Chess Federation, Red Hot Pawn and other organizations offer many well organized on line tournaments. These organizations represent a wealth of online Correspondence Chess opportunities unavailable until rec ...[text shortened]... market out there for at least a few more books on this subject.
I just don't understand...😕
There are a couple of out-of-print books that were published: "Correspondence Chess" by Hannon Russell (1980), and "The Complete Guide to Correspondence Chess" by Alex Dunne (1991). Both were published by Thinkers' Press.
Also, there are tournament books available that cover correspondence chess championships. And although not strictly CC books, I'd imagine that some books by C.J.S. Purdy and Steffan Gerzadowicz might have a "flavor" of correspondence chess.
Hi Bill,
It's the same game. What more can you say regarding corres chess.
There have been a few books covering C.C. Tournaments and I have
some C.C. magazines.
The advice I've seen in these is plain common sense.
"Check you have written down the correct move (doh!). "
I suppose it all depends how you approach the game you play on here.
I could say that every game I've played on here would pass for one of
my OTB games. Infact they are OTB games as far as I am concerned.
I've done nothing deep or profound. (I don't play like that - I can't)
Same old traps (positional or tactical) from the same old openings. 🙁
Regarding Net Chess my advice is Take Your Time
This site is littered with more blunders than the first round of a
Schools Under 6 tournament.
But Bill if you feel there is a need for such a book. Then write one.
Any idiot can write a chess book.
(OOPS.....er.....ignore that last bit).
PS. Steffan Gerzadowicz's books mentioned in a previous post
are good. Especially if you play the Modern/Pirc.