Yahoo! Chess anyone?

[cluster11]

I didn't want to hijack the other thread about BC Chess Tournament so posting here. I play in freechess.org and yahoo! chess. Typically a 5-min (Blitz) or 15-min (QC) format suits me better. Anyone else play on these chess servers? Maybe we could do a faster version of the standard chess there? Let me know if anyone is interested.

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[One World]

http://www.banglacricket.com/alochon...4&postcount=83

[ukreplica]

hey really am interested to do it

[cluster11]

So far I have 3 players for the Yahoo! Chess league:
- cluster11
- One World
- uk replica

I'll try to update this thread on a weekly basis and hope for any new comers. I'll keep this open till September 15 and then we can discuss the playing format. I propose a league every quarter with each player playing against everyone else in a best-of-3 series of 15-mins time limit match. I'll post instruction on how you can save your moves (have them mailed to your yahoo account) and then I can host them online somewhere so we can all enjoy replaying them. Looking forward to more entries, comments, suggestions etc.

[One World]

C'mon chess lovers, lets hit it.

[tonoy]

Im in. What do I have to do?

[One World]

Nothing I believe till Sep 15, but you do need a Yahoo account .

[cluster11]

I hope everyone interested has created a yahoo account by now. Saving your game in Yahoo Chess is easy. Just choose to mail your game after it finishes. Here is an example game mailed to a yahoo account:

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: g_tessari
;Black: rashidfarook
;Date: Wed Aug 26 15:34:05 PDT 2009

1. e2-e4 c7-c5
2. g1-f3 e7-e6
3. d2-d4 c5xd4
4. f3xd4 a7-a6
5. b1-c3 b7-b5
6. c1-e3 c8-b7
7. f1-d3 g8-f6
8. o-o b5-b4
9. c3-e2 f6xe4
10. f2-f3 e4-c5
11. d4-b3 c5xd3
12. d1xd3 d7-d5
13. e2-d4 b8-d7
14. f3-f4 d7-c5
15. b3xc5 f8xc5
16. c2-c3 a6-a5
17. a1-e1 b7-a6
18. d4-b5 c5xe3+
19. e1xe3 d8-b6
20. c3-c4 a6xb5
21. c4xb5 o-o
22. f4-f5 a8-b8
23. g1-h1 b6xb5
24. f1-f3 b5xd3
25. e3xd3 f8-e8
26. f5-f6 g7xf6
27. f3xf6 g8-g7
28. d3-f3 b8-b7
29. g2-g4 e6-e5
30. g4-g5 e5-e4
31. f3-f1 e4-e3
32. f1-e1 d5-d4
33. h1-g2 d4-d3
34. g2-f1 e3-e2+
35. f1-f2 b7-e7
36. f6-a6 d3-d2
37. a6xa5 d2xe1+
38. f2-g2 e1-f1+
39. g2-g3 e2-e1+

I hope we can all look at a game this way after it is done and analyze it in the thread

[cluster11]

Updated Player list:

- cluster11
- One World
- tonoy
- uk replica

Please post your yahoo id and current rating in yahoo chess here so I can start making the schedule. I'll post more info about playing format here next week so we can discuss the details.