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Old 10-07-2006, 08:46 PM
checkmate36 checkmate36 is offline
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Where can you play blitz games for free and earn a rating. Everywhere I checked is either free but doesn't have a rating system or costs loot for a premium membership.

Thanks for any info. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 10-07-2006, 08:51 PM
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lots of places
iwin.com
yahoo
pogo
etc
the rating is worthless, so theres no point
theres places with better servers that you can play unrated for free, others can elaborate
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Old 10-07-2006, 08:54 PM
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Thanks.

The rating is just for me to see if any improvement is taking place.
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Old 10-08-2006, 05:31 AM
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babaschess

tough games tho
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Old 10-08-2006, 06:50 AM
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FICS is by far your best option.
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Old 10-08-2006, 08:48 AM
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FICS is by far your best option.

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Thanks David! Thats perfect.
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Old 10-08-2006, 01:06 PM
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Not to hijack, but chess players, if you're interested in starting to play competitive chess and get much better, what paysite should you play at that's considered the best?
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Old 10-08-2006, 02:19 PM
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Not to hijack, but chess players, if you're interested in starting to play competitive chess and get much better, what paysite should you play at that's considered the best?

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Judging by the population of Grandmasters, chess.net. You can watch GMs and IMs play blitz 24 hours a day. They also have live silumcasts where you can sweat the biggest games with other interested people, which usually includes at least one IM.
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Old 10-08-2006, 02:23 PM
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Not to hijack, but chess players, if you're interested in starting to play competitive chess and get much better, what paysite should you play at that's considered the best?

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Judging by the population of Grandmasters, chess.net. You can watch GMs and IMs play blitz 24 hours a day. They also have live silumcasts where you can sweat the biggest games with other interested people, which usually includes at least one IM.

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as a former chess.net admin...

ICC [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 10-08-2006, 02:35 PM
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Not to hijack, but chess players, if you're interested in starting to play competitive chess and get much better, what paysite should you play at that's considered the best?

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Judging by the population of Grandmasters, chess.net. You can watch GMs and IMs play blitz 24 hours a day. They also have live silumcasts where you can sweat the biggest games with other interested people, which usually includes at least one IM.

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as a former chess.net admin...

ICC [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Youre right, it's been so long I mixed them up. ICC is way better.
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