A couple of weeks ago, some friends at work had me sign up for the online Chess site www.chesshere.com. It is an online Chess playing service that allows you to play "at your leisure" as opposed to real time.
The concept reminds me of the fridge magnet games you can buy from your local Borders where there is a little "your turn" token to tell your significant other that you are done with your turn!
The site is very basic looking, but don't let that fool you - when you start digging, there are all sorts of analysis tools etc. You can run teams and championships, there are forums and a chess database. You can even retrieve your game status via RSS.
So far I have lost two games (thanks Diana and Paul), and have another 11 going on. I think that is too many, as I have to reanalyze each board when it is my turn...
Anyway, if you enjoy Chess, and want to play at your leisure, you should take a look. If you want to add me as a friend, my username on the site is "phammond".
