Having just read the (very) last post on Joel on Software I decided to follow Joels advice to talk about more than just my *product*. I do that occasionally anyway and every time I am surprised how many hits posts unrelated to ZenMagick (but related to programming) actually get.

But today to something completely different: Chess. If you’ve browsed this site you might have found to Greasemonkey scripts that I’ve written that implement some sort of a practice board for online correspondence chess. I do play Correspondence Chess on two sites: chessworld.net and atlanticgames.net.

When I started, both sites where about even with features, perhaps with a slight advantage to chessworld.net. Now things have evolved a bit and chessworld.net is clearly richer in both game quality (ie. stronger opponents) and features. [Not that I need particularly strong opponents!]

One of my favourite thing, though, is to watch KingsCrusher, the guy running chessworld.net, play and comment! 5 minute chess.

If you don’t know what 5 minute Chess is, it’s Chess with a clock where each player has 5 minutes for all his moves. Together with his mostly insightful comments, watching KingsCrusher play International and even Grand Masters is a lot of fun, so if you want to improve your blitz and bullet chess, you should really try this.