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Artful Dodger's ChessChat September 1,2002
"Chess got a grip on your life? When you walk into a bookstore do you walk directly to the games/chess section? Are you always asking your friends, "Want to play a quick game?" Do you liken every political, social, and economical struggle to the '72 World Championship?" If so, you're a candidate for the Artful Dodger's ChessChat. ChessChat isn't really a website, although there is a site and the site does have some content. What ChessChat really is though, is an email discussion group, using Yahoo Groups as host. You can elect to read the messages at the Yahoo Groups site, or receive them via email. Dan "The Artful Dodger" Triplett, started ChessChat October 25th, 1998 and has 476 members as of this writing. Dan writes "I had been looking for chess discussion lists and outside of Usenet really couldn't find any. I basically had in mind one thing: create a place for chess players to come and discuss all things chess. I didn't really have any specific criteria I thought the discussion list should meet but I didn't want it to focus on only one aspect of chess, the list is much more than that." "Like many lists, ChessChat has at its core a group of players who have been with us for years, some since its inception. Each has brought their unique flavor for the game, along with their special interests and insights, and have made ChessChat what it is today: a community. ChessChat has taken on a life of it's own and is what it is not because of my efforts, but because of the members who contribute to the list. We're friendly, informative, sometimes combative, and always fun." This is list is active, intelligent, and has quite a number of very strong players among it's members, including several masters and at least one ICCF IM. I've been a member for a couple of years now, and it is simply the best email based discussion group there is. You need to join now! I'll finish with the word's Dan finishes off the ChessChat home page with: Remember: It's only a game. (Yeah, Right!)
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