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@beyondthemask If religion works for you that's great, but there are a lot of us atheists/humanists out there who have tried religion and it was just not the right fit. The Bible has some great storie…

OP: where did you learn how to play chess? Also, what books have you read? I would recommend learning or re-learning the basics as well as at least some opening theory. Once you've read through a few …

I think this would be a great feature to add. Also, the time control in correspondence chess could benefit from an overall overhaul to more closely resemble time controls used in traditional postal ch…

"Baby boomer" refers to the generation born between 1946 and 1964, currently between 53 and 71 years of age, per Wikipedia. It's the generation either immediately before "Generation X" or "Generation …

Qf7 intended instead of Qe7, perhaps?

@CafeMorphy That's a bit of a closed-minded view. If @tabarjack cheated on some other site in the past, that does not necessarily mean (s)he is a cheater now. For all you know, starting over here coul…

Prior to reading this thread, I did not know I could have a game aborted and a win given to my opponent with a message "cheat detected", apparently by automated means at that. As we can see from reply…

While I can understand the admins preferring to deal with these in private, the accused should have the option of making their appeals public in the interest of transparency, if they so desire. "Cheat…