CHESS

I play the majority of my chess over the internet, I find it a very good format to play on. The frequency with which I play is very inconsistent, I won't play for 6 months and then I'll play 20 times a week. My record online isn't very respectable, all my Yahoo games results can be found at Yahoo stats. My excuse for being so bad at chess is that the ideal mind for chess is to be intelligent but not too intelligent, I clearly fall into the latter category, hence my record.

The great thing about playing chess online is that you get to play against people from all around the world, I have played against Egyptians, Kuala Lumpariagions, Turks, Americans, Australians and many more. Though you may think that Americans would throw all their pieces at you and think later, this isn't in fact the case and the Australians don't play backwards.

The fact that I lose so much doesn't bother me since I get a lot of satisfaction of pulling off an intricate move especially a move on a queen. Positioning of chess pieces is important in order to force a piece to be taken. My downfall is generally that I spend so much time looking at the position of my own pieces in order to create a move, that I never tend to see the opposition's pieces in a threatening position.

I do sometimes play chess with my friends and family and despite my record online I tend to completely obliterate them. I put this down to the fact that I have a lot of practice playing online and they tend not to. If you feel that you would enjoy playing chess online, try playing at yahoo chess.