Welcome to the online Correspondence Chess Server (CCS)
the place where you can meet players from all over the world. Moves are transmitted over the internet, so you only need a modern web browser with javascript enabled.
You can play unrated or rated games, participate in individual or team tournaments, team matches and theme tournaments. Game moves are invisible to others until to the end of game. Computer assistance is allowed, as any other kind of help. We have included a new, innovative rating system, ratings are calculated promptly. Three different time controls allow you to choose a right tournament which mostly fits your playing habits. As portal member you can choose between several chessboard designs and sizes of pieces. 28 days of leave per calendar year stays at your disposal. All features offer a magnificent correspondence experience and top level competition for serious correspondence players!
Because we do care about our members, the membership is not time limited, but depends on the number of games on your account.
Even with one game left on your account you are treated as a full member of this portal - so you can focus on your open games!
As a member you will probably want to use other portal services: sending messages to other members, adding chess links, writing chess articles, etc.
We respect members privacy - you can also hide your info and block receiving messages.
No personal data is required nor are emails shown on portal. We do not delete member accounts, you can return anytime you wish.
Please, read more details on following pages: Rules, Terms of Use and Privacy policy.
Join and try us for free.
Portal statistics
We would like to announce our newest member drumguy987. Members benefit not only from playing chess, but also to share ideas with our chess community,
which counts 340 members, who have played 347 games in 112 tournaments. There are 4 visitors currently online.
Current server time is 7/31/2010 6:55:49 AM.
Latest forum post
Preferences
There was a small bug in Preferences preventing users to save settings.
Now it is corrected.
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Chess Tactics Server
Currently 23,803 tactical chess problems with a degree of difficulty ranging from trivial to ambitious are provided to be solved against the clock. Your tactical performance will be measured.
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Latest blog entry
Wikipedia
I wrote a few days ago an article about CCS. I put a lot of energy into it. It was too commercial said wiki robot and then it was deleted by one of administrators.
OK, I said to myself, perhaps guys are right, I will try to be more briefly.
So I wrote my second one, just 5 sentences - pure information, like I saw it was already there from other servers. Believe me - I tried to be really objective.
My second article got deleted with light speed - no warning messages, no ...
Native English-speaking chess players (Thursday, August 28, 2008)
We are looking for native English-speaking person who will help us to improve english translations. We offer to you unlimited account and permanent asterisk status. Please do not hesitate to contact us via contact form.
We added new set of chess pieces (Wednesday, August 27, 2008)
They were created by Maurizio Monge with Inkscape. On his page there are a couple of sets worth a look. Chess themes are serious and funny. For our needs we mixed together Fantasy and Spatial theme. If there are some pieces you would like to see on here - why not let us know, we are always looking for nice and licence free chess pieces.