There are two
choices for us as a club and members individually and we need to decide
which route is the wiser and more beneficial one to take.
Please look at the options, give it some thought and let us know how
you feel.
Option
1 - We run our own web based server on which members and
visitors alike can sign up and play online. The positive to this option
is obvioulsy the pride of being one of the very few clubs worldwide to
run their own on line playing portal.
The negative is that even if well all use it, we still need many others
to sign up in order to have a strong pool of players online at any
time, otherwise we are simply playing between each other and not being
challenged by other stronger players.
Option
2 - We decide between existing online chess servers and
come to some consensus about which we will join and play in. There is a
list below of reccommended sites in order of preference. Please join
those you wish to so that we can get some commentary on each one.
The positives of this option is that any one of these existing servers
already have thousands of members and we can therefore play against
others across the world at various rating levels. And this is primarliy
the reason for playing online - to learn, learn and learn some more.
Additionally, some of these will allow us to establish a team or club
within their site.