Can I step into the chess river twice? – part 2

The beginning of the story is here

You never know where a casual chat with a friend might lead you. A few weeks ago, I talked to a friend about the Internet and he told me that his son had been playing chess on the Net for a while. Unfortunately, he couldn’t give me more information on this.

I’d heard about correspondence chess in pre-computer times and actually played chess with a few of my pen-friends. I’m not sure now if I finished any of those games. It’s more likely that I got bored since a game by mail lasted several months. Read the rest of this entry »