ChessWorld
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ChessWorld (aka letsplaychess) is a correspondence chess server hosted by the Barnet Chess Club in England and with over 400 thousand members in more than two hundred countries. The site appears to be a comprehensive online chess club with games, many forms of tournaments, user homepages, active chess and social forums, and even annual "meet-ups" where members meet in person for chess and socializing. Non-members are permitted a certain number of games and are invited to play in special tournaments.
[edit] Event Formats
ChessWorld offers rated and unrated correspondence games, time controls from 1 day to 15 days per move, individual challenges, double round robin tournaments for any number of players from 3 to 15 (in a double round robin, each player in an event plays every other player in the event twice, once with the white pieces and once with the black pieces). Also offered are pyramid events (a three dimensional take on ladder play where players ascend the pyramid by winning) and knock-off tournaments, where losing players are eliminated. Members may also join teams, captain teams, and participate in team matches.
Players may create round robin and knock-off tournaments, name them, designate a theme or dedication (e.g., Lasker Memorial Tournament), and fill the tournaments by invitation or open some or all slots for sign-up from the general tournament sign-up page.
Team captains may recruit players by invitation or accept applications from site members.
