Sam has closed his piano and gone to bed ... now we can talk about the real stuff of life ... love, liberty and games such as Janus, Capablanca Random, Embassy Chess & the odd mention of other 10x8 variants is welcome too
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great??! Where can humans go now? I get suspicious when I see a patzer move or two and then perfect super computer play thereafter in its characteristic mysterious, clueless (to a human) strategy. Then I check the players stats and see something like 19-0-1. I've been accused myself and then put on someone's no play list. Well I do have a 2200 plus uscf over the board rating I tell him and occationally put together good games by random. But to no avail. The suspicion is always there as we nuke suspected centaurs and computers. Are the upper ranks filled with those who sneak a peak ("just a little is okay, my ego is so fragile") at their computer when the going gets tough? Oh well, its the bane of postal\internet chess.