Chess by email can be fun, long-but fun. Longest game with a childhood friend and fellow chess nerd lasted 3 months (our longest game in real life: 6 hours). K

Chess by email can be fun, long-but fun. Longest game with a childhood friend and fellow chess nerd lasted 3 months (our longest game in real life: 6 hours). Kicker was: we couldn't talk outside of that email thread. No text, no calls, see each other in public? Nothing more but a head nod of respect.