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A lot of awesome points! Thank retzkek. 1. If Chess.com or LiChess were to do something like that I would immediately stop this project, as the main idea here

A lot of awesome points! Thank retzkek. 1. If Chess.com or LiChess were to do something like that I would immediately stop this project, as the main idea here is quantity and those guys can't be beat when it comes to that. - The problem is that it might be technically complicated for them to do any time soon, at least in a format that you have mentioned. Additionally, they'll have to worry about the legality and the security of users. 2. The idea is that a person from London, for example, says that he can be at some location at some time and if someone with similar rating replies then they can meet. Additionally I ask people to recommend general chess gathering locations in relevant chanels. I will keep adding them to the main message in the topic, so that if someone is uncomfortable they can just visit that location and with great likelihood find a partner.

retzkek 5y ago
> If Chess.com or LiChess were to do something like that I would immediately stop this project, as the main idea here is quantity and those guys can't be beat when it comes to that. I meant it as a rhetorical question, but that's kind of my point - instead of a new project, maybe see if lichess would be interested, and then work on adding it (it's at least open source, although if you don't get lichess.org buy-in then it's kinda moot - I know they get a lot of new mode requests and have pretty much said "no new modes!"). With that though you get a huge player base, many (most?) of whom have never played OTB, some of whom would be interested in trying out OTB chess, but are intimidated by hustlers at the park, dusty old chess clubs, etc. In any case I applaud the effort to get more players away from their screens, and have signed up and am watching my local thread.
- georgeoliver 5y ago
  It does seem like a natural fit for lichess -- they already have teams and many teams have an OTB side to them, like my local chess club. I could see a 'Meetups' item under the 'Community' menu for example.

retzkek 5y ago

> If Chess.com or LiChess were to do something like that I would immediately stop this project, as the main idea here is quantity and those guys can't be beat when it comes to that. I meant it as a rhetorical question, but that's kind of my point - instead of a new project, maybe see if lichess would be interested, and then work on adding it (it's at least open source, although if you don't get lichess.org buy-in then it's kinda moot - I know they get a lot of new mode requests and have pretty much said "no new modes!"). With that though you get a huge player base, many (most?) of whom have never played OTB, some of whom would be interested in trying out OTB chess, but are intimidated by hustlers at the park, dusty old chess clubs, etc. In any case I applaud the effort to get more players away from their screens, and have signed up and am watching my local thread.

georgeoliver 5y ago
It does seem like a natural fit for lichess -- they already have teams and many teams have an OTB side to them, like my local chess club. I could see a 'Meetups' item under the 'Community' menu for example.