chess.....   i love it. but my rank is pretty lame, im only 1490

Cut yourself some slack!  1490 isn't lame.  490 is lame...but not 1490.    A few more games and you'll probably be over 1500. 

Is that an OTB rating or a CC rating?

I'm no good at chess. I have a higher IQ than Fisher, however, I also have the attention span of a gnat...

I was a chess fanatic when I was in high school.  Gathered a library of about 20 books on chess, joined the USCF, won a couple of high school tournaments in the Boston area.  Hurried back from my summer job to watch Fischer-Spassky on the Boston PBS channel.  Got my rating up to about 1620 or so.  After college got a job, married, and haven't played a rated game since.  Still a USCF member, though, and I do try to follow the news about major tournaments.

I find Chess to be my favorite go-to game because it is the perfect game if you don't have a lot of time.   I primarily play correspondence chess with a 10-14 day per move time control.  I rarely (if ever) actually take that many days to make a move, but it is nice to have that time cushion for when things get busy.  CC is great because there never is any pressure to "get in a turn."

If somebody is interested in getting back into chess, I recommend Chess.com.  It has free and pay accounts and offers the most comprehensive chess experience currently on the web (news, blogs, correspondence chess, real time chess, 960 chess, Chess TV, and on and on and on).  If anybody wants to play some correspondence chess over there (again, 10-14 day TC), just let me know.  If there is enough interest, I could even organize a tourney (how about an Elemental tourney? ?  With a 10-14 day TC, the tourney should finish just in time for the game's release! ). 

BTW:  Anand won today's game!  Woot!  Woot!    Score: 1-1

You can see a video replay here:

Part 1

Part 2

otb i dont like cc chess

  Do try to avoid windshields, Fuzzy...I'd hate for that to be the last thing to go thru such a fine mind....

I'm trying to hold my comments in check, mate.  

hilarious

I refuse to be your pawn

The match resumed today, with a draw. 

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 game_3"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BTN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Rc1 Rg8
15. h4 h6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 Rgc8 21. Bc5 Bxc5
22. bxc5 Rc7 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rdxd7 25. Bd3 Bg8 26. c6 Rd6 27. cxb7 Rxb7
28. Rc3 Bf7 29. Ke3 Be8 30. g4 e5 31. Rhc1 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34.
Rb1 b4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Kd3 Rba7 37. Rxb4 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40.
Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46.
Kf2 1/2-1/2

Score: Anand 1.5 Topalov 1.5 

I just realized that this is a twelve game match expected to go through may 11th!  There's a long way to go yet!