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by Aulig 1724 days ago
Im not familiar with chess - why do some games last that long? Or was it multiple games?
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It’s one game that lasts so long.

This was traditionally played by players exchanging moves via letters sent by post.

Naturally people use the internet more these days, but with a lot of time allowed between moves to keep the slow pace of correspondence chess.

Allowing this amount of time between moves completely changes the character of the game. There’s ample time of deep analysis and research. There’s more incentive to leave the beaten track if you need to push for a win.

It’s an extremely different game to over-the-board chess.

> Allowing this amount of time between moves completely changes the character of the game. There’s ample time of deep analysis and research.

It can also end in chaos: https://maxxwolf.tripod.com/woody.html

Oh interesting, thanks for the explanation!
There are other games which can lost pretty long. Online strategy multiplayer games like Dominions 5 or other PBEM games (play by email) can last for months as each turns is allowed a day and there are 60-80 turns in an average game.