Re: email chess organisations comparison

Hi,
I would be very careful of reading too much into the quoted member
numbers, 
these are unlikely to be 'unique' members and many are members who have 
played little more than the odd event or game.  For free email chess your 
best bet is Scheming Mind or IECG, both will actually also give you a club

rating which can be useful.  You could also take advantage of the ICCF
offer 
of two free games on their excellent webserver.  Indeed many people are 
forecasting the end of email chess as more and more players move to the 
webservers such as those mentioned in the original post.

ICCF are the best organisation in my opinion but you do have to pay for 
tournament entry so they tend not to attract the casual player.  You do
get 
value for money though, my experience is that player drop out is less and 
the events are very well organised.  Worthy of note is that member****p of 
Scheming Mind gives you access to ICCF events via the fact that SM is a 
member of the England National Federation, IECG no longer have any 
affiliation to ICCF.

Best Wishes,
Mickey