Correspondence Chess or E-mail Chess might be for you if can't spend a lot of time playing without interuptions because you also have a life E-mail chess is an evolution from
postal chess which was very popular in late 19th century. Both can be catogarized under term Correspondance Chess
Unlike postal chess where time is measured in days,online e-mail messages can be delivered almost instantaneously
Correspondence chess allows people or clubs geographically distant to play one another without meeting in person. The length of a game played by correspondence can vary depending on method used to transmit moves - a game played via server or by e-mail might last no more than a few months, but a game played by post between players in different countries might last several years.
Correspondence chess differs from over-the-board play in several respects. While in OTB chess only one game is played at a time (the exception being in a simultaneous exhibition), in correspondence chess several games are usually played at once. All games in a tournament are played concurrently, and some players may have more than a hundred games continuing at same time
