A game in which both sides send their moves through the mail or by e-mail. (Formerly referred to as "postal chess")

Chess game played by Post or an electronic transmission.

Chess played by post: the players take it in turns to send their moves to each other by letter. The term is also used loosely for chess in which moves are communicated by other means, for instance phone, radio or fax.

A method of playing "serious" chess when it is not the weekend.

Chess game played by Post or by email.

Chess played by post or by electronic transmission.

a system of play which in gaining in popularity because you cannot lose USCF rating points in this sort of competition; a method of play to determine who owns the strongest chess computer.

Correspondence Chess is playing chess by post, by e-mail or on a server (Chess Practice - Chess Terminolog).

Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, usually through a correspondence chess server, through e-mail or by the postal system; less common methods which have been employed include fax and homing pigeon. It is in contrast to over-the-board (OTB) chess, where the players sit at a chessboard at the same time (or perhaps play at the same time remotely).