For those of you that don't know skype is a handy online tool to communicate with voice and video with other skype users around the world or in the next room.

And for those of you who are curious about why I'm bringing this service up on a chess site ... wonder no more ... skype has an add-on or "extra" where you can be in a call with someone and play chess at the same time! Of course in my search for informative links on the topic I came across some pretty disheartening news. Along with said chess support there has now emerged a convenient way to cheat at chess on skype. see the link HERE. I have no idea what the strength of this cheating helper might be but just in case I wouldn't bet the deed to my house on a chess game on skype.