You play your opponent two games, one as white and one as black. To win the couplet you must win at least one game and draw the other. In Auction TC you bid tempi for the side of the board that you want. Orthochess opening innovations are virtually extinct, opening strategy in orthodox correspondence chess is a relic of the past, and the real orthochess battle begins when the position is practically sterile. You will never play the same game twice.
Every game is unique.
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