"To quote VC Fred Wilson, ''Give your service away for free, possibly ad supported but maybe not, acquire a lot of customers very efficiently through word of mouth, referral networks, organic search marketing, etc, then offer premium priced value added services or an enhanced version of your service to your customer base.'' This makes sense to us," says CEO Jack Moffitt. "Also, we recognize that some of our users are from places and economic circumstances that make it impossible to pay and we want to make sure they feel welcome at Chesspark."

About Chesspark -- Chesspark is an online community for chess players of all levels built on top of the XMPP instant messaging platform with both a rich web-based AJAX client and a more traditional Windows client. Members compete in tournaments, create profiles, join social groups, chat in public or private chat rooms, and have access to standard chess plus variants like Atomic, Crazyhouse and Chess960. Chesspark also hosts exhibitions by high-rated players and private lessons from masters enable students and novices to improve their skills.

Contact: Patrick F. Mahoney (561) 459-5498 pfm@chesspark.com

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