Wow this is an old thread. Needless to say a lot has changed in over a year. I am currently deployed to Iraq and my son went back to live with his mom in March. I don't have many updates to this as not to long after I posted in this thread, I severely broke my leg playing football. Anyway, I'll ask him next time I talk to him how he's doing with this. He doesn't get much time on the internet so I know he's not playing online. I think the middle school he is going to this year has a chess club, that would be great if they did.