Author: Stuzzi Kadent
Date: 00:58:30 09/01/02
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On August 31, 2002 at 17:00:34, Omid David wrote: >On August 30, 2002 at 06:00:28, Kunnar Klauks wrote: > >>On August 29, 2002 at 16:23:02, Stuzzi Kadent wrote: >> >>>I was just trying to canvas opinions on online chess clubs. I would like to >>>follow GM tournaments live and maybe play speed chess (not blitz). But I don't >>>know if there is any point playing online if people are just going to cheat. >>>Kasparovchess.com looks a reasonably priced safe bet? >> >>I prefer FICS. I dont like ICC for a few reasons. First i have to pay. Second >>big problem is their Blitzin interface. AFAIK its spyware and works only in >>Windows. Third you have to pay even more if you want to play with GMs. GM plays >>there only with other GM and time control is usually 3 0. Watching GM 3 0 games >>is NOT improving your own game. In FICS registration is free and ALL games are >>also free. > >If you want to learn chess, turn off your computer, and work intensively with >books. Just studying Alekhine's games for example, is worth countless hours of >online practice. > >If you want to practice what you've learned, participate in a real tournament >(offline!). Online tournaments never have the intensity and pressure of real >tournaments. Only in one 8 hour tournament match, you'll learn more than >participating in many online tournaments. > >Of course computers can be used alongside, but they should never become the >dominant mean of practice. By playing online, you can become a good blitz >player, but never a real good player... > >Omid. I do not remember anyone mentioning wanting to "learn chess" here. 8 hours is too much for most people with real lives to waste on a game and it suggests their time is worth little, presuming less than a developing Grandmaster. I'm not impressed either with this or your other ideas and snobbery with their big holes to drive through.
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