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Subject: Re: Chess Assistant Club

Author: Henrik Dinesen

Date: 22:59:13 07/10/05

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On July 10, 2005 at 15:04:08, Günther Simon wrote:

>On July 10, 2005 at 03:41:33, Günther Simon wrote:
>
>>On July 10, 2005 at 03:20:29, Henrik Dinesen wrote:
>>
>>>On July 10, 2005 at 02:59:30, Günther Simon wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 09, 2005 at 17:51:00, Henrik Dinesen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 09, 2005 at 16:51:24, Günther Simon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes I agree Pedro. I have already installed it and played
>>>>>>some 20 games meanwhile. It needs a while though to climb
>>>>>>up from the initial given rating of 1600 to sth.
>>>>>>IMHO it is a nice alternative to ICC, FICS and PlayChess.
>>>>>>(Not a single cheating player met so far and even when people
>>>>>>lost several times in a row, they didn't start insults.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>>Guenther
>>>>>
>>>>>So far most are from russia and eastern europe (in fact the site connected with
>>>>>the russian chess federation, no wonder; CA is a russian company who has
>>>>>developed the playing site in co-orporation with the federation, from what I've
>>>>>read), so they know better than most western people how to take a loss - and a
>>>>>win - in chess.
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>Henrik
>>>>
>>>>ChessPlanet(Chess Assistant Club) has a lot of potential IMHO.
>>>>I hope more players from Europe and America will give it a chance
>>>>in the future.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Guenther
>>>
>>>
>>>I agree - I signed up a month ago or so.
>>>Remember, the site is relatively new. People need to know it exists, and be
>>>willing to try someelse than the usual. Since they don't advertise (a lot / at
>>>all ?), the "mounth to ear"- method seems to be needed. And of course when
>>>people buy CA they may recognize the existence.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Henrik
>>
>>Hi again,
>>There is one problem though with the help files/manual.
>>It seems they cannot be displayed on Western versions of Windows?
>>I would like to become more experienced with all the possibilities
>>of the interface. If you have any hint how to get a readable
>>help/manual, I would welcome it.
>
>Actually I found it, somehow I had overlooked the online help below:
>
>http://www.chessassistantclub.com/Manuil/index.html
>
>
>>I remember once I started a 4 0 game (my usual tc for chess servers)
>>and just before I had started, the interface said I had added 1 minute
>>to my opponents clock - well, what the heck I thought ;-)
>>If you are interested in an occasional sparring partner in the range
>>of 1900 - 2000 Elo (after around 20 games there, I reached + 250),
>>just mail me.
>>
>>Regards
>>Guenther

Great!
I had "something" in my backhead, but didn't have the oppotunity/time to look
for it yesterday, and so far things have worked relatively ok without.
I'll consider the sparring when time is right, though I'm not much of blitz
player.

Regards
Henrik



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