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Subject: Re: 2 man E-mail chess- good idea

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 07:24:23 04/21/00

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On April 21, 2000 at 06:49:25, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:

>On April 20, 2000 at 19:44:34, Pete Galati wrote:
>
>>On April 20, 2000 at 18:40:17, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:
>>
>>>On April 20, 2000 at 16:11:38, Pete Galati wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 20, 2000 at 15:42:40, Morris Kammann wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm just starting e-mail chess. Have no interest in tourneys, playing with
>>>>>anybody else or what have you. Does any one know of a simple program that would
>>>>>give a changeable diagram that can be sent back and forth? Sort of like the old
>>>>>snail mail sheets and rubber stamps...but updated for computers. Appreciate any
>>>>>ideas anybody might  have. Thanks
>>>>
>>>>I just email the entire pgn file of the games, it's called postcard.pgn because
>>>>that's how _these_ games originally started (actually, those games have
>>>>finished, we're on to newer games),  and the games come back to me as just the
>>>>last few moves of the game, I then copy them out of the email, paste them into
>>>>my pgn file, and I view the games in Winboard.  Then I edit my own moves in
>>>>using Notepad.
>>>>
>>>>I've never understood people wanting a special program for email Chess.
>>>>
>>>>Pete
>>>
>>>I agree completly, I will never understand that kind of people..
>>>By the way, I also think that the best thing to do is to replay the whole game
>>>and then start thinking about your move instead of just pasting the pgn into
>>>winboard.
>>>Long time ago, I did like you said ,just pasting the moves in, and when I was
>>>thinking about my move, I didn´t understood the position correctly..That´s why
>>>maybe to replay the game is the best..
>>>
>>>Alvaro
>>
>>I like your idea better than what I do, because allthough Winboard does play
>>through the game when you load it, I only give it a quick glance and don't pay
>>much attention to it.  Usually I'm trying to get through it as fast as posible
>>to get to the end position.
>>
>>I'll consider using your method.
>>
>>Pete
>
>Ok, just remember me when you have won the world championship in postal chess
>:-)
>
>Alvaro

I'm thinking I don't have a chance to win.

Pete



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