Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 14:51:51 03/06/01
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On March 06, 2001 at 14:08:51, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On March 06, 2001 at 13:03:45, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On March 06, 2001 at 07:54:26, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>My nephew Enrique just turn 9 Sunday and my sister which lives 300 miles away >>>from me told me that Enrique has been telling her that he would like to learn >>>how to play chess like his uncle. When my sister told me that, I told her that I >>>would send him one of my chess program (Nimzo 8) as a gift for his birthday. >>>Now I also told her that she should start by getting him a good chess teacher >>>who can spend a least 3 hours every saturday, but that he could also pratice >>>against Nimzo 8 to improve the opening and middlegame where Nimzo 8 can help him >>>improve on his tactics. >>> >>>PS: Can somebody provide good tips which will help a child to improve his chess >>>skills by using Nimzo 8. Please provide step by step intructions so I can >>>paste it and email it to my nephews. For instance what features of this >>>chessbase product will help him the most etc... >>> >>>Pichard. >> >> >>It must be nice to see your nephew following your footsteps and wanting to learn >>chess . >> >>I think though that Nimzo is a pretty useless tool here ; the handicap levels >>are weakening the program for sure but offer very little fun for a child and I >>suspect the explanations of the program are barely understandable . >> >>Better than any chessprogram would be a chessclub with children of similar age >>but that might not be possible . Lessons by strong players are not necessary at >>this stage to my experience . >> >>When it is about chessprograms I am convinced there is _one_ solution : >>Chessmaster . >> >>On my last trip I took Chessmaster with me and fooled around with it a lot ; for >>example I had a look at many lessons for beginners and really loved them . >> >>The Kid's room is cool , too . I wasted a whole evening in the Kid's room >>playing rated bullet games against various personalities ( mostly little Josh ) >>using the Dog's chesspieces . It was like blindchess for me , pretty good >>training :-) >> >>The commented games give a good idea about competition and the excitement >>involved . >> >>There is a BIG disadvantage though : it is all in English , so useless for a >>non-English-speaking child : what a shame !! >> >>The biggest advantage is that it is very close to a free program ; CM7000 or >>CM6000 can be bought for nearly nothing . >> > >Thanks for the advice, I do have an old CM6000 which is collecting dust since I >decided not to used it three months ago. I will send him CM6000 instead, and as >far as the language barrier, his only problem is that he doesn't know spanish at >all, since he was born and raised in the U.S.A., plus Enrique's father is an >american and his mother doesn't have anyone in the house to speak spanish with. > Here is a good Beginner's course: http://www.kasparov.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=15306&p_docLang=EN >Pichard. > >>So if this possiblity is not availlable and the child already learned the basic >>rules I think online chess might be more fun than a dull chessprogram . At Yahoo >>for example there are many kids playing , and there is also the possibility to >>chat with others . >> >>And ; last but not least : what will _you_ do without your Nimzo 8 copy , >>enthusiastic Nimzo fan :-) ? > >>Cheers. >> >>pete > >As far as Nimzo 8 even if it didn't finished with a rating better than Nimzo >7.32 in the SSDF it is still one of the strongest program against Humans >opponents. And its performance with my modified parameters shows that it is as >strong as Fritz 6e. You asked me what I'll do with my CD of Nimzo 8, I'm going >to keep it and wait for the upcoming upgrade of Nimzo 8. > >Pichard.
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