Author: Jonathan Lee
Date: 16:49:57 03/15/01
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On March 14, 2001 at 20:23:36, John wrote:
>On March 14, 2001 at 11:25:54, Jonathan Lee wrote:
>
>>The books "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" and ("How To Beat Your Dad In Chess" by
>>Murray Chandler") are now in digital.
>>Be forewarned that about 30 percent of the Bobby Fischer book and 8 percent of
>>the Beat Chess Dad book DO NOT HAVE CHECKMATES.
>>If you wish to have a copy of it please use my regular email address.
>>
>>You can get free copies if:
>>1. Check if I made mistakes.
>>2. Put my chess diagrams on compact disk. I have them now in 3.5 inch disk.
>>3. You have "Windows Genius" such Genius 6 or Genius 6.5. I am intensely
>>curious if they are compatable of later Genius versions.
>>4. Otherwise, I will put a fee of five dollars for the cost of the envelope,
>>stamp, 4 disks, and labor.
>>
>>These computer diagrams can be used as guides for children or novice chess
>>players. There is a grand total of over 700 diagrams between the 2 books.
>>
>>The future in chess is to put everything into digital (zeros and ones).
>>Enjoy!!!
>>Jonathan (117 message)
>
>
>Hello,
>
>Are these in PGN format? If they are you may be able to exchange them for
>several other electronic chess books in pgn format.
>
>John
I used Mephisto Genius 2 by Rich Lang. I honestly don't know what format that
is. All positions used 73 bytes (white to move) or 74 bytes (black to move). I
put them in "setup positions" menu and started to put every pawn and piece in
each of their squares. It took 24 hours to do.
Jonathan (118 message)
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