Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 03:17:32 05/13/02
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On May 12, 2002 at 19:06:14, Russell Reagan wrote: >I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions for a good second language for a chess >programmer. I see people post on Volker's site and the Winboard Forum in another >language, so I thought maybe whatever that language is might be a good one, or >two if it's more than one :) > They are both in German. The CSS Forum is also in German. >Another consideration might be where the computer chess world championships are >held. I'm not sure if there is one location or if it moves around from year to >year, It moves around from year to year. >but there seem to be a large technology oriented population in Europe, so >is there a predominating language in Europe, or are there many? Where I live German is the predominating language by a very wide margin. In other countries they have their own languages. > >The last thought I had was about chess literature. I've often heard that Russian >chess books are better read in their native language, and that there are many >wonderful Russian chess books that have not been translated into English, so >there's another possibility. > >Any suggestions? I'm all ears... > >Russell While I find your motivation to learn a new language somewhat strange (it has to do with chess and computer chess), I can only encourage you. The magazines "Computerschach und Spiele" and "Chessbits" are both in German, so for computer chess it looks like a good choice. Also, it is easier to get something in Mallorca if you speak German as if you speak Spanish. You will have no problems to find German speaking clerks in Norway and in the main touristic resorsts in Spain, Italy and Greece. In Poland it is actually better than English. Not to mention that German is the official language in Germany, Austria and a big chunk of Switzerland. José.
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