Author: Larry S. Tamarkin
Date: 15:57:42 10/30/98
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Hi Fernando: Actually, I have thought on this a lot in the last few months as I become ready to relocate back to NY. I'm leaving my Beautiful girlfriend here (with her mother Victoria, Holly can join me later, perhaps), because I discoverd that I love this game more then anything else. I earned a living previously teaching chess in NY schools and hope to do so again. I haven't developed the same conections here as I had (have?) there. The infrastruction for chess teaching in NY is at a much greater level then here in Seattle. And most importantly the great chess clubs, player's, personalities & Chess software stores! (ICD Chess), are not presant here. I don't know about selling chess lessons on the Internet. I don't pressume my self strong enough (or knowledgable), enough about it (yet), to try that, just now. So it is not just chess improvement I am seeking in my future. But if it were inprovement alone I were seeking, I doubt I'd make much progress, as I subscribe to the theory that, once you reach a certain level at a particuler age, thats it - your not going much further. Best would be to be reincarnated as a young child with an interest in chess and very supportive parents who encourage your development and take you to all the chess tournaments, wherever the location. Who knows how many potential Josh Waitzkin's or Tal Shaked's are 'out there' who never actually get the chance to 'shine' in chess, because its not considered in our culture in the same esteme as Baseball, Football, or even Bowling! Nevertheless, forgive me the personnal stuff above, I still have the dream of becomming a much better chess player than I am now! Like my favoright movie, 'Joe versus the Vocano', "There may still be time, use it well". And I advise anyone trying to accomplish some life dream to plunge right in, with out worring too much on the cost of accomplishing it. mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! On October 30, 1998 at 11:18:03, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi Larry: >I wonder if you could give a course right here, in the Internet, throught email >or maybe here in CCC, with some kind of password for those that payed the bill >:-) >I have some of the programs for teaching chess, but even if they are good- and >they are- the problem, as ever happens with this kind of autolearning devices, >is that you cannot develop the necesary discipline and normally the tutorial >programs is bladly missused or under used-. You need a profesor, a guy that is >payed to put you into the task, a guy capable of looking your game and see the >real mishaps of your playing, where your weakness are, etc. >I know these courses already exist, but I do not know the guys as I know you :-) >through this forum. I would be interested if the case arrived. Give a think at >it... Would be good for you and perhaps a new area for CCC to develop. >Fernando
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