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Subject: Re: Hydra Mystery Remains Unsolved

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:00:06 02/18/04

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On February 18, 2004 at 16:40:42, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On February 18, 2004 at 16:32:14, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On February 18, 2004 at 16:24:02, Bob Durrett wrote:
>>
>>>On February 18, 2004 at 16:07:16, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>>
>>>>Reading gives Bob D. a headache.
>>>>
>>>>:)
>>>>
>>>>Right Bob?
>>>
>>>You got that right!  The only books that don't give me a headache are chess
>>>books.  : )
>>
>>I am the opposite.  The only chess books that I can easily read and understand
>>are the Sierawan books and Bobby Fischer's book.
>
>Try using chess software as a reading aid.  : )

Actually, I do.  I almost never play chess OTB.  I use Winboard for
visualization rather than a wood chess set.  I find it much easier to visualize
symbolically than with actual chess men.  Another reason that I simply do not
like the computer 3-D chess sets.  They reintroduce the problem that Winboard
solved.

>>Most of those old ones that
>>use pre-PGN notation give me a royal headache.  I can't visualize what is going
>>on and I have to slowly play through each move to understand what they are
>>talking about.
>>
>>I read technical books and articles by the bushel basket.  Especially articles
>>about algorithms.
>
>
>Yeeech!!!!  I would rather eat a pound of beef liver!  : )
>
>
>Bob D.



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