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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