Author: Kevin Mulloy
Date: 09:36:54 01/20/99
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On January 20, 1999 at 04:21:14, Harald Faber wrote: >On January 19, 1999 at 20:51:53, Kevin Mulloy wrote: > >>I will continue to >>purchase the new programs to support the people that write them because I >>believe that the programs and computers are the biggest reason that I can play >>as well as I do. Look at it this way: If you could go down to your local gym >>every day for a year and "shoot hoops" with the 6th grade basketball team or you >>could play the recently retired #23MJ every day for the same year -- at the end >>of the year, with whom would you have learned more? Which would have made you >>the better player? I would never beat MJ either, but I would be a better player >>if I practiced against him. This is just my opinion, I could be wrong... > >Wouldn't a coach be better? ;-) >Do you start learning and playing chess with Kasparov? It only makes sense if >you reached a certain level because I don't think a guy like Kasparov will TEACH >you the basic rules... In a word, "Yes." A good coach would be the best. A great reference library & good study habits would rank right near the top -- but so would owning the current crop of professional chess programs! Again, just my opinion. :-)
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