Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 16:44:01 03/15/05
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On March 15, 2005 at 18:50:27, John Merlino wrote: >Yes, Josh does speak very quickly, and I did receive a few complaints, mostly >from people who did not have English as their first language. But, for the most >part, I think you would need to go through Josh's tutorials more than once >anyway, simply to digest all of the marvelous information that is available >there. Even though he does speak quickly, there is so much information in what he is saying that baffles the mind. That is why I needed to listen to them a few times. One to get everything he said, and then to understand what he said so that one could apply it. >Glad that it helped. I know that Bruce Pandolfini's books are generally looked >down upon by decent chess players (which I am not). But I read one of his books >and immediately went on a 9-game winning streak against a player who I would >normally split with. > >It is amazing what a few rules of thumb can do to increase the strength of a >patzer like me. When I follow the rules of thumb from CM I do quite well. If I stray from them even slightly, I am dead. I will have a look for Bruce's book tomorrow while I am out. Since I am not a "decent" play by any means, I should find them useful. While today's game was an excellent showing for me, I would hate to post all the games previous to it that show just how bad I can be... :) >That was my favorite part of working on Chessmaster -- seeing how much kids >enjoyed it. If he ever gets too cocky, give him the "Chessmaster Challenge" that >we used to use at scholastic tournaments. He gets all the time he needs to play, >and the Chessmaster personality gets one second per move (plus pondering, of >course :-) Just set the time control to 1 sec/move. The Challenge was if the >player could DRAW, he would get a free copy. I have this setup with Crafty SE for him. I use one of the weaker personalities, and if he can draw he gets $5, if he wins he receives $10. I will try the challenge though. It sounds like a good tool to use.. even for me :) Peter
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