Author: Robert Pawlak
Date: 05:54:53 11/13/99
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On November 13, 1999 at 05:20:34, Lin Harper wrote: > Just a strong human with endless chess knowledge, the problem is > you need endless money that way. > The good old tried and tested book and manual chess board is > the most cost effective way to learn. This way you have to put on > your thinking cap, just as you would any other subject. You need to put on your thinking cap when using computer tutorials also. Of course, you can look at the solution without trying to solve the problem, but most books allow you to do that also... It's all a matter of the work you are willing to put into it. Programs and books are tools - nothing more. > You can't 'buy' chess playing strength any more than a body > builder can 'buy' a big set of muscles. You have to sweat if you > are to improve. No pain, no gain, whether you hope to improve > physically or mentally. Larry's not talking about buying playing strength. For one thing, he's got plenty of it, for another, I don't see how bying a tutorial program = buying rating strength. Couldn't you make the same remark about buying books? > Just off topic a little here. You mentioned Bruce Pandolfini. > This afternoon I watched a movie called 'Searching for Bobby Fischer'. > Actor Ben Kingsley played the part of Pandolfini, the boy's tutor. > $60 per hour!.and I don't know how old the movie is. Get a good > chess book, find a place where you can study and go to it
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