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I have been calculating variations on scraps of paper. A spreadsheet works much better. Kind of looks like the big opening encyclopedias and you can be pretty sure if you have considered a variation in a hurry. The cells are line... | Read More
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If I play someone of about the same strength, the contest is exciting. If I play someone stronger than me, I like to see the story of the successful plan develop--or if I'm lucky the adrenalin rush of winning despite the odds. When... | Read More
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I will not allow an easy mate today. | Read More
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For me it was Bobby Fischer teaches chess, actually ghost written by Leslie Ault. Close to no prose, just problems presented in a "programmed instruction" method. I could feel myself grow stronger from one problem to the next. | Read More
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For that matter, I feel pretty ill equipped to tell the difference between a note and a message. Hmm, both are strings with labels that would sound pretty similar in a dictionary, and would confuse a thesaurus for sure. Oh well. | Read More
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I made a picture with 60 x 60 pixwls. At full size it looks fine. Reduced on the side of a board, it stinks, Oh well. | Read More
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I'm 50 $ a former tournament player. My last tournament was over 10 years ago, before the birth of my son. Have kept up some with some unrated friends over lunch. My last ELO, before I got rusty, was 1505. | Read More
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Try to make a comment and wind up with a blog?! | Read More