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Old habits in the opening sometimes work

Submitted by vergil66 on Mon Jun 9, 2008 6:32am.

When I really got into buying chess books (because we all know that the more chess books you own the more chess books you own), I wanted to limit my chess opening texts. In fact, I went with a particular book that narrowed down the choices to just... Read more »

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Computers sometimes make you feel smart

Submitted by vergil66 on Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:45pm.

I was looking online for other chess-playing programs that I've used in the past and came across the most recent version of jChess--a cross-platform program that seemed to be good to recommend. So, before uploading the program, I thought I mig... Read more »

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How to get people to talk to you at a chess tournament

Submitted by vergil66 on Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:18pm.

(I wrote this on another site I blog on; I thought it was appropriate here): Evan had a team practice tournament today and I usually bring something to do with me whiles I wait (usually my compostion book if I need to make some lesson plans or jus... Read more »

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Hello, World

Submitted by vergil66 on Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:30pm.

Found this site via a C|Net article [http://www.news.com/Social-networking-through-online-chess/1606-2_3-6232533.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news] and I think I might have a replacement for my usual itsyourturn.com [ http://i... Read more »

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