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Going against good advice

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Two Russian Igors (IMs Foygel and Khmelnitsky), have both advised me against changing my opening repertoire, which has remained basically unchanged for several years. They both felt that changing my openings would be counterproductive, because as an adult with a “real life,” I have relatively little time for chess study and play.
But with the [...]

Life Detected at ChessBase

Monday, April 14th, 2008

It only took 25 days, but I finally got a response from ChessBase to my tech support query about what this dialog panel does:

Answer: It doesn’t do anything!
Here’s the e-mail I received:

The Publish option does not work in the moment. In the moment there is no other solution to transfer the HTML files of the [...]

Phantom ChessBase Publishing Feature

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

In ChessBase 9, when you output one or more games to “HTML + Javascript Replay,” you get a dialog box with several tabs. Most of the tabs have to do with color choices, frames or no frames, etc.
But one tab has me completely mystified. The tab is labeled “Publish” and it looks like this:

It [...]

Hall of Shame entry

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

What is Black’s best move after 22.Nh5?

Fortunately my opponent in Round 1 of the Team 45 45 League’s T36 tournament didn’t figure out the answer.

USCF Sales, e-mail, and passwords

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

In the past I’ve generally been inclined to order chess books, supplies, etc. from the USCF. I want the organization to be successful, and I felt that purchasing from them was a tangible way to show that support.
Last month I ordered two DVDs online from USCF Sales. The online ordering process required creating [...]

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