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A wee ebay scam - look out

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Hi

British Championship report for rounds 4, 5, & 6 just posted.

All the usual stuff and a warning about a scam on ebay to look out for.

http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=353

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No youtube commentary this time?

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Yeah you should commentate on a video GP. You often offer advice in the forums and a lot of the time it's pretty funny. You'd be good at it.

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Originally posted by lordgledhill
Yeah you should commentate on a video GP. You often offer advice in the forums and a lot of the time it's pretty funny. You'd be good at it.
Writing the occasional funny line is a lot different from speaking
into a mic whilst fannying about with DB to get the chess pieces moving
and then saying something people will understand.

I have done some chess for the blind and totally hated the sound
of my voice. I think it's a knack thing, you can do it or you can't.

So I'm round at Keith's next week to have a bash - we may do a doubler.

What ever happens, good or naff - it will be different.

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Just curious, but I dont really see what wrong with stauntons handbook in word format. I mean sure, its not what you would expect, but a print copy of the handbook would surely cost you more.

Just saying...

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Hi,

A Chandler Cornered I did about 4-5 weeks ago mentions I
had just picked up Staunton's Handbook for 20p.

http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=333

I'm always on the look out for more examples and instruction methods,

if I can lift an idea or two from a book/CD/DVD then it's been OK.

But this thing is misleading.

"Discover the secrets of Succesful Chess Strategies"

"Have you ever wished you could improve your own game?"

I know in this day and age the word 'chess book' is shunned with
players looking for a quick fix via an electrical source.

There was a thread posted a few days ago asking what book to get
and the poster was immediately pointed in the direction of a chess program. 😕

So I thought I'd warn them that this stunning CD was not the answer
mankind had been waiting for.

OK It was a good book for 1847 but now it's out-dated and very very
labourious to read.

1. K's P to K's 4th - K's P to K's 4th.

Ploughing through that could put you off Chess for life.
They don't say it's Staunton Handbook, and not the full version at that,
the thing is a rip off.

If anyone wants it all they have to do is PM me their address and
I'll send it to them. Free (UK only).

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Reading that book's notation would surely make me blue...

Anyway, if I were still interested in the book, I could get a free, legal ( at least in the U.S. ) html copy from Project Gutenberg. 🙂