Has any noticed what a misery it is to play over games out of a new chess book. You not only have to use one hand to keep your place in the book, but you have to use pressure to keep the book open, so it does not close by itself! Wouldn't it be nice if all chessbooks were spiral bound? They would lay flat, and chess players could concentrate on the moves, and not having to wrestle a book, and pin it in an open position!
Originally posted by bill718Why don't all books have this feature for that matter? Perhaps it is more expensive although that is just a guess.
Has any noticed what a misery it is to play over games out of a new chess book. You not only have to use one hand to keep your place in the book, but you have to use pressure to keep the book open, so it does not close by itself! Wouldn't it be nice if all chessbooks were spiral bound? They would lay flat, and chess players could concentrate on the moves, and not having to wrestle a book, and pin it in an open position!
Originally posted by bill718Why not spiral-bind it yourself?
Has any noticed what a misery it is to play over games out of a new chess book. You not only have to use one hand to keep your place in the book, but you have to use pressure to keep the book open, so it does not close by itself! Wouldn't it be nice if all chessbooks were spiral bound? They would lay flat, and chess players could concentrate on the moves, and not having to wrestle a book, and pin it in an open position!
Just cut off the back of the book, and spiral it. Not difficult at all.
Originally posted by bill718You idea works when one owns only one or two chess books, and has limited application for them. Spiral binding is more expensive. makes the book bulkier, and eliminates the spine that is necessary to locate the book among others on a book shelf. Not does it facilitate reading on the train. In my experience, spiral binding is also less durable--with hard use, pages tend to rip as they catch on one another.
Has any noticed what a misery it is to play over games out of a new chess book. You not only have to use one hand to keep your place in the book, but you have to use pressure to keep the book open, so it does not close by itself! Wouldn't it be nice if all chessbooks were spiral bound? They would lay flat, and chess players could concentrate on the moves, and not having to wrestle a book, and pin it in an open position!
Bad idea.
I love the smell of a new book - chess or otherwise.
I'm afraid I'm very unkind to my chess books - the one's that
I study with.
I highlight the good bits, score out all the useless analysis, write
comments, red pen the waffle...
If it's an opening book I bookmark each section with a dod of selotape
and a note so I can find the relevant section in an instant.