a special thanks to the staff anf forum members

[antne003]

DEAR STAFF AND FORUM MEMBERS, YOU ALL HAVE HELPED ME GREATLY IN MY STROKE RECOVERY BY WAY OF ME PLAYING CHESS WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON THE INTERNET CHESS SITE, RUSSIA, GREAT BRITIAN, JAPAN, I PLAYED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER WHICH IS AMAZING AND I LOST THE MAJORITY OF MY GAMES, BUT THROUGH PLAYING CHESS, IT HAS HELPED MY MEMORY PROCESS AND ALSO THE ARTICLES I HAVE READ IN THIS FORUM BY THE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INTERESTING AND HAS HELPED MY STROKE A LOT as far as my thinking and memory process, my left hand is still paralyzed, but my left leg is getting better,I EVEN JUST STARTED BACK AT JOB AFTER BEING INCOMPACITATED FOR FIVE YEARS. I NOW WORK AT OUR COUNTY PARK AND ZOO, AT THE FRONT GATE ENFORCING THE ZOO RULES, PREVENTING FOOD FROM BEING CARRIED IN , GIVING PAMPHLETS/MAPS OF ZOO OUT TO PEOPLE AND DEALING WITH THE YOUNG CHILDREN, TELLING THEM TO TELL ME THEIR FAVORITE ANIMAL SO I CAN TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN AND TELLING THEM TO SAY HELLO TO ROCCO THE TIGER FOR ME, THEY COME OUT OF THE ZOO AND UP TO ME SAYING MISTER I LIKED THE PRAIRE DOGS, GIRAFFE, LIONS, ZEBRA, , TIGERS

OUR ZOO IS A FREE ZOO LOCATED IN CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY , IT COVERS OVER 84 ACRES AND IS WELL MAINTAINED

IF YOU COME TO THE SHORE AND BOARDWALK, PLEASE LOOK ME UP,

I ONLY WORK MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ATTHE WALK IN ZOO ENTRANCE , UNLESS I AM DETAILED ELSEWHERE, STOP AND SAY HELLO



OF COURSE I STILL HAVE MANY CHESS QUESTIONS

THE MOST RECENT BEING, I AM LOOKING TO BUY SOME TYPE OF DATABASE

TO HELP ME LEARN THE GAME BETTER, I HAVE CHESSMASTER 10TH EDITION

AND WQAS WONDERING IF GETTING ANOTHER DVD TYPE DATA BASE LIKE CHESS BASE 9.0, FRITZ 10 JUNIOR 10 CHESS, HIARCS OR SOME OTHER WOULD HELP ME TO IMPROVE OR SHOULD I GET SOMETHING ON THE LINE OF COMPLETE CHESS IMPROVEMENT CT-CHESS ART 3.0 , I'DE LIKE TO STUDY TACTICS AND STRATEGIES FOR ALL PHASES OF THE GAME, FROM OPENINGS TO MIDDLE TO ENDGAME. I ALSO ENJOY STUDYING VARIOUS OPENINGS.

CAN I GET SOME FEED BACK, YOU KNOWING NOWS WHAT TYPE OF DATABASE I ALREADY HAVE WITH CHESSMASTER 10TH EDITION, WHAT SHOULD I GET TO ADD TO IT OR SUPPLEMENT MY TRAINING?
QUOTE/ ITS GREAT TO BE A KING UNLESS, I'M PLAYING
PRWORG AT CHESS


THANKS MEMBERS AND STAFF TONY SOLIS

EMAILantne003@comcast.net

rio grande, new jerseY<br><br>Post edited by: antne003, at: 2007/09/10 00:02

[Dame]

Hey there Tony, good to hear you are making progress - healthwise as well as with chess. I hope you will enjoy many healthy and interesting years, at the zoo and playing chess. take care!
Dame

[poisonedpawn]

tony try chessgames.com database....but you need to pay its membership fee to access full service in its chess opening explorer...whats good in it is that almost all game in the database are games p0layed by grandmaster with elo rating of 2500 and up..i had chessmaster 10th edition too

[antne003]

thank you dame and poisoned pawn for your responses, i appreciate it.

I REALLY LIKE CHESS GAMES.COM, I LOOK FOR AN OPENING AND PUT TWO BEST PLAYERS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND SEE HOW THE WINNER USED THE OPENING I WAS LOOKING AT.

I HAVE A FRIEND IN FLORIDA WHO HAS BEEN SENDING ME A LOT OF CHESS GAMES, PUZZLES AND TACTICS, IT SUGGESTED THAT I USE THE SCOTCH, IF I'M WHITE AND LIKE TO ATTACK. AT FIRST HE RECOMMENDED THE GIUOCO PIANO AND THEN SAID THIS WOULD BE PROBABLY BETTER FOR ME SINCE I LIKE TO ATTACK. HE HASD RESPONDED TO MY POST FOR HELP AND SAID HE'D BE A FREE TUTOR WITH MANY RESOURCES THAT I CAN USED.

IT TURNS OUT THAT HE ALSO HAD A STROKE IN 1996 AND IS CLOSE TO MY AGE

WHAT DO YOU BOTH THINK OF HIS OPENING ADVICE AND THEN HE SAYS ONCE I CONCENTRATED ON AN OPENING, STUDTY TACTICS, TACTICS, TACTICS. HE ALSO SENT ME MUCH MATERIAL ON MIDDLE GAME, VOLS#1 AND 2
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHESS BLUNDERS AND ENDING GAME MATERIAL.
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINIONS ON THE OPENINGS HE SUGGESTED AND SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING?

THANKS TONY
I AM, VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND ADVICE THANKS AGAIN TONY

[poisonedpawn]

tony good to know youre doin well after sufferin from stroke...id seen fide master eric schiller post at chess games.com that he suffered stroke too awhile ago but hes doin well now and still joining tournaments and makin chess books...im somebody like you tony who want to improve in chess...try playin in correspondence chess like in gameknot.com...and make full use of youre resources in database....you can set up tournaments there on the opening you like....if you like scotch opening and want to learn more on it then there are lots of players at gameknot who well play with you using that opening line.....youre chessmaster 10th edition has a wide coverage of database and im encouraging you to be a premium member of chessgames.com to make full use of its database but with that theres amount to be paid...database is allowed in correspondence chess but using a chess engine is not...

[antne003]

POISONEDPAWN, THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS, BUT I GO TO CHESSGAMES.COM AND IMPUT A OPENING AND PICK TWO WELL KNOWN PLAYERS WITH WHITE TO WIN AND SEE HOW THEY PLAY THE OPENING.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT CHESS GAMES.COM HAS A MORE THOROUGH OPENING EXPLORER THEN WHAT THEY SHOW YOU WHEN YOU SIGN ON?

LET ME KNOW IF THEY HAVE MORE THEN WHAT THEY SHOW ON SITE.

THANKS TONY SOLIS

[poisonedpawn]

they had a more thorough opening explorer for the premium members...are you a premium member now?they had statistical evaluation of each line on the opening theories...its really worth the money youll spend...i had around 5 chess books bought lately, andrew soltis book as well as kaufmann book are few of it but my schedule wont permit me to study it...opening explorer of chess games help me on these for i just click my mouse and all those line with all each variation and statistical evaluation are present...it save me time rather than sitting up my pieces on board and opening those books..its not bad idea to use chess book if you had pleasure time for it but believe me it well help you....try to ask around about there opinion for these matter

[antne003]

POISONED PAWN, THANKS, I WILL CHECK INTO IT, I'M JUST A FREE MEMBER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT AS IT WAS IN IN SEARCHING OPENINGS AND PLAYERS. I THINK I'LL TRY TO QUESTION HOW MUCH BETTER IS IT FOR A PREMIUM MEMBER

THANKS AGAIN AND MAYBE WE CAN MEET ON A CHESS SITE ON INTERNETY AND PLAY A GAME OF CHESS, I AM NOT THAT GREAT, BUT I WANT TO IMPROVE, IVE BEEN PLAYING EMAIL CHESS, FIVE GAMES AT A TIME WITH A FRIEND I MET FROM NEW YORK, HE USERNAME IS PRWORG, HE IS GOOD AND PLAYS A LOT, IVE HEATRD HE PLAYED CHECK MATE A GAME AND HE SAID THAT HE LOSS AND WAS UPSET FOR MAKING SOIME BAD MISTAKES

TAKE CARE TONY, HOW CAN I GET YOU ON MY FRIENDS LIST IN MY PROFILE,I UPDATED ANOTHER PICTURE OF ME, I'M AN OLD FART COMPARED TO YOU, BUT ITS NICE KNOWING YOU AND I HOPE TO LEARN BETTER CHESS IN CHATTING WITH YOU

HOPE YOUR FIANCEE'S MOTHER IS ALRIGHT FROM STROKE, TELL HER I ASKED THANKS TONY

[Dame]

antne003 wrote:

.......TONY, HOW CAN I GET YOU ON MY FRIENDS LIST IN MY PROFILE.......

on the lefthand side you see "send invitees to" -
write tony's username in it (poisonedpawn) and click on 'send'

that should do the trick

[antne003]

POISONED PAWN. I CHECKED OUT GAMEKNOT.COM AND SAW YOUR RECORD, THREE WINS, NO LOSSES, I SENT YOU A CHALLENGE, I DON'T PLAY BLITZ GAMES AS I DOPN'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD PLAY BECAUSE SITE ALLOWS THREE DAYS A MOVE.(THAT IS TOO LONG, I LIKE TO PLAY RIGHT AWAY , BUT I DO TAKE A LOT OF TIME FOR EACH MOVE. I'VE BEN PLAYING PRWORG(PAUL) FIVE GAMES AT A TIME, THIS WAY, EVERYDAY WE'RE READY TO MOVE AGAIN

SO MAYBE WE CAN PLAY FIVE GAMES AT A TIME OF EMAIL CHESS.

I THINK I'M GOING TO TRY YOUR SUGGESTION ON GETTING CHESSGAMES.COM PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP.

I LIKE TO LOOK AND LEARN DIFFERENT OPENINGS AND IT DOES HAVE TACTICS ETC.

DID YOU THINK ABOUT MY QUESTION AS TO GETTING A DATA BASE TO HELP ME LEARN CHESS BETTER

WHICH DO YOU FEEL IN BETTER AND HAS MORE CAPABILITIES TO HELP SOMEONE STUDY CHESS BETTER.

CHESS TRAINING ASSISTANT 9.1

OR CHESSBASE 9.0 OR GIVE ME SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS, FRITZ, JUNIOR 10, HIARCS, RYABKA,

SHREDDER ETC. OR LEARN CHESS CT-CHESS ART 3.0

THANKS TONY