* Crossposted from: Chess

Hi Stefan,

 SW> and CHESS_TOURNEY from zone 1, SCHACH.GER in zone 2, 
 SW> CHS.HUMAN and CHS.LIGA2 in the Chessnet, and quite a few 

What is zone 2?  Is the Chessnet a network of its own, or is it part of
another network?

  Adrien Regimbald | Stefan Walter
  -----------------+----------------
  01.    c2-c4     |   d7-d5
  02.    c4xd5     |  Qd8xd5
  03.    Nb1-c3    |  Qd5-d8
  04.    g2-g3     |  ?? 

  Stefan Walter |  Adrien Regimbald
  --------------+------------------
  01.   e2-e4   |   e7-e5    
  02.  Ng1-f3   |   Nb8-c6
  03.  Bf1-c4   |   Bf8-c5
  04.  ??

 SW> Be careful :-) The literal German translation of "Bonjour" 
 SW> is "Guten Tag", but if you say this here you will most 
 SW> probably get killed. It is completely Prussian and may not 
 SW> be used here in Bavaria :->
 
Good grief :)  If I ever go overseas, I should probably keep such things in
mind!  What does "Guten Tag" mean?

 SW> The problem with Bruce seems to be solved now, as you 
 SW> answered a rather new letter of him on the 17th, while 
 SW> writing to me on the 16th?

Yes, apparently he got my message, started responding, got interupted and
never finished.

 SW> James Mccullough - wasn't he the guy who said he had only
 SW> one chessboard and therefore could play only one game?

Yes, but he hasn't even sent me a response and I was trying to start a game
with him.  I believe that you're playing a game with him, right?  If this is
correct, could you ask him for me if he got my letter & resend?

 SW> I see. We don't have percentual averages here, but mark/points
 SW> averages. Last  year (in grade 11) I had an average of 1.6  (we have
 SW> marks  from 1 to 6 with 1 the better one), which put me on place 2 
 SW> of the about 90 pupils. In grade 12 and 13 the marks system 
 SW> is completely different. We get points from 0 to 15 (with 
 SW> 15 being best). I did very bad this year (spent too much 
 SW> time playing chess :->>) and had an average of 11,3 points 
 SW> in 12/1 and won't be much better in 12/2.

It must be confusing to have your mark system change on you, does it only
happen in grade 12 & 13?  By 12/1 & 12/2 do you mean 1st and 2nd semester?

 AR> What's jurisprudence?
 SW> The knowing of laws  (if you know Latin you know every word :-))

That's what I thought, but I didn't want to look like a fool if it turned out
to be something completely different.  Do you know Latin?  I know a few people
who know a bit of Latin, it's amazing how many words they can decipher through
their knowledge of Latin!

 SW> Opening is the biggest problem... If he does not play the Giuoco Piano
 SW> or one  of the gambits I know by chance, I have no real chance to 
 SW> get to the middlegame :-(
 SW> I play correspondence chess mostly to improve my opening knowledge.

With general opening knowledge, I'm usually able to get through the openings
that I don't know.  In such circumstances, I'm often surprised when in the
post-mortem analysis I find that I'd followed book moves to sometimes 10 +
moves!  I usually manage to get good positions out of the opening, then blow
it in the middlegame, usually due to tactics I didn't notice. (blunders,
blunders, blunders will you never end? :) )

 SW> BTW: Saw a message of you asking for a good international
 SW> chat echo. I can recommend ESPRIT. English, German, Dutch 
 SW> and a couple of other languages are allowed there. I don't 
 SW> know if French is actually allowed, but it will be if 
 SW> someone agrees to work as a Co-Mod for that language.

Is it a busy echo?  My sysop doesn't feel inclined to waste money DLing an
echo that I only have 1 or a few conversations in.  Also, use of French would
be important and I don't speak it well enough to be a Co-Mod (& don't really
have the time either) and I don't think the person I'm interested in talking
with (Gilles Fauvie) has the time either.  It's too bad we can't find a
suitable echo - through me speaking French and Gilles speaking English, we
would have both benefited greatly in language skills.
Regards, Adrien.




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