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| Posted by wschmidt mailcafe.net 1/19/2007 13:29:58 Play online chess |  Subject: Novice Nook #45Message: I think one of the reasons this series of articles is worthwhile for beginning and intermediate players is that, while some of the material may seem repititious or simple, it provides a vocabulary and a broad overview of types of chess thinking that it may take a long time to acquire otherwise. I really don't know how many folks are actually reading along from week to week but I hope there are a number of lurkers out there who actually do go to the website to look up the article even if you're not posting here on the thread. Happy weekend all! ws -> www.chesscafe.com |
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