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| Dec-04-04 | | von schlepstein: There are four seemingly unrelated things that if you are good at one, you are good at all four ( if you take the time to work at it). They are - chess, music, ping-pong, and foriegn languages. |
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| Dec-04-04 | | Backward Development: that's interesting...i think i'm decent at everything there except for foreign languages. but, i haven't put work into it as you've said. why do you say that? |
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| Dec-04-04 | | von schlepstein: Just from my observations over the years. |
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| Dec-04-04 | | pkjohn146: <There are four seemingly unrelated things that if you are good at one, you are good at all four ( if you take the time to work at it). They are - chess, music, ping-pong, and foriegn languages.> So, if I stink at one, does that mean I stink at all four? |
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Dec-04-04
 | | Joshka: <von schlepstein> And to think all those years hitting baseballs, shagging fly balls, hot shot grounders, working on my curve-ball, were for naught. Should have bought a ping-pong table!;-) |
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| Dec-04-04 | | EnglishOpeningc4: <Backward Development>
I have nothing against his endgame course, but his other books (<the winning way> and <traps and zaps>) are possibly the worst books on chess. |
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| Dec-04-04 | | EnglishOpeningc4: <acirce>
That is weird! After he removed his message it looks like you were arguing with me! (lol) To avoid confusion I want to say that my comments were completely general and weren't directed at acirce or anyone else. |
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Dec-04-04
 | | JointheArmy: Pandolfini books is what a private in my company said how he became so good. I'm just a regular patzer in the army yet I'm improving! 1600 and counting. He gave me some Pandolfini books and his books on the endgame are great! <This goes to acirce’s hackle raising earlier post in which he suggest that J. Silman’s instruction might be more beneficial to a student than that of G. Kasparov.> That is crazy to say since Kasparov brought a womens team that hasn't won anything ever to silver medalists... His Kasparov Chess Foundation supported the US women's training squad, and the women's team won the silver medal in the Calvia Olympiad, their first medal ever. Kasparov also gave personal training sessions to the team. We spoke with him at his home in Moscow. |
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| Dec-04-04 | | Backward Development: hey jointhearmy, welcome to the site. how long have you been playing? |
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Dec-04-04
| | JointheArmy: Well I'm not suppose to be on right now, sarge 'll get me. But I've been playing since I joined about two and half years ago. I've been practicing when we get breaks which seems like almost never. |
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| Dec-04-04 | | Ken MacGillivray: for me the best book by pandolfini, that i have read is " The ABC's of Chess". In the matter of books, like all things, what one likes another dislikes, you won't gain from books that are way over your head, nor will you gain from elementary stuff you already know. Bit like goldilocks and the three bears; (3 categories) too hard, too soft, and just right. |
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| Dec-05-04 | | Pawsome: <JointheArmy> My point, obviously not made clearly enough, was that Silman may be better for the Student, by which I meant those chessers with lesser skills than the US Women's Olympic squad. What GK does as effortlessly as breathing on the chessboard would probably hurt out heads. |
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| Dec-05-04 | | Pawsome: "Chess, like love, music and PINGPONG has the power to make men happy."
---Siegbert Tarrasch |
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Dec-22-04
 | | cu8sfan: In his latest column in the chesscafe (http://www.chesscafe.com/bruce/bruc...) he mentions <chessgames.com> in the second answer: <...The Internet could also prove accommodating – for example, Chessgames.com...> |
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| Dec-26-04 | | azaris: I think we can then assume he must visit this site at least occasionally (Hi Bruce!). But seriously, what Internet-savvy titled player could resist checking out their own page on this site and seeing what the peanut gallery thinks of them. Of course with some of them (like Oleg Romanishin) it might be a puzzling experience. |
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| Feb-17-05 | | darwin agnes: I can't download java program please help |
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| Jun-22-05 | | vonKrolock: In his column in Chess Café, Bruce Pandolfini presents (in the context of his "Questions & Answers") a Study and a link for a site related, by the known american connoisseur Noam Elkies - a tempo: last month Bruce quoted chessgames.com in his column as being "a fine site" |
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| Sep-14-05 | | domradave: Bruce is always around in the village in New York and in the Marshall Chess Club where I first met him. Nice guy. |
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Sep-15-05
 | | Sneaky: Pandolfini's books are great fun for beginners. I read his "Traps and Zaps" book as a kid, hoping it would teach me tricky openings to memorize, but as it turned out it was just a parade of tactical puzzles in the opening. And it was charming! |
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| Sep-15-05 | | you vs yourself: I think Bruce's teaching for beginners is very helpful too. I was always curious how a good chess player thinks in the opening. Eventhough I knew, it's important to control the center, develop the pieces and such, it was entirely vague. But after going through Bruce's lessons in chessmaster9000, it became quite clear, relatively speaking. I think his exercises are very helpful for beginners like me especially in understanding the opening. Oh yeah, the feature on predicting the master's next move was very exciting as well. |
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| Sep-15-05 | | BishopofBlunder: <There are four seemingly unrelated things that if you are good at one, you are good at all four ( if you take the time to work at it). They are - chess, music, ping-pong, and foriegn languages.> Imagine how good Forrest Gump could have been at chess. |
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| Sep-19-05 | | woodenbishop: Interesting note:
Prior to the making of "Searching for Bobby Fischer" neither Lawrence Fishburne nor Ben Kingsley knew how to play chess. "...Both Ben Kengsley and Lawrence Fishburne didn't know how the pieces moved before the film, but they did their homework and were quite convincing." Bruce Pandolfini (2001) |
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Sep-19-05
 | | IMlday: I knew 'Vinnie', actually Vincent Livermore, as early as 1968-69. The actor Lawrence Fishburne portrayed him very realistically in my opinion. |
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| Sep-19-05 | | woodenbishop: <IMlday> Did you know that Vinnie died of AIDS before the movie his character is portrayed in was released in theatres? |
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Sep-20-05
| | IMlday: I knew Vinny had died but not that it was before the movie came out. That's too bad. We played a lot of speed chess
and roomed together for weekenders in upper NY state in 1969. At Cornell we even stayed over Monday, cutting classes so we could play more speed chess. He liked to talk during games which is why he didn't like tournaments so much. As a popularizer of chess he was extremely influential among young Blacks in NYC, maybe because he obviously enjoyed it so much. Plus it was a way to make money from tourists etc. Last time I saw him was 1981 he dropped by the Ed Lasker Memorial to watch a round instead of manning his board in the park. I lent him $2 for subway home. Tisdall and Fedorowicz told me I'd never see that $2 again, but they were wrong. Vinnie showed up last round to pay me back, much to their surprise. What's so good about the movie is that Pandolfini could teach all the science of chess but Vinnie's joy at playing chess was a necessary element.
btw, Pandolfini's best game was probably beating me to share first in the July 1-4 Atlantic Open in 1969. He needed the money for tuition! |
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