Back to Chess:
So I finally have a decent chess program on my PC. Eager to improve my game, and stimlute my mind, I tried A few months ago I tried ChessMaster 7000, but the damn thing wouldn’t run on WinXP, or Win2k, even in compatibility mode. Today I got hold of the latest version, ChessMaster 9000, and it works — a little too well actually.
It’s been years since I last played… 10th Grade in South Africa (1996), and it shows: 1800-ranked opponents are squishing me like a bug. Unacceptable. The fault is my own of course: far too excited to be playing again, rushing my moves, not thinking them out enough, mistaking queens for bishops etc. It’ll be a good long while before I’m ready for the real thing: Junior 8.
