LinearGlenn Flear (General)
by Malcolm Kennedy 
, Liverpool, Saturday, June 04, 2005, 19:35 (7499 days ago)
Glenn Flear's quiz is a great idea. I can't say I fully worked out the answers and sometimes after a great deal of thought eventually went on instinct a couple of times but I was pleased to get an average club player's result of 79% which probably is on the slightly flattering side of reality. Or perhaps the work I am putting in really is bearing results. Wish it was shown in the gymn exercises however. Anyway- it was fun and thought provoking and what's even better is that I can play through all the solutions on Fritz or Chessbase. it's the kind of thing that makes the subscription worthwhile as I get to keep something of use to go over and over again with.
Once more- great idea. Are we getting more of this kind of thing?
Glenn Flear
? Glenn Flear's quiz is a great idea. I can't say I fully worked out the
? answers and sometimes after a great deal of thought eventually went on
? instinct a couple of times but I was pleased to get an average club
? player's result of 79% which probably is on the slightly flattering side
? of reality. Or perhaps the work I am putting in really is bearing results.
? Wish it was shown in the gymn exercises however. Anyway- it was fun and
? thought provoking and what's even better is that I can play through all
? the solutions on Fritz or Chessbase. it's the kind of thing that makes the
? subscription worthwhile as I get to keep something of use to go over and
? over again with.
?
? Once more- great idea. Are we getting more of this kind of thing?
I have chessbase light & winzip but I just can't figure out how to use them. 
Anybody here have any advice? thanks
Glenn Flear
by siegrun , Monday, June 06, 2005, 11:10 (7498 days ago) @ Steven E DuCharme
I found it difficult putting it into chessbase, but we fiddled around a bit & suddenly it came up! So I'm afraid I can't tell you how I got it & hope that I'll find it again next month.
However, I was pleased that i got the endgame puzzles right! It's nice to get something right! On the other hand, I'm here to learn & so they were rather too easy! I noticed that some of the tactics were also angeled at endgames, which is nice.
What I'm trying to say is that a site teaching chess ought to teach A LOT OF ENDGAME TECHNIQUE!
I don't know if Tony is reading our gramblings & suggestions or if we're just talking amongst ourselves (the blind leading the blind) & who is the moderator?
I do know that this is a new site & yous keep improving it, which is great. Since we're all guineapigs, could we get an extra few month at the end of our first year?
all the best
Glenn Flear
by Tony Kosten 
, Friday, July 15, 2005, 15:21 (7459 days ago) @ siegrun
I think there may be a problem with the free version of ChessBase and file names over 8 characters long. We will make sure that all the CBV files have shorter names from now on to avoid this problem.
