http://www.chessnia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=246


After working for the Sydney Academy Of Chess for more than a year,
doing chess coaching at many schools all over Sydney, I was inspired
by the experience and a few months ago I started working on an
interesting project: a free book which would complement my coaching at
those schools so that kids could use it as reference, but also a
valuable tool in itself for anyone (kid or adult) wanting to learn
chess from scratch.

But how exactly did this coaching experience inspire me? In two ways:

I've been a chess player for more than 30 years (International Master
Title at 23) and a chess coach for more than 15, and teaching chess to
beginners has renewed my interest in chess itself after realizing how
much it can mean to them, despite the fact that they've only got to
know it for a few months...

Inevitably, in any classroom or group you'll always get a number of
students who fall behind. When writing the book, I was continually
thinking about those people: perhaps this book can be an aid to their
understanding of the basics of chess.

Anyway, a few months ago I finally released it, and I've called it:
"Learn Chess Or Call Me An Idiot!!". (and to avoid any
missunderstandings, "me" refers to me, the writer!).
As a book reader myself, I've always felt the urge to ask questions
about what I was reading, and often never got any answers... that's
why I've tried to make this book an interactive experience:

I've set up a support section on my forum so that anyone who has read
the book can ask questions, make comments, suggest improvements, etc.

Online quizzes are currently being built, 6 of them are already
available. (as I said, completely FREE)

New versions of the book will be published. They will include
suggestions by the readers, and new features as well.
The book contains lots of animated graphics, smileys and, well, the
ocassional joke (ok, I've tried to write witty explanations, but don't
expect too much from a serious guy like me )

The book is completely FREE and so is the support for it.

At present, you can download it from 2 different sites:

http://www.chessnia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=246 (Official
Chessnia Site)
http://www.gemx.com/ebooks_download.php (Download from GEMX site)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.

On Feb 15, 8:53 pm, "Chessnia" wrote:
http://www.chessnia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=246

After working for the Sydney Academy Of Chess for more than a year,
doing chess coaching at many schools all over Sydney, I was inspired
by the experience and a few months ago I started working on an
interesting project: a free book which would complement my coaching at
those schools so that kids could use it as reference, but also a
valuable tool in itself for anyone (kid or adult) wanting to learn
chess from scratch.


A great -free- resorce for chess!

Can I move forward and backward with the animated graphic?
I guess not,though.

BTW, that is the fundamental diffrences between Kp opening and Qp
ones?

But how exactly did this coaching experience inspire me? In two ways:

I've been a chess player for more than 30 years (International Master
Title at 23) and a chess coach for more than 15, and teaching chess to
beginners has renewed my interest in chess itself after realizing how
much it can mean to them, despite the fact that they've only got to
know it for a few months...

Inevitably, in any classroom or group you'll always get a number of
students who fall behind. When writing the book, I was continually
thinking about those people: perhaps this book can be an aid to their
understanding of the basics of chess.

Anyway, a few months ago I finally released it, and I've called it:
"Learn Chess Or Call Me An Idiot!!". (and to avoid any
missunderstandings, "me" refers to me, the writer!).
As a book reader myself, I've always felt the urge to ask questions
about what I was reading, and often never got any answers... that's
why I've tried to make this book an interactive experience:

I've set up a support section on my forum so that anyone who has read
the book can ask questions, make comments, suggest improvements, etc.

Online quizzes are currently being built, 6 of them are already
available. (as I said, completely FREE)

New versions of the book will be published. They will include
suggestions by the readers, and new features as well.
The book contains lots of animated graphics, smileys and, well, the
ocassional joke (ok, I've tried to write witty explanations, but don't
expect too much from a serious guy like me )

The book is completely FREE and so is the support for it.

At present, you can download it from 2 different sites:

http://www.chessnia.com/forums/index...c=246(Official
Chessnia Site)http://www.gemx.com/ebooks_download.php(Download from GEMX site)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.

dajava,

Chessnia wrote:
After working for the Sydney Academy Of Chess for more than a year,
doing chess coaching at many schools all over Sydney, I was inspired
by the experience and a few months ago I started working on an
interesting project: a free book which would complement my coaching
at those schools so that kids could use it as reference, but also a
valuable tool in itself for anyone (kid or adult) wanting to learn
chess from scratch.

Any chance of a PDF files instead of, er, whatever proprietary format
it's in at the moment? All the download links from the site you quote
are for Windows executable files which I have no desire to run and
which many people (users of any other operating system) cannot run.


Dave.

--
David Richerby Hilarious Mexi-Dish (TM): it's like
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ a fine ceramic dish that comes from
Mexico but it's a bundle of laughs!

On Feb 16, 10:01 pm, David Richerby
wrote:
Chessnia wrote:
After working for the Sydney Academy Of Chess for more than a year,
doing chess coaching at many schools all over Sydney, I was inspired
by the experience and a few months ago I started working on an
interesting project: a free book which would complement my coaching
at those schools so that kids could use it as reference, but also a
valuable tool in itself for anyone (kid or adult) wanting to learn
chess from scratch.

Any chance of a PDF files instead of, er, whatever proprietary format
it's in at the moment? All the download links from the site you quote
are for Windows executable files which I have no desire to run and
which many people (users of any other operating system) cannot run.

Dave.

--
David Richerby Hilarious Mexi-Dish (TM): it's likewww.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ a fine ceramic dish that comes from
Mexico but it's a bundle of laughs!

For example
http://www.nativewinds.montana.com/s...html#Downloads

It used to offer Lite version as a freeware,
but it cannot find it there any longer,

dajava,

dajava wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
Any chance of a PDF files instead of, er, whatever proprietary
format it's in at the moment? All the download links from the site
you quote are for Windows executable files which I have no desire
to run and which many people (users of any other operating system)
cannot run.

For example
http://www.nativewinds.montana.com/s...html#Downloads

It used to offer Lite version as a freeware, but it cannot find it
there any longer,

Unless I've missed something, that's a Windows-only word processor
that reads and writes PDF files. That doesn't seem to help with the
problem at hand, which is precisely that there is no PDF file.


Dave.

--
David Richerby Permanent Incredible Postman (TM):
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ it's like a man who delivers the mail
but it'll blow your mind and be there
for ever!

On Feb 17, 12:51 am, David Richerby
wrote:
dajava wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
Any chance of a PDF files instead of, er, whatever proprietary
format it's in at the moment? All the download links from the site
you quote are for Windows executable files which I have no desire
to run and which many people (users of any other operating system)
cannot run.

For example
http://www.nativewinds.montana.com/s...html#Downloads

It used to offer Lite version as a freeware, but it cannot find it
there any longer,

Unless I've missed something, that's a Windows-only word processor
that reads and writes PDF files. That doesn't seem to help with the
problem at hand, which is precisely that there is no PDF file.

Dave.


I just wrote that the original writer-Chessnia-can use those kinds of
tools
to make PDF file.

dajava,

--
David Richerby Permanent Incredible Postman (TM):www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ it's like a man who delivers the mail
but it'll blow your mind and be there
for ever!

On Feb 17, 2:05 am, "dajava" wrote:
On Feb 17, 12:51 am, David Richerby
wrote:





dajava wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
Any chance of a PDF files instead of, er, whatever proprietary
format it's in at the moment? All the download links from the site
you quote are for Windows executable files which I have no desire
to run and which many people (users of any other operating system)
cannot run.

For example
http://www.nativewinds.montana.com/s...html#Downloads

It used to offer Lite version as a freeware, but it cannot find it
there any longer,

Unless I've missed something, that's a Windows-only word processor
that reads and writes PDF files. That doesn't seem to help with the
problem at hand, which is precisely that there is no PDF file.

Dave.

I just wrote that the original writer-Chessnia-can use those kinds of
tools
to make PDF file.

dajava,




http://www.fineprint.com/products/pdffactory/index.html

I think I used this tool several times before.
With unregistrated version, i could make PDF files
which has a 'www.fineprint.com' advertisement line per page.

dajava,
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dajava wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
Unless I've missed something, that's a Windows-only word processor
that reads and writes PDF files. That doesn't seem to help with the
problem at hand, which is precisely that there is no PDF file.

I just wrote that the original writer-Chessnia-can use those kinds of
tools to make PDF file.

Aaaaaah, now I see. :-)


Dave.

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www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ a well-tailored pair of trousers that
you can put on your lap but it can't
be erased!

Unfortunately, the book uses a very large amount of *animated
graphics* and other features which can't be read properly on a pdf
document.
The percentage of people who run operating systems other than Windows
is currently below 10%.
I might consider the creation of a pdf version sometime in the second
half of 2007, but at present there are no plans to produce a pdf file
as the book's main strength is precisely the graphical features. (over
50 animations)

Also, the electronic book version is interactive.

For more technical questions, such as the one about King Pawn and
Queen Pawn openings (which is, btw, mentioned in the book) I'll be
more than pleased to answer them at chessnia's forums, as I can use
interactive chess boards there and everything to make explanations a
lot easier to follow.

Thanks for your replies. :-)

On Feb 17, 3:27 am, "Chessnia" wrote:
Unfortunately, the book uses a very large amount of *animated
graphics*


What tools did you use to make the *animated graphics* ?

dajava,