Life In 19x19

More great advice here thanks to all - I'm going to practice recording and if I think it will not put me off from game thinking too much I'll use Smartgo to record the first 50-60 moves - I can possibly snap selected positions after that on Ipad - a good idea that I had not thought of - there is ...

Many thanks to all for these helpful replies/ideas/suggestions.

I'll try some practice this week recording from online games and/or versus computer engine.

The Ipad idea is interesting - initially I was shocked as I'm familiar with competition chess where electronic devices are banned from the ...

Would you advise me, a beginner of only 8 weeks standing (KGS 19kyu) to record my games at Bonn in the upcoming weekend tournament? That would allow later analysis but I have not played a face to face game before so might it be too much of a distraction? On the other hand, as a chess player I am ...

Many thanks to you all for these replies.

Knowing that being such a raw beginner at the congress will not make my presence particularly unusual or unwanted helps my decision greatly. Unless travel problems occur I intend to go. As has been said here, there are a lot of things to be gained from ...

I'm a keen beginner who learned the rules 4 weeks ago. I've read the beginners books by Chikun and Iwamoto plus Bozlich 'second book', Graded probs for beginners 1 (now onto 2) plus Kim vols 1 and 2. I will start on 'Tesuji' (Davies) and 'Opening Theory Made Easy' (Otake) soon.

I have the ...