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Polonius is an old bore who repeats stock phrases umder the impression that he's dispensing wisdomKevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:51 pm
Polonius would be proud of him, "This above all, to thine own self be true".
And it happens to this day.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:37 amPolonius is an old bore who repeats stock phrases umder the impression that he's dispensing wisdomKevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:51 pm
Polonius would be proud of him, "This above all, to thine own self be true".
It must have been when I was still playing it, and probably a quick word between rounds at a tournament.Jonathan Bryant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:56 pmWhen did you ask him? He talked about Hartston telling him about the Paulsen games on the cassette. He might well have forgotten many years later, of course.Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:51 pmI asked Mike if he knew that Paulsen had played it vs Morphy and he expressed surprise, but he could have been being polite of course.
Kevin, you need to fix the quote tags in your original postKevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:54 amIt must have been when I was still playing it, and probably a quick word between rounds at a tournament.Jonathan Bryant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:56 pmWhen did you ask him? He talked about Hartston telling him about the Paulsen games on the cassette. He might well have forgotten many years later, of course.Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:51 pmI asked Mike if he knew that Paulsen had played it vs Morphy and he expressed surprise, but he could have been being polite of course.
Nobody has mentioned the coaching by cassette, when for not much money, you could send a couple of games and a cassette, and get expert opinion on your games. As you were listening to the cassette, you were more likely to pay attention than if you were reading the annotations. I started off getting advice from Tony MIles and then John Nunn. Occasionally you were told, "This wasn't the best move, stop the tape and look at the position."
Modern life has caught up with today's online and DVD chess courses. So Mike was a trailblazer.
See you back here in a week.
You are missing a [/quote] at the end. If you edit your post by adding one, I think that that will do the trick.
When I first bought cassettes chess videos weren’t yet available - and I must have been a good decade after Basman first started producing them.Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:52 amI'd always assumed that chess cassettes only existed because they were cheaper to produce than videos. Did the format, rather than the content, have any fans here?