[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books I am scanning
- From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:57:52 EST
Before I went blind I was a chess player. Among tournament players I was one
of the worst. Among casual players I was one of the best. I can't say that my
loss of eyesight had anything to do with my giving it up because I had drifted
away from it quite some time before that happened anyway, but even though I
am very aware that many blind people play chess I have a hard time imagining
how I could. Chess was a highly visual experience for me. It involved taking in
the entire board at once and comparing the relation of pieces and their
positions to each other. Then again, I may have had an experience that showed
that I
could do it after all. I remember being in college in a dormitory room when I
was challenged to a chess game. I was lying down at the time so I let the
other person set up the board and because of something like laziness I started
the game by calling out my moves without sitting up and looking at the board.
We
had started out with a standard opening and I thought I would play like that
just a few moves before I sat up. The game actually progressed more than a few
moves and to my surprise and to the surprise of my opponent and to the
surprise of a couple of observers I was actually winning. Eventually my
opponent
started muttering about how he did not see how I was doing it and, frankly, I
didn't either. It was about that time that I started feeling something like
embarrassment and claimed that my memory was beginning to fail and so I sat up
and
began looking at the board. Actually, though, I could have continued. I never
tried that again and I still don't know how I could have done it and I still
don't know how I could play chess as a blind person.
table with 2 columns and 6 rows
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books I am scanning
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Hi mariann, that book may be a bit of a challenge to scan. I am working on
the Complete idiots Guide to chess.
The one bit of advise from playing chess, is to have a physical chess board
in front of you while you are playing or reading the books. It just makes the
moves conceps and ideas much more clearer. A functional and good set can be
bought for $20 from
www.braillebookstore.com
there are other sets but tis one is a good beginner one and not a huge
investment when others can cost twice to three times as much. It isn't a
conversation
piece though as the others can be, as it is pretty rough but functional.
But I have a feeling from workng on other "for Dummies" books that you are
going to need some sighted assistance with it. have fun with the chess. I
started
learning chess through the hadley course.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Alumni Association
www.guidedogs.com
The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of
their act as violence;
rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness.
The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed.
-Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944)
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From:
Mary Anne Lynskey
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Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 9:57 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books I am scanning
I will be scanning the following two books. Both are by Rhys Boen.
In Dublin's FairCity
Oh Danny Boy
I've also just started playing email chess and I've ordered a book from our
library. Would there be someone in the group who could work on the diagrams
as necessary for me? I haven't seen the book yet so don't know what it is
like. It's just a good place for me to start. The book is:
Chess for Dummies
If anyone would be interested in helping with this project, I'll get more
info about the chess book. I probably won't have the book for a week or so so
don't know how feasible it will be for me to do it.
Are there any chess books on the site? I don't know how to look by subject.
Thanks.
Mary Anne Lynskey
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