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Ezra says softball and hardball squash are very different games. Softball, which uses a softer ball on a wider court, is played internationally. Softball squash is "More like physical chess," Ezra says, adding that it is a more tactical game and therefore emphasizes endurance. "If you're fit for softball, you're fit for hardball," Ezra says, "But definitely not vice versa...
...overdeveloped egos. How are folks like the cloven-hooved aspiring-deacons of the Williamson County Commission supposed to hold their own against the likes of Apple and its army of Ivy-league lawyer/consultant mercenaries? It's as though Homer Simpson were to take on Gary Kasparov in a chess match. Or to adopt a closer analogy, like the Undergraduate Council attempting to negotiate with concert tour promoters...
...fact, the popular chess program is very a strong player--I say that because I lose to it a lot--and can be a great aid in teaching chess. If you are more into the fun aspect of chess playing, take a look at "Battle Chess" from Interplay. It's the only chess program that animates the chess board...
...have a precocious little sister who aspires to become a chess grandmaster? If so, Software Toolworks' "Chessmaster 4000" for the PC or "Chessmaster 3000" for the Mac may brighten up her face with a big smile--and not because she can beat the chess-playing software all the time...
Along with Martin, Bronsteen and Tai, WenningXing '96 journeyed to Yale for the chess event...