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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...

Author: By Etan J. Cohen, | Title: Adrian Ezra Squashes His Competition | 12/16/1993 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: The Siren Call of Tax Abatements | 12/11/1993 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: A Computer Christmas | 12/7/1993 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: A Computer Christmas | 12/7/1993 | See Source »

Along with Martin, Bronsteen and Tai, WenningXing '96 journeyed to Yale for the chess event...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Harvard Chess Club Trounces Yale | 11/23/1993 | See Source »

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