Re: [Audyssey] chess help
awesome! The site is www.hadley.edu - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard woofer...@sbcglobal.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] chess help I think your best bet would be to try the course from the Hadley school for the blind, Chess For Beginners. It is only a 6 lesson correspondence course, and you can get the material in either braille or on audio cassettes, along with a brailled book of diagrams to use during the lessons. Plus, you receive a very good chess set adapted for blind players that you can keep, along with the course materials for future reference if you finish the course. I don't know their URL offhand, but you should be able to find it using a search engine such as www.google.com if nobody else can give it to you on this list. Anyway, briefly, bishops, rooks, (also known as castles), and Knights, the King, the Queen and pawns capture pieces by moving to the squares on which the enemy piece rests. Pieces that are jumped by a Knight remain on the board. Check is when your king will be captured on your opponent's next move unless you prevent it by blocking the path or moving the King out of harm's way, or by capturing the attacking piece. If you can do none of these things and cannot prevent your King from being taken, it is checkmate and the game is over. HTH. --- In God we trust! - Original Message - From: Shirley Starblanket dyna.hender...@sasktel.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:28 AM Subject: [Audyssey] chess help Well, Charles. Can a castle take out pieces and if so how? Can the bishop and all the others take out pieces? If so, how? When a knight jumps a piece, does it take out the piece it jumps? What's check or checkmate? I need to know everything about chess. If anybody knows about a review on chess let me know. Thanks. HAVE FUN! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] chess help
Hi Charles, You and I? Would sound good. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 4:50 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] chess help Sounds like you and I aughta play a game or two one of these days? --- In God we trust! - Original Message - From: Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] chess help To answer your question, a rook, knight, bishop etc simply takes out the piece it lands on. As for a knight, no it does not take out the piece it jumps; this is not checkers Grin. About check and checkmate: when your king is in check, it can be captured. This means that you must immediately either move the king out of check or some how move a piece in the way, as your king *cannot* be captured. If, however, you cannot get out of check, this is considered checkmate and grants your opponent victory. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Shirley Starblanket Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:28 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] chess help Well, Charles. Can a castle take out pieces and if so how? Can the bishop and all the others take out pieces? If so, how? When a knight jumps a piece, does it take out the piece it jumps? What's check or checkmate? I need to know everything about chess. If anybody knows about a review on chess let me know. Thanks. HAVE FUN! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] chess help
Hi Shirley. have you got the Bg chess challenge game from spoonbill software? not only does it play chess, but it comes with a document entitled how to play chess which explains all the rules and maneuvers, pluss I believe the game has some degree of in game help if i remember rightly. You can either download it from Tom's site on http://www.usagamesinteractive.com/downloads/spoonbill-games/ or alternatelyou can send an E-mail requesting the game to Ian humphries who produces it (all his games are free and use ms sapi to be self-voicing). You can find out all about his games, and his E-mail address on http://www.omninet.net.au/~irhumph/blindgamers.htm to be honest, even if you just download bg chess from Tom's hosting site, --- Ian humphries does rather like E-mails from people sinse he likes to personally know who plays his games, pluss then he can put you on the mailing list to know about new releases if you wish. Hth. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Shirley Starblanket dyna.hender...@sasktel.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:28 PM Subject: [Audyssey] chess help Well, Charles. Can a castle take out pieces and if so how? Can the bishop and all the others take out pieces? If so, how? When a knight jumps a piece, does it take out the piece it jumps? What's check or checkmate? I need to know everything about chess. If anybody knows about a review on chess let me know. Thanks. HAVE FUN! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] chess help
To answer your question, a rook, knight, bishop etc simply takes out the piece it lands on. As for a knight, no it does not take out the piece it jumps; this is not checkers Grin. About check and checkmate: when your king is in check, it can be captured. This means that you must immediately either move the king out of check or some how move a piece in the way, as your king *cannot* be captured. If, however, you cannot get out of check, this is considered checkmate and grants your opponent victory. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Shirley Starblanket Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:28 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] chess help Well, Charles. Can a castle take out pieces and if so how? Can the bishop and all the others take out pieces? If so, how? When a knight jumps a piece, does it take out the piece it jumps? What's check or checkmate? I need to know everything about chess. If anybody knows about a review on chess let me know. Thanks. HAVE FUN! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] chess help
I think your best bet would be to try the course from the Hadley school for the blind, Chess For Beginners. It is only a 6 lesson correspondence course, and you can get the material in either braille or on audio cassettes, along with a brailled book of diagrams to use during the lessons. Plus, you receive a very good chess set adapted for blind players that you can keep, along with the course materials for future reference if you finish the course. I don't know their URL offhand, but you should be able to find it using a search engine such as www.google.com if nobody else can give it to you on this list. Anyway, briefly, bishops, rooks, (also known as castles), and Knights, the King, the Queen and pawns capture pieces by moving to the squares on which the enemy piece rests. Pieces that are jumped by a Knight remain on the board. Check is when your king will be captured on your opponent's next move unless you prevent it by blocking the path or moving the King out of harm's way, or by capturing the attacking piece. If you can do none of these things and cannot prevent your King from being taken, it is checkmate and the game is over. HTH. --- In God we trust! - Original Message - From: Shirley Starblanket dyna.hender...@sasktel.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:28 AM Subject: [Audyssey] chess help Well, Charles. Can a castle take out pieces and if so how? Can the bishop and all the others take out pieces? If so, how? When a knight jumps a piece, does it take out the piece it jumps? What's check or checkmate? I need to know everything about chess. If anybody knows about a review on chess let me know. Thanks. HAVE FUN! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] chess help
Sounds like you and I aughta play a game or two one of these days? --- In God we trust! - Original Message - From: Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] chess help To answer your question, a rook, knight, bishop etc simply takes out the piece it lands on. As for a knight, no it does not take out the piece it jumps; this is not checkers Grin. About check and checkmate: when your king is in check, it can be captured. This means that you must immediately either move the king out of check or some how move a piece in the way, as your king *cannot* be captured. If, however, you cannot get out of check, this is considered checkmate and grants your opponent victory. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Shirley Starblanket Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:28 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] chess help Well, Charles. Can a castle take out pieces and if so how? Can the bishop and all the others take out pieces? If so, how? When a knight jumps a piece, does it take out the piece it jumps? What's check or checkmate? I need to know everything about chess. If anybody knows about a review on chess let me know. Thanks. HAVE FUN! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] chess help
That's a hugely wide open question. What are you not understand in particular? --- In God we trust! - Original Message - From: Shirley Starblanket dyna.hender...@sasktel.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:30 PM Subject: [Audyssey] chess help Hey gamers. Can somebody help to understand chess? Thanks. HAVE FUN! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] chess help
This email would not be or could it do justice. I love chess but it is a long drawn out game. Also I did find out that Chess Titan I think it is called on windows 7 is fully accessible. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Shirley Starblanket Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:30 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] chess help Hey gamers. Can somebody help to understand chess? Thanks. HAVE FUN! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
