tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post4661094466679189776..comments2024-03-14T15:47:13.884-04:00Comments on Tartajubow On Chess II: Postal Chess NostalgiaTartajubowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825756152678176267noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-76708582584300727582019-07-16T16:20:22.489-04:002019-07-16T16:20:22.489-04:00I still have my Post-A-Log, purchased in the late ...I still have my Post-A-Log, purchased in the late 70's - early 80's and I use it from time to time. The pieces still stick and the album still looks just like it did when I purchased it new 40 years ago +-. Excellent Product! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361860346967319728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-90706529001594073862016-01-29T03:34:54.398-05:002016-01-29T03:34:54.398-05:00It was a blast from the past to see those correspo...It was a blast from the past to see those correspondence chess postcards and folding cardboard sets. There were some slight differences between the US and the Correspondence Chess League of Australia, of which I have been a member since late 1979.<br /><br />CCLA games within Australia used a folding scoresheet, which could be placed in an envelope. I used those postcards for overseas games. Our folding cardboard sets were known as "Portland" sets, and had two boards, which was great if you were playing in tournaments in which you were playing both Black and White against the same opponent. They had the same problems as the "Postal Chess Albums" - the slots became worn out, while you invariably ended up losing a few pieces from each set as well. I must have had close to a dozen sets for all of the CC games that I was playing at the same time. It was actually a relief when I started to play on the ICCF Webchess and was able to get rid of all of the sets and postcards.<br />Graham Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182805428889776703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-76536284534955217842016-01-07T10:31:41.522-05:002016-01-07T10:31:41.522-05:00 The Europe-Echecs website does have some nice ... The Europe-Echecs website does have some nice articles and Google Translate does a fair job of translating into English. BTW, my former employer was French owned and the company president told me I should learn to speak French. I told him it was too hard for me to learn and added it took me three years just to learn to speak English. When he asked where I was born and I told him in the U.S. he was perplexed for a minute, but eventually caught on that I was pulling his leg.Tartajubowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825756152678176267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-88622752496120341542016-01-06T22:55:40.789-05:002016-01-06T22:55:40.789-05:00People say that the best chess magazine in the wol...People say that the best chess magazine in the wold these days is New in Chess, and they may well be right. But as a below master-level player, I sometimes find that the annotations go slightly over my head. If you have a halfway decent reading ability in French, the magazine Europe-Echecs probably comes closest to what the old Chess Review was, with instructive articles and game annotations aimed at all levels of playerPaul Gottliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062464400324829622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-53401716021668347602016-01-06T12:10:17.950-05:002016-01-06T12:10:17.950-05:00Yep! The only thing I read is Andy Soltis' co... Yep! The only thing I read is Andy Soltis' column. They also place excessive (in my opinion) emphasis on the kids. Of course kids are their future so I understand that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-54547521857424854642016-01-05T19:21:52.578-05:002016-01-05T19:21:52.578-05:00The old Chess Review certainly does make today'...The old Chess Review certainly does make today's Chess Life look like a rag, but then the old Chess Life also makes today's Chess Life look like a rag! <br /><br />It may just be the way the world works, but I don't know if a great, full-featured chess magazine is a financially viable idea in modern America. Paul Gottliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062464400324829622noreply@blogger.com