The View

My view of Pennsylvania Ave. has changed. Most people would have you think the the President owns 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and can do as he pleases. Well, his power is restricted by the United States Constitution. The U. S. Congress and U.S. Supreme Court work as equal partners with the U.S. President to ensure that no one part of the United States Government becomes dominate and all powerful. This way our Representative Republic stay free from a King...or dictator. The People of the United States directly elect the members of Congress. However, We the People do not directly elect our President. It is a complicated system, but it was instituted to ensure fairness...that one state could not elect the President by itself base upon an advantage in population. However, this is not the reason my view has change...

As I look out my living room window over Pennsylvania Ave., I see a change in weather. It is cold and damp. The rain is starting again and the temperature is falling once more. So much for Global Warming! Some county in the State of Colorado reported 18 inches of snow yesterday; and we had snow just last week. My main concern is severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. Kansas is know for them...just watch The wizard of Oz . I keep telling myself "It is only a movie, it's only a movie...".

Time to get my war face on and start practicing serious chess study. I have a lack of motivation to get into all those things that make the great chess players great. I am supposed to devote 20-30 minutes a day to tactical training. This means solving lots of chess problems. I am supposed to be sending 30 minutes a day for a week on an opening, which I will change each week until the Club Championship, to build a knowledgeable repertoire. This is done best by playing through several hundred games in the system I want to use. This is for each system! I should download the Chess Position Trainer . This free download promises to build, and then train you from, your choice of repertoire. Yeah, Fritz 10 was supposed to do the same thing lol. Next we are to spend about 30-45 minutes in endgame study and practice. This is best done with a position set-up on the board and working out the solution in ones head, writing it down (so you do cheat yourself), and then playing it out against the computer program Fritz 10. If you do this right the results should match your solution. If Fritz wins...back to the board for you. Finally, you have to play at least two games a day (one with each color) and analyze your results. You should do this with an eye to improving your play and improving upon the system (by finding novelties) in which you play. Yes, very hard work.