A slow guide to chess openings

2025-12-14

Someone at work got me interested in chess openings. The weather decided most of the schedule. Most of the work is preparation; the visible part is quick. It is slower than buying the finished thing, and that is the point. Cheap materials are fine for practice. Reading the manual first would have saved me an afternoon. Questions are welcome by email.

There is a quiet pleasure in travel notes. Good tools help, but patience helps more. Reading the manual first would have saved me an afternoon.

For a long time I avoided home networking. Reading the manual first would have saved me an afternoon. There is always one more thing to adjust. Small, repeatable steps turned out to matter more than any single trick. Good tools help, but patience helps more. Mistakes were cheap, so I made many of them. Questions are welcome by email.