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PAGE DATE: 12-Aug-2008 |
The official bulletin of the Essex Chess Association
Chessex Volume 12 Issue 1
Version control: Current version 006.i 07-Jul-2008
The
first embryonic edition of No. 006 is online, click here
No.
006 currently has the match table of the U175 County Final and a
report on the Southend Congress. The latter item will be switched
into Issue 005 shortly, with the Ilford Congress taking its place
in No. 006.
Chessex Volume 11 Issue 6
Version
control: Current version 005 02-Aug-2008 (final) 
The fifth issue of Chessexonline has now been finalised. Click here to access No. 005. Printed copies to postal subscribers are enveloped and stamped and will be in the post Wednesday 13-Aug-2008.
- What's in it? The Ilford 2008 congress report has been moved into issue 006 and the Southend Congress - which preceded Ilford - has been put in its rightful place in 005.
- Navigation Remember - you can navigate through the document on screen via the 'bookmarks' available in your pdf reader. Also, the games can be played through on screen using the DGT game viewer (see next item).
- Game viewer View games on screen in the DGT pgn viewer. Change: There is now only one link to the game viewer, which is in the Contents pane on the title page. (You can always reach the Contents pane via its bookmark.) Just click on the word 'Link' to open the viewer. Keep it open while you browse the issue on screen and call it up and select the games you want to go through when you reach them.
- How do I get it? Chessexonline is a pdf document, so you will need a pdf reader such as the Adobe Reader, to open it. See the icon link at the bottom of the page if you need this free software download. Chessexonline 005 is not a download, but is simply a linked document intended to be browsed like other web pages. With older versions of Adobe Reader the document may open in its own window, rather than in a browser window. If this happens to you, close down the document, and click the above link with the RIGHT mouse button and see if there is a menu option ‘Open Weblink in browser’ which is tidier.
New issues will in time be added to the downloadable issues..
Previous issues are still available from the downloads section below. See the ReadMe1st file for download instructions and User Guide.
Chessexonline features:
- on screen navigation via bookmarks - no more fumbling through pages trying to find the item you want!
- all games in each issue are also supplied as pgn files as part of the download and can be played through on screen using your pgn viewer.
- All games published in Chessexonline are also available in a single archive, the Chessexbase downloadable pgn database, together with backloaded games from old issues of CHESSEX - see Downloads;
- alternatively, you can print it out and read it the old fashioned way.
I am interested that you should enjoy Chessexonline to the full. If you have any problems downloading and accessing the Chessexonline features or have any suggestions for its future development, please email me: Ian Hunnable
What do I require to download Chessexonline?
To download and use Chessexonline you will need a pdf reader - I recommend the Adobe Reader which can be downloaded from the button link below - and (optionally) a pgn reader to play through the games on screen. If you do not yet have a pgn reader I now recommend the excellent DGT Chess Theatre program. This is a free download and is well worth having. Follow the download link below.
Chessexonline by post
If you know someone who does not have regular Internet access and would like to receive Chessexonline by post, this is still available for the same modest subscription which previously applied to Chessex, £6.00. Print out a subscription form from the Downloads section below, fill it in and send it to me with a cheque for £6.00.
Ian
Hunnable
Editor
Downloads Section
Please download and read the ReadMe file (pdf) which gives instructions for the correct method of downloading the Chessexonline files, before downloading Chessexonline. The ReadMe1st file also incorporates the User Guide. Any problems with this, email me: Ian Hunnable
Chessexbase - Latest version 2.0 - for details see: Versions blog
Now available, the first edition of Chessexbase, the .pgn database of games. Download from the link below.
Games included in v2.0 are all the games so far published in Chessexonline, plus the further games from the archive, now including games from Ivor Smith's CHESSEX up to and including Volume 1 Issue 2.
To make use of this download, you will need a .pgn game viewer. Fritz and ChessBase are fine. If you have neither of these, and don't have an alternative, see the DGT Chess Theatre download in the next section.
DGT Chess Theatre
Subscription Form
NB Only needed for the printed version by post - subscription £6.00 for one year.
(Downloaded Chessexonline does not require a subscription.)
Chessexonline by post sub form.pdf (pdf)
If
you are unable to download or print this document, email me:
Ian
Hunnable
Adobe Reader
.pdf files (Portable Document Format) require a pdf reader such as the Adobe Reader. Click on the icon below to download Adobe Reader. This is free to download, but its a biggy. For Broadband users, this will be no problem, but for those with a standard 56K modem it will take a long time. Pick a time when your phone line will not be in demand or, better still, use a download manager which will enable you to split the download over several sessions. You only have to do the download once and it is worth it.
