The same way that electronic chess pieces have made physical pieces obsolete?
I mean, when was the last time you played a game with real chess pieces?
Chess Books: Do they have a future?
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Yeah of course they do. And when it comes to playing chess on the computer, I prefer to play on the board because its alot easier to see the movement of the pieces.
notmtwain wrote:
Playing OTB is not the same as studying chess. Do you use a board with real pieces when you play online? Are u old enough to remember vinyl records? Is manually lifting up the needle to rehear a song again better then a CD that only needs a push of a button?
The same way that electronic chess pieces have made physical pieces obsolete?
I mean, when was the last time you played a game with real chess pieces?
It seems to me that chess is one subject much better suited to more modern teaching techniques. A teacher running through a game on video with a nice analysis board, covering the same material as a book with a few small diagrams, is more like a teacher than self-study. Seeing something happen while it's explained is a powerful technique.
I have a decently large collection of Chess books I have purchased over the years for various aspects of the Game of Chess, Id say close to 75 or so.
But also I have a large collection of Ebooks also and Chessbase Videos. I would have to admit that my preference is now for interactive Chess instruction over reading over lines in a book and manually playing them while studying chess.
We also have Youtube free videos and some are actually very good for Chess study.
I really cannot see much use now for the printed media for chess instruction as its too unweildy to use vs Ebooks/Video.
While I love books in general, I personally forsee that the printed Chess book will disapear as new media render them obsolete.