[Scid-users] Happy new year!

[Shane G H. <sh...@co...>]

Hi all,

First, I should point out that I (finally) uploaded Scid 3.1 compiled
for Windows to the website today. There is even a version you can
download and use without needing to install Tcl/Tk separately first.
This should be useful for anyone who has found installing Tcl/Tk on
a Windows PC to be a hassle.

Second, I just want to wish the Scid users who read this list and
provide many useful suggestions a happy new year. I hope 2001 has been
good for you; it has for me, chess-wise. I've enjoyed improving Scid
from version 2.1 to 3.1; my national rating is up to 1950 (I think Scid
has helped a lot in its 100-point rise); and my son (who is nearly 4 and
starting to show interest in chess, although I never push him into it)
is enjoying chess too. He knows all the piece names and that the rooks
move "up and down and side to side" and the "horseys go hop-hop-hop",
and last week I was amazed to put my main set away and come back later
to find he'd set up the starting position correctly! But my wife has
expressly forbidden me from raising a chess prodigy  :-)

Happy new year,
Shane