2009 ChessBase April Fool joke

[Terry McCracken]

ChessBase Training Enhancements – an April 1st hoax
03.04.2009 – Yes, yes, everybody recognised it as such within seconds. But since we only published the story in the late afternoon, our readers had ample time to jump to the conclusion that some of the other stories were jokes. Specifically: "Kiss the Queen" by Ivanchuk and the crazy game Hübner-Rogoff. We bring you some new insights and a lot of delightful letters from our readers.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5327

[towforce]

Of course there are supplements which enhance memory function. What they don't do, however, is automatically increase one's skill in a specific chess opening!

[Terry McCracken]

Of course there are supplements which enhance memory function. What they don't do, however, is automatically increase one's skill in a specific chess opening!

Name one? Memory enhancing drugs are not that good yet let alone supplements.

Anyway you missed the point of the April Fool's Prank, as ChessBase was reeling them in with factual stories.

That was the real joke!

[AdminX]

Of course there are supplements which enhance memory function. What they don't do, however, is automatically increase one's skill in a specific chess opening!

Name one? Memory enhancing drugs are not that good yet let alone supplements.

Anyway you missed the point of the April Fool's Prank, as ChessBase was reeling them in with factual stories.

That was the real joke!

Not to mention if there were such a drug, that it might be the cure for Alzheimer's!

[Uri Blass]

Of course there are supplements which enhance memory function. What they don't do, however, is automatically increase one's skill in a specific chess opening!

Name one? Memory enhancing drugs are not that good yet let alone supplements.

Anyway you missed the point of the April Fool's Prank, as ChessBase was reeling them in with factual stories.

That was the real joke!

I can say that
Lecithin helped my memory after I forgot some telephone numbers that I remembered in the past and my memory got back to the level that it was earlier.

people can say that maybe it is because I believe that it help me and it is not because of the lecithin but I do not believe it.

I read that some food supplements can help the memory and I believe in it.

It is logical to believe that what we eat has some influence on what we remember.

Uri

[F. Bluemers]

Of course there are supplements which enhance memory function. What they don't do, however, is automatically increase one's skill in a specific chess opening!

Name one? Memory enhancing drugs are not that good yet let alone supplements.

Anyway you missed the point of the April Fool's Prank, as ChessBase was reeling them in with factual stories.

That was the real joke!

I can say that
Lecithin helped my memory after I forgot some telephone numbers that I remembered in the past and my memory got back to the level that it was earlier.

people can say that maybe it is because I believe that it help me and it is not because of the lecithin but I do not believe it.

I read that some food supplements can help the memory and I believe in it.

It is logical to believe that what we eat has some influence on what we remember.

Uri

this does not prove anything,you would have remembered those numbers without the use of lecithin as well.

[Uri Blass]

Of course there are supplements which enhance memory function. What they don't do, however, is automatically increase one's skill in a specific chess opening!

Name one? Memory enhancing drugs are not that good yet let alone supplements.

Anyway you missed the point of the April Fool's Prank, as ChessBase was reeling them in with factual stories.

That was the real joke!

I can say that
Lecithin helped my memory after I forgot some telephone numbers that I remembered in the past and my memory got back to the level that it was earlier.

people can say that maybe it is because I believe that it help me and it is not because of the lecithin but I do not believe it.

I read that some food supplements can help the memory and I believe in it.

It is logical to believe that what we eat has some influence on what we remember.

Uri

this does not prove anything,you would have remembered those numbers without the use of lecithin as well.

I know that my memory got worse before taking the lecitine and got better again after taking it.

It may prove nothing for you but it clearly convinced me that lecitine helped my memory.

I do not claim that it helps everybody and I remember that there are other supplements that helped other people.

Uri

[Uri Blass]

Here is a link about vitamin B

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandte ... -loss.html

The book that I read talked about many supplements including vitamin B.

Uri

[F. Bluemers]

Of course there are supplements which enhance memory function. What they don't do, however, is automatically increase one's skill in a specific chess opening!

Name one? Memory enhancing drugs are not that good yet let alone supplements.

Anyway you missed the point of the April Fool's Prank, as ChessBase was reeling them in with factual stories.

That was the real joke!

I can say that
Lecithin helped my memory after I forgot some telephone numbers that I remembered in the past and my memory got back to the level that it was earlier.

people can say that maybe it is because I believe that it help me and it is not because of the lecithin but I do not believe it.

I read that some food supplements can help the memory and I believe in it.

It is logical to believe that what we eat has some influence on what we remember.

Uri

this does not prove anything,you would have remembered those numbers without the use of lecithin as well.

I know that my memory got worse before taking the lecitine and got better again after taking it.

don't you think its normal if your memory sometimes works a bit better or worse ? lecitine does not play a roll here

It may prove nothing for you but it clearly convinced me that lecitine helped my memory.

I do not claim that it helps everybody and I remember that there are other supplements that helped other people.

Uri

[Uri Blass]

You say:"don't you think its normal if your memory sometimes works a bit better or worse ? lecitine does not play a roll here"

My response:I do not think that it was little worse but that it was something significant.

Imagine that you use some telephone number at least one time every month and remember it for one year and suddenly you simply forget the telephone number.

This or something equivalent did not happen to me when I was young.
It happened to me later before taking the lecitine more than once and it did not happen later after taking it.

Uri