[blind-chess] Re: Mentor or Collaborative Chess
- From: "stan lovell" <lovell32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:24:23 +0100
Richard, I like your ideas. The method of collaboration between the two
players is probably best left for those players to decide. As I pointed out in
a previous message, it might be too costly for players from each side of the
pond to do this by telephone. Someone suggested Skype, which could be the
answer for some. For those who are able to send emails more than once aq day
this is also a possibility. As I said previously, I will join if it seems
practical.
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: chess
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 5:22 PM
Subject: [blind-chess] Mentor or Collaborative Chess
Hello Players,
I am uncertain how to organize the Mentor or Collaborative chess concept that
Carol proposed earlier this month. Since some may be uncomfortable calling
themselves "mentors", I am proposing that we consider a name such as
"Collaborative Chess" as an alternative.
The general idea is that a team of two players collaborates while playing
either another team of two or an individual player. The collaborating players
discuss their position and agree on a move and hopefully why. While calling
this Collaborative Chess gives a less formal feel to Carol's idea, I think any
such discussion will help both players even if they are of similar ratings.
The following are a few proposed rules and ideas (in no particular order),
please post any comments or propose changes and additions you think appropriate.
1. A list of collaborating players will be maintained and sent out
periodically.
2. To avoid confusion, one player is designated as the official contact for
sending and receiving moves.
3. Games are not rated.
4. The higher rated player will act as the mentor.
5. Some sort of tournament could be arranged if there is interest.
6. A team of two can play an individual.
7. Maybe some games could be annotated and posted afterwards.
8. Time controls may have to be lengthened to 48 hours a move.
9. Other?
As regards mentoring in general, I suspect the mentoring process should be
organized in some fashion. Since I am not an educator, I am uncertain how we
should do that. Could some of the list's professional educators suggest some
approaches of how the mentoring process could be done effectively, what to
focus on and so forth.
Richard
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