[blind-chess] Re: Mentor or Collaborative Chess
- From: Rebecca Blaevoet <amrywoddyddiauheulog@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:11:06 +0100
Excellent ideas Richard! I think focusing on opening, middle and endgame,
deployment of pieces, various strategies that get attention from chess
books, all of these things might provide guidance for mentors. Bob Rathbun's
chess course on principles and strategies might provide as good a schema as
any, since he deals with just about every major aspect of chess. Simply
publishing on this list the major chapter headings from his book might be
good enough crib notes for mentors.
Rebecca
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[mailto:blind-chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R Dinger
Sent: 11 August 2011 17:23
To: chess
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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