If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Policy / Politique
The fee for tournament organizers advertising on ChessTalk is $20/event or $100/yearly unlimited for the year.
Les frais d'inscription des organisateurs de tournoi sur ChessTalk sont de 20 $/événement ou de 100 $/année illimitée.
You can etransfer to Henry Lam at chesstalkforum at gmail dot com
Transfér à Henry Lam à chesstalkforum@gmail.com
Dark Knight / Le Chevalier Noir
General Guidelines
---- Nous avons besoin d'un traduction français!
Some Basics
1. Under Board "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) there are 3 sections dealing with General Forum Usage, User Profile Features, and Reading and Posting Messages. These deal with everything from Avatars to Your Notifications. Most general technical questions are covered there. Here is a link to the FAQs. https://forum.chesstalk.com/help
2. Consider using the SEARCH button if you are looking for information. You may find your question has already been answered in a previous thread.
3. If you've looked for an answer to a question, and not found one, then you should consider asking your question in a new thread. For example, there have already been questions and discussion regarding: how to do chess diagrams (FENs); crosstables that line up properly; and the numerous little “glitches” that every new site will have.
4. Read pinned or sticky threads, like this one, if they look important. This applies especially to newcomers.
5. Read the thread you're posting in before you post. There are a variety of ways to look at a thread. These are covered under “Display Modes”.
6. Thread titles: please provide some details in your thread title. This is useful for a number of reasons. It helps ChessTalk members to quickly skim the threads. It prevents duplication of threads. And so on.
7. Unnecessary thread proliferation (e.g., deliberately creating a new thread that duplicates existing discussion) is discouraged. Look to see if a thread on your topic may have already been started and, if so, consider adding your contribution to the pre-existing thread. However, starting new threads to explore side-issues that are not relevant to the original subject is strongly encouraged. A single thread on the Canadian Open, with hundreds of posts on multiple sub-topics, is no better than a dozen threads on the Open covering only a few topics. Use your good judgment when starting a new thread.
8. If and/or when sub-forums are created, please make sure to create threads in the proper place.
Debate
9. Give an opinion and back it up with a reason. Throwaway comments such as "Game X pwnz because my friend and I think so!" could be considered pointless at best, and inflammatory at worst.
10. Try to give your own opinions, not simply those copied and pasted from reviews or opinions of your friends.
Unacceptable behavior and warnings
11. In registering here at ChessTalk please note that the same or similar rules apply here as applied at the previous Boardhost message board. In particular, the following content is not permitted to appear in any messages:
* Racism
* Hatred
* Harassment
* Adult content
* Obscene material
* Nudity or pornography
* Material that infringes intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any party
* Material the posting of which is tortious or violates a contractual or fiduciary obligation you or we owe to another party
* Piracy, hacking, viruses, worms, or warez
* Spam
* Any illegal content
* unapproved Commercial banner advertisements or revenue-generating links
* Any link to or any images from a site containing any material outlined in these restrictions
* Any material deemed offensive or inappropriate by the Board staff
12. Users are welcome to challenge other points of view and opinions, but should do so respectfully. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated. Posts and threads with unacceptable content can be closed or deleted altogether. Furthermore, a range of sanctions are possible - from a simple warning to a temporary or even a permanent banning from ChessTalk.
Helping to Moderate
13. 'Report' links (an exclamation mark inside a triangle) can be found in many places throughout the board. These links allow users to alert the board staff to anything which is offensive, objectionable or illegal. Please consider using this feature if the need arises.
Advice for free
14. You should exercise the same caution with Private Messages as you would with any public posting.
The left hemisphere contains a "translation", whose task is to make the otherwise puzzling case, a reasonable explanation. If the explanation used by the blind players, I would not believe his explanation of how to play the game.
Is it standard in competitions (or simuls) to have a board visible? Myself I would find it easier to trace things out if I could see the squares.
As a matter of practice, what do you think of playing semi-blind through a paper book with diagrams, and trying to follow the moves in between diagrams. I find even that is challenging if there's more than 6 moves. Do you think that is a valuable exercise for developing chess skill? As opposed to playing through with a board and pieces?
I do that all the time, it saves time while reading and allows me to stalk potential competitor's games in tourneys since I have so much time to stroll around. I thought everyone read chess books without boards.
Your in an unique minority Bindi:D - most of todays players dont even read chess books. I should do a survey of young players (say under age 25) but Im afraid a survey on chesstalk would be meaningless.
i've played games with no pieces, but you write down the moves, and it wasn't that bad...a lot easier to remember if the bishop is on d6 or e6 if it's written down infront of you ;)
The English player Peter Lalic (FIDE 2100) has a series of videos on youtube where he plays blindfolded against chess engine Fritz (set at 1900) 7 minutes a game and explains the variations he thinks thru for the benefit of the viewers. Good comfortable introduction to the thinking involved in blindfold chess and good blindfold training.
Last club night I decided to avoid the challenges of the speed chess regulars (all they want to do is play until they win by a cheapo = quick fix) and went home early and Im glad I did. I picked up Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev (now in algebraic form) which I had not read in about 40 years and read it by visualising the games and ignoring repetitive notes. I must say it was an enjoyable read and 4 hours later I had visualised 3/4 of the book. A great way for the beginning student to first learn openings. I have a keen student who is a well known guitar player and 67 yrs old! and I recently taught him to play blindfold chess. (brave man!) He was very eager to learn after hearing about my blindfold stories and has picked it up quite well. I will encourage him to get the book (Logical Chess Move by Move) and this will accomplish two things: make him even better at visualising and give him a good approach to openings and finishing games.
http://tvo.org/video/207857/redsign-my-brain From 1 minute 50 seconds to roughly 4 minutes in this interesting video it shows Marc Lang doing a 12 board rapid blindfold simultaneous exhibition. Marc claims he opens a room in his mind where all the games are and when he asks it shows him the next game position.
Tweet
Comment