Features
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Debate
Chess as a commodity? – 10 Aug 2020
Four and a half months have gone by with hardly any significant classical chess. Elite players have started to behave like hustlers. One of the most hyped chess competitions ever was staged between beginners. Raj Tischbierek asks if it is an irreversible development or just a nightmare that will pass.
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Background
Is there Covid-19 in Austria? – 06 Aug 2020
Breaching the anonymity of an infected player after the recent open in St. Veit was not the only lapse of the Austrian Chess Federation, as their confrontation by Stefan Löffler and Conrad Schormann reveals.
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First Person
Unmasked – 04 Aug 2020
When the Austrian Chess Federation reported the first case of a player being infected during a tournament it also gave away his identity: Tommaso Fuochi shares his personal experience.
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Education
A cat house – 29 Jul 2020
Victor is a charming chess teacher, but his programme, Victor’s Chess House, runs slow and doesn’t allow to jump any single lesson, game or test, writes Philippe Kalman.
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Review
Frogs and robots – 27 Jul 2020
Chessity has been developed for classroom use but its gamified chess learning works equally well in a family context, writes Jérôme Maufras.
Latest News
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Short news
ECF direct members vote – 11 Aug 2020
The direct members of the English Chess Federation are invited to vote their representatives online based on the election addresses of the candidates.
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Jobs in chess listed on ChessTech – 11 Aug 2020
24 open positions, all related to IT, many of them allowing to work remotely from home, are listed on our brandnew jobs page. We want to list IT and other jobs in chess that are open to qualified international applicants. Contact gm@chesstech.org
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Short news
FIDE call for game viewer – 10 Aug 2020
FIDE is planning a comprehensive new platform “Chess ID” to give every player a unique reference code and profile, and to provide a consolidated database and other services. A first element shall be a game viewer to display live and recorded games. Developers are invited to apply until 24 August.
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Short news
Prague open without visible restrictions – 09 Aug 2020
The Prague Summer Open that has started on Saturday with 278 participants in two groups looks like any tournament hall before the pandemic.
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World Open online version profitable – 08 Aug 2020
The 48th edition of the World Open takes place online this weekend with 954 participants who paid between $78 and $180 to register. 31 grandmasters take part in the Open Section. $20,000 in cash prizes plus $5,000 in memberships and videos by host ICC have tempted some to cheat in spite of obligatory Zoom surveillance and strict fairplay rules. Most of those caught in the early rounds are under 16.