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Siden 1990 har Karel van Delft drevet omfattende sjakk-undervisning og sjakktrening i den nederlandske byen Apeldoorn. Det har blitt et bredt program med mange aktører, og mange talenter er utviklet til høy spillestyrke.

Blant dem er sønnen Merijn van Delft som har blitt IM og her er medforfatter av boka. I forordet forteller Artur Jusupov at han forsøker å komme til Apeldoorn hvert år.

Boka gir en omfattende og systematisk beskrivelse av treningsmetoder og organisering av det hele. Den har også intervjuer om sjakktrening med David Bronstein, Jan Timman, Artur Jusupov, Loek van Wely og Rob Hartoch.

Innholdsfortegnelsen

  • Foreword by Artur Yusupov
  • Introduction
  • A - COACHING
    • 1 Top-class sport
    • 1.1 Educational value 17
    • 1.2 Time investment 17
    • 1.3 Performance ability 18
    • 1.4 Talent 18
    • 1.5 Motivation 18
    • 2 Social environment
    • 2.1 Psychology 19
    • 2.2 Personal development 20
    • 2.3 Coach 20
    • 2.4 Role of parents 21
    • 3 Techniques
    • 3.1 Goal setting 24
    • 3.2 Training programme 25
    • 3.3 Chess diary 27
    • 3.4 Analysis questionnaire 27
    • 3.5 A cunning plan! 28
    • 3.6 Experiments 29
    • 3.7 Insights through games 30
    • 3.8 Rules of thumb and mnemonics 31
    • 4 Skills
    • 4.1 Self-management 31
    • 4.2 Mental training 33
    • 4.3 Physical factors 34
    • 4.4 Chess thinking 35
    • 4.5 Creativity 36
    • 4.6 Concentration 39
    • 4.7 Flow 40
    • 4.8 Tension 40
    • 4.9 Time management 41
    • 4.10 Objectivity 44
    • 4.11 Psychological tricks 44
    • 4.12 Development process 45
    • 4.13 Avoiding blunders 46
    • 4.14 Non-verbal behaviour 46
    • 5 Miscellaneous
    • 5.1 Chess as a subject in primary school 47
    • 5.2 Youth with adults 48
    • 5.3 Women’s chess 48
    • 5.4 Biographies and interviews 49
  • B - TRAINING
    • 1 Organizing trainings
    • 1.1 Sructure and culture 51
    • 1.2 Computers and the Internet 51
    • 1.3 Individual trainer 52
    • 1.4 Mentor 52
    • 1.5 Guest trainers 52
    • 1.6 Self-fulfilling prophecy and selection 53
    • 1.7 Youth player as a trainer 54
    • 1.8 Training partners 54
    • 1.9 Team training 55
    • 2 Didactics
    • 2.1 Introduction 55
    • 2.2 Training group 56
    • 2.3 Trainer 56
    • 2.4 Training plan 57
    • 2.5 Motivation to learn 57
    • 2.6 Contents 58
    • 2.7 Methods 58
    • 2.8 Study environment 60
    • 2.9 Duration and frequency 60
    • 2.10 Keeping order 60
    • 2.11 Supporting activities and tools 60
    • 3 Training components
    • 3.1 Tactics 61
    • 3.2 Strategy 62
    • 3.3 Opening 64
    • 3.4 Middlegame 66
    • 3.5 Endgame 66
    • 3.6 Annotated games 67
    • 3.7 Variation calculation 68
    • 3.8 Endgame studies 70
    • 4 Practical play
    • 4.1 Visiting tournaments 71
    • 4.2 Time-controls 72
    • 4.3 Supervision during tournaments 72
    • 4.4 Preparation 73
    • 4.5 Playing games 75
    • 4.6 Analysis 75
    • 4.7 Analysis examples 79
    • 5 Training tools
    • 5.1 Computer programs 89
    • 5.2 Building up databases with own games and positions 89
    • 5.3 Dangers of computer usage 92
    • 5.4 Chess magazines 92
    • 5.5 Chess books 92
    • 5.6 Browsing 93
    • 5.7 Chess movies 93
    • 5.8 Chess CD-ROMs and DVD’s 93
    • 5.9 Internet sites 94
    • 5.10 Chess on the Internet 94
    • 6 Training procedures
    • 6.1 Pawn structure 94
    • 6.2 Seven-column notation 95
    • 6.3 Correspondence chess 95
    • 6.4 Visualization of move sequences 96
    • 6.5 Theme tournament 97
    • 6.6 Game quiz 97
    • 6.7 Training decathlon 97
    • 6.8 Chess puzzles 100
    • 6.9 Psychological tips 100
    • 6.10 Simultaneous display 100
    • 6.11 Tactical exercises contest 102
    • 6.12 Talent day 102
    • 6.13 Chess variants 105
    • 6.14 Fairy tale books 105
    • 6.15 Winner stays on 105
    • 7 Miscellaneous
    • 7.1 Monday-evening training 106
    • 7.2 SBSA 109
    • 7.3 Two- or three-dimensional training 111
    • 7.4 Training with Dvoretsky 111
    • 7.5 Chess and autism 114
  • C - ORGANIZATION & COMMUNICATION
    • 1 Organization
    • 1.1 Top-class sport and recreational sport 121
    • 1.2 Chess club or foundation 122
    • 1.3 Policy plan 124
    • 1.4 Costs 124
    • 1.5 Volunteers 124
    • 1.6 Calendar 125
    • 1.7 Evaluation, second opinion 125
    • 2 Communication
    • 2.1 The importance of communication 126
    • 2.2 Inquiry 127
    • 2.3 Contacts with the media 128
    • 2.4 Press release 128
    • 2.5 Email newsletters 128
    • 2.6 Internet site 129
    • 2.7 Flyer, poster 130
    • 2.8 Making a CD-ROM or a DVD 130
    • 2.9 Club bulletin 130
    • 2.10 Sponsors 131
    • 2.11 Live commentary 131
    • 2.12 Chess newspaper 132
    • 2.13 Chess stand on a market or a festival 135
    • 3 Tournaments and events
    • 3.1 Weekend tournament 136
    • 3.2 Blitz tournament and rapid tournament 136
    • 3.3 Tournament scenario 140
    • 3.4 Chess festival 140
    • 3.5 Chess party 141
    • 4 Youth chess
    • 4.1 School chess club 141
    • 4.2 School competition 142
    • 4.3 Youth chess tournaments 142
    • 4.4 Chess camp 142
    • 5 Miscellaneous
    • 5.1 Creative Tournament 143
    • 5.2 The Chess Experience 144
    • 5.3 Three-day chess event in Apeldoorn 145
    • 5.4 Youth Meets Masters 149
    • 5.5 Match of Champions with live commentary 152
    • 5.6 Lightning Chess Foundation 152
  • D - INTERVIEWS
    1. David Bronstein 155
    2. Loek van Wely 159
    3. Artur Yusupov 164
    4. Jan Timman 167
    5. Rob Hartoch 171
  • E - APPENDICES
    1. Analysis questionnaire 175
    2. Score form Youth Meets Masters 180
    3. Points of attention for a consultation about (self-)training 182
    4. List of psychological tips 183
    5. Keywords tournament planning 188
    6. Scenario weekend tournament 189
    7. Subjects for a parents meeting 205
    8. Study guide SBSA youth training 206
    9. The SBSA Youth Academy project in Apeldoorn 211
    10. Training with diagrams or board positions 219
    11. Tasks of a team captain 224
    12. Inquiry youth section De Schaakmaat 225
  • F – GLOSSARY 233

Forordet

The first time I heard about Karel van Delft and his chess activities in Apeldoorn was from my chess mentor Mark Dvoretsky. He recommended me to visit the place. In 1999 I received a phone call from Karel, who invited me to give some chess lessons in Apeldoorn. It would be the first time, but not the last, that I stayed in Karel’s house. Of course his son Merijn, now an international master, also attended the workshops. I slept in the so called Bronstein suite, a small bedroom in which David Ionovich Bronstein once spent a few nights.

The chess atmosphere in the house was very impressive. Somehow I had the feeling that there was a chess player in each corner of the house, because many young chess players who attented trainings also stayed in Karel’s home. I was very impressed by the chess concept in Apeldoorn: the young players were not only learning some chess ideas from a grandmaster, they were also asked by Karel to give chess lessons to local kids themselves!

I liked the atmosphere so much that I tried to visit Apeldoorn every year. The next opportunity was the so-called ‘Chess Experience´ week, in which youth teams from Germany and Israël and two teams from the Netherlands played each other and took lessons together from Mark Dvoretsky, Yochanan Afek and me. Later I even started to play for the local team, Schaakstad Apeldoorn. Recently, after almost ten years of our friendship, we were looking at old pictures in a photo album. I was very pleased to see that many of our students from the first training sessions had become strong players. Some are even strong grandmasters now. Just to mention some names: Jan Gustafsson, Daniel Stellwagen and Sipke Ernst.

In this book you will find a lot of ideas about the development of chess talent and about the creation and stimulation of a local chess culture. Karel and Merijn explain their views and share their experiences in the area of training young talents, coaching pupils, organizing chess events, and communicating and transmitting information to the chess audience.

The reader will find many useful topics and answers to many practical questions: what is the role of the parents, how to stimulate creativity, how to develop self-management, how to analyse your own games, and even: how to organize a weekend tournament...

Karel has worked with young kids for many years. In this book he gives a lot of tips for coaches. I like the part of the book where Karel interviews several grandmasters and trainers about ways to develop chess talent. Karel and Merijn look not only at technical aspects of the training, they also study the psychological aspects of coaching.

The quite unique thing in the Apeldoorn chess culture is that everbody gets involved in the chess activities: from beginner to grandmaster! This is reflected in the weekly SBSA email messages, which are sent to more than 600 recipients.

There are several good traditional events in Apeldoorn, such as Youth Meets Masters, which contribute to the special popularity of chess here. Karel is the motor behind the Apeldoorn chess culture and his practical advice can be very useful for chess organizers.

Being a chess parent himself, Karel knows about all the problems that parents can have in trying to help their talented kids along the difficult road of self-improvement. This book is strongly recommended for chess trainers, chess parents and chess organizers. And of course for the chess talents themselves!

Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer Artur Yusupov

Detaljert info
Antall sider 240
Undertittel Creating a chess culture by coaching, training, organization and communication
Type Bok
Språk Engelsk