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Most
chessplayers who have been around the US chess community for any length of
time know of Bob Long. Bob is not only a chessplayer himself, but was the
man behind Chessco,
is the man behind The Thinker's Press, and now he's the man behind The Chess Reports.
Chess Reports is
an ongoing series of pdf files delivered every other Friday via e-mail. Each
issue contains a wealth of chess instruction, with a wide variety of subject
matter: "Topics of Coverage: Endgame; Odds and Ends; Openings; Planning;
Psychology; Strategy; Tactics; Traps."
How did the idea
for Chess Reports come about? Bob writes:
"To be blunt, I
was tired of seeing club and tournament players playing lousy and
unfulfilling chess. And, I was tired of seeing them frustrated and
offering excuses for poor play or bad results even if their play was good.
Eventually this
would lead, I surmised, to those players dropping out of chess due to lack
of positive results. I still hear "quitters" talk about the "old"
days when their rating was such and such. But now, they intone, they
have less time, other interests and the usual excuses no one wants to
listen to. One fellow told me the most infuriating thing he would
hear chess players recite was, "I had a win, but..."
After the
Fischer boom was over, a lot of "players" had left to go on to the next
fashionable "thing." Many of the players who were left had become
battle-hardened though not necessarily better players. Certain chess
magazines kept using the same authors, year after year, who had no stake
in failure. If Chess Reports doesn't do its job, I am out of
business."
So what, exactly,
does The Chess Report look like? Let me show you a few things,
beginning with the inevitable quiz, which is longer than what you see below,
but this will give you a feel for the idea (Note: I had to down-size the
image below to make it fit this page):
Now, Bob does
change styles periodically in the layout or format of The Chess Report.
Why? I'll let bob explain it to you:
You can see that
Bob is in a continuous improvement process, always looking for ways
to make The Chess Report look better, and teach you better!
By now you're
probably asking yourself - "It sounds good, but what's it cost?"
Again, I'll let Bob answer:
New subscribers
can get the first 4 semesters for $99, all 52 issues. Semester 5, which I am
just starting is $50. If, however, you buy the $99 package (all emailed),
you can get two people subscribed for $50, that is, $25 for the person who
bought the $99 package, and $25 for the new subscriber. I feel it is one of
my best deals ever. All new subscribers will also receive an 8=page parody
on scholastic chess called "The Whinnying Knight."
Check it out for
yourself - here is a sample issue for you to download, completely free of
charge. This issue is from The Chess Report's first "semester",
from February 2007. If you like what you see, subscribe for yourself
by writing directly to
Bob Long.
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