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A chess site by and for chessplayers!
A Passion For Chess
Passion. That’s how it all started, with
a passion for chess. That passion brought together three friends and one
great idea. That passion grew the idea, nourished it, crafted it, and
encouraged it. And the Chessville community continues to grow. What
started as an idea for a weekly ezine now encompasses an entire web site
filled with information, instruction, and just plain old fun. Oh yes -
there’s still plenty of passion, too!
The best teachers are the best
communicators.
"It's generally - but erroneously - assumed that the best teachers are
the best players,
and that the best players can easily communicate the
secrets of the game.
Actually, the best teachers are often just interested
amateurs."
- GM Andrew Soltis
While Masters, IMs,
and GMs may have the fancy titles, high ratings, fame, and the greatest
respect of the chess world at large, it is the “chess proletariat” which
overwhelmingly comprises the largest percentage of the chess information
consumer demographic. That is why Chessville has been created by and for
the aspiring chess amateur, and why we continue to grow:
(As of March, 2007)
We are, however,
victims of our own success. While our growth continues to delight us,
the demand for new and instructive chess material
outstrips our ability to keep pace with that demand, while still servicing and
maintaining our existing materials. Plus it cuts into the time
available for preparation of each week's newsletter. We need your
help!
Do you have what it takes?
Do you share our passion for the Royal Game? Would you be willing to
commit some regular effort, and as little as 20 minutes or more each week to
help share that passion with others? Chessville needs your help!
We have a variety of volunteer opportunities available, areas where you can
become the specialist. Not only will you have the thrill of seeing
your name associated with Chessville, you will have the satisfaction of
giving back to the game that has given us all so much. Or you may have
some ideas of your own for unique ways to contribute. Won't you
please checkout the specific opportunities we've identified below, and
contact us with your ideas? Chessville - and the chess
community - needs your help!
Will you join the Chessville Team?
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David Surratt
Publisher |
David is one of the original founders of Chessville, and
serves as Mayor of the Chessville community. (Chief cook & bottle
washer.) Also responsible for weekly production of
The Chessville Weekly newsletter. |
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Phil Innes
Business Manager
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Phil serves as Chessville's Business Manager and Project
Development Coordinator. He also writes editorial and news reports
for us. |
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Pablo Sierra
Pablo's News Editor
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Pablo's Chess News
reports on major chess events from all over the world. He usually
provides schedules, pairings, results and standings, as well as links to
official sites, live coverage sites, special Chessville coverage, and
even free pgn games downloads. Pablo began reporting to the world
chess community on chess events long before Chessville was founded, on
his own site, and he's been with Chessville since our inception.
Pablo also serves as webmaster for
the official Peter
Svidler website. |
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Associate Editor
for
Reviews |
Responsible for chess book & product
reviews. Recruits new reviewers; edits and prepares reviews for
publication. Maintain contacts with chess publishers and
suppliers. Estimated weekly time commitment: one to three
hours. |
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Kelly Atkins
Forum Host |
Monitors the Chessville Forum,
greetings newcomers, seeing that questions get answered, keeping
things civil, deleting spam & enforcing the Forum policies. |
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Gary Gifford
Problem Master
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POW for The
Chessville Weekly (TCW) & tactical training. Weekly prepare a
tactical problem for the Problem of the Week (Tactical
Training) target audience: approximately 1300-1900. Also
prepare a supply of positions for the TCW Position of the Week section.
Also act as editor for the overall problem / composition / tactical
training material at Chessville, including
Chessprints,
Peter's Problem World, etc.
Estimated weekly time commitment: 20 minutes to an hour. |
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Scott Strattner
Linkmeister |
Organize and maintain our links collection, adding new
and deleting bad ones. Estimated weekly time commitment: there's a
lot to do to get them caught up, but once they are the job would
probably take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour each week on average. |
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TCW Associate Editor
- New On the Net |
Prepares the New on the Net section of the newsletter
each week. Estimated weekly time commitment: two to three
hours. |
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TCW Games Reviewer |
Selects games from current events for use in TCW.
May also compile them into a PGN file for reader download.
Estimated weekly time commitment: one to two hours. |
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Associate Editor
for History |
History section: Responsible for the overall
Chess History section at
Chessville, including organization and maintenance of records pages and
editorial oversight of history-related features, including
Past Pawns and
Chessville Vignettes.
Estimated weekly time commitment: one to two hours. |
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Associate Editor
for Scholastics |
Scholastics: Responsible for the scholastic
offerings at Chessville, including normal editorial functions as well as
solicitation, preparation, and possibly writing of additional scholastic
material at Chessville. Estimated weekly time commitment:
one to two hours. |
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Associate Editor
for Beginning Instruction |
Instruction - Beginner: Responsible for organizing and
developing of general chess educational materials at Chessville.
Estimated weekly time commitment: one to two hours. |
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Associate Editor
for Intermediate Instruction |
Instruction - Intermediate: Responsible for organizing and
developing of general chess educational materials at Chessville.
Estimated weekly time commitment: one to two hours. |
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Associate Editor
for Advanced Instruction |
Instruction - Advanced: Responsible for organizing and
developing of general chess educational materials at Chessville.
Estimated weekly time commitment: one to two hours. |
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Webmaster |
To Be Determined. |
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Assistant Webmaster |
To Be Determined. |
Won't you please checkout these opportunities,
and
contact us with your ideas?
Chessville - and the chess
community at large - needs your help!
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