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Heya Every Body. I got the Go ahead To Do a Group Mascot Game, where Some body posts a Mascot From a University Here, and the rest of us can try and find out wich University it is from. befor wew start, we should agree to some rules to govern the Game. one thing i think of right off hand is , some university's have the same mascot. and, we have to keep this to universities, not colleges, because that would include too many, I think... Can I get some feed back please..

I'd like to invite everyone to a new study group: Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953. This is a rather famous book by David Bronstein that documents the 1953 Candidates Tournament to select a challenger for the then-world-champion Mikhail Botvinnik. In the book, Bronstein documents and annotates the 210 games played in this great tournament. The tournament attracted 15 of the strongest players in the workd, including Smyslov, Geller, Boleslavsky, Bronstein, Najdorf, Szabo, Keres, Kotov, Gligoric, Reshevsky, Taimanov, Euwe, Petrosian, Averbackh, and Stahlberg. Chess.com members who join this study group will be expected to purchase a copy of this book (the best $10.17 you'll ever spend on Amazon.com) as we will not only play through the games, but discuss Bronstein's excellent commentary. "Beginning and intermediate players...will find David Bronstein's annotations not only perceptive and thorough, but also a veritable textbook on how to play the middle game." If you are interested in playing through and discussing games from this chess classic, please Join Our Study Group!

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I'm going to follow up on Danny's suggestion, and it's far more practical to discuss things here than clutter up the notes section. What course would you like to see next from chess.com University? So far we've seen: IM Pruess give theory and instruction in the King's Gambit. IM Rensch covering the fearsome Sicilian. GM Panchanathan taught practical rook endgames. It looks like the classic book subjects of openings/endgames has been covered, where middlegame theory would appear to be more difficult to structure lectures around. I would be pretty interested in something on identifying critical positions and finding the best moves(a la the chess mentor course), or if that isn't feasible, minor piece endgames would be awesome as well. Please give your suggestions, or add weight to somebody else's idea. I'd love to see enough people to form a class post before they can even do the next announcement.

GM Magesh Panchanathan is teaching a one day seminar in chess.com University on December twelfth. One student, determined to see the class hold, has payed for the entire seminar!! He has asked us to distribute those seats as we see fit among qualified potential students. So, throughout the week on chess.com/tv, seats will be given away during our normal programming, The Panda and The Poet Show, Pardon our Blunders, Chess Improve, and Your Games Analyzed. 2 or 3 seats will be given away on each show. We will also give free seats as a bonus to the next two members to get yearly diamond memberships!   Note: all prize winners must be at the proper level for the class and be available to attend that day!! Do not bother claiming a free seat if you are rated 400 or 2400, because this class is not for you!! More info about the class is here. Contact dpruess to register for the class if you get a seat, or if you want to purchase a seat (there are 8 seats left).

Hi! If you're planning new courses, I would definitely be interested by a course given at night (after 6 PM EST) or during the weekend. I'm working and have a family, so anything else is near impossible for me... Thanks!

Hello everyone. I am looking forward to the upcoming seminar on November 7th, and was wondering if anyone else getting ready for the class has looked at the videos from IM Rensch yet? I thought they were put together well, what does everbody else think about them?

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So one of the issues with these types of courses is finding times to hold them when everyone who's interested can attend. I have two suggestions in that regard. First, and I believe I already suggested this in another thread, is to ask the potential students when they'd like the class to be, prior to scheduling it. The instructor could announce the details of the course - what subject they want to teach, the expected pricing, the number of lessons, and about how much homework there is likely to be. Then, the people who would want to join the class can respond with what times/days would be best for them. Thus, you could maximize the number of students in each class by having them at times when the most interested students are available. The down side is that potential students who aren't available at popular times would probably get left out. Second suggestion: Split the classes into groups. For the instructor, preparing the material, lesson plan, homeworks, etc is the probably much more time consuming than the time spent actually teaching the class. Would it really be that much more work for them to teach the same lesson twice every week instead of just once? This might drive up the price slightly to compensate the teacher for their additional time, but it shouldn't be too much. Instead of trying to find 20 people who are available at one particular time, you might split it into two groups of 8-12 people, each getting the same lesson every week, but one group meeting on one day and time, and the other group always meeting at the other day and time. This would have the additional benefit of giving students in one group the opportunity to sit in on the other group if they would otherwise have to miss a lesson. Just my two pawns worth, from someone who really likes the idea of these courses and would love to take one, if you come up with a subject and timing that work for me. --Fromper

Could someone explain to me how chess.com university works? Thanks in advanced, PawnMagician

There's been some discussion about the banner ad that appeared today on chess.com, with a number of Members complaining that this violates the spirit, if not the letter, of their paid membership agreements. I thought it might be worthwhile to create a Forum topic to air these concerns, and to discuss more generally the issue of a paid course on chess.com. When I first heard about "Chess.com University," my immediate reaction was, "Wow, $300 per course is too rich for my blood, but I wish chess.com and IM Pruess well." But on further reflection, I'm siding with those who have expressed concerns. Is this the first step down a "slippery slope" where the "good stuff" on chess.com cost extra, and we'll see more and more of today's free services moved behind a paid firewall? I have deep respect for IM Pruess, and I do wish him well. But with all respect, does this course really require that much more effort/time/creativity than the various Chess Mentor courses, instructional videos, articles, etc., etc. that are offered for "free" to subscribers? I'm not saying that IM Pruess shouldn't be paid handsomely for his expertise and attention -- he most definitely should. But I think that he should be paid out of chess.com's subscriber revenues, just as the other course/video/article providers are. (Of course, chess.com would probably choose to pay IM Pruess significantly more for his courses than they pay, e.g., an article writer; but that's a different conversation.) Bottom line, although I was very positive toward this new program at first, I now feel that we Members should rise up and say NO PAID COURSES ON CHESS.COM!! I hope you all find these thoughts provocative, if not agreeable. I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks for listening, ibiwisi/Michael

People! We need more registrants for chess.com's first ever University Course. If you don't register, this thing may never happen! This is also one of your few chances to get lessons with me. Even if this works out, I'll tend to hire other instructors to do this; I won't have time to teach these intensive courses myself. This is your big chance! Let me emphasize, you aren't going to just be learning about the King's Gambit-- the King's Gambit is just a vehicle. Yes, our examples will all come from the King's Gambit, but what you are going to be learning is: - how to play the opening, particularly: - how to handle open games - how to handle situations with material imbalances - how to weigh different values: material, development, center, king safety - how to use the initiative/dynamic play - how to recognize the "nature" of the game, and changes to it (how critical is the moment, what is the current pace of play, how are values changed based on the nature of the position) - how to use logical thinking - how to be flexible and original and fresh (in your thought process) Finally, you'll learn a bunch of themes in the king's gambit (like typical patterns and ideas), and see how having a stock of themes helps your thinking in the opening. Come on! Let's do this!! I want to send some disciples out into the world to mate others!