Exploring chess skill
Dr Robert Howard of the University of New South Wales in Australia is carrying out a survey on chess skill among internationally rated players. You can join!Quite a lot of research has been done on chess skill. Adriaan de Groot's thesis Thought and choice in chess (1965) is still a classic, although some consider it out of date. Dr. Robert Howard's study of chess skill looks at effects of amount of practice, coaching and age of starting chess on chess skill and at chess players' views about chess skill. The study involves a short online survey and for anyone who has, or who ever has had, an FIDE rating.The survey, available in English, Spanish, Russian, and German, takes only about 5-10 minutes to complete. All responses are completely confidential. To take part, you must know your exact FIDE ID number, which can be found next to your rating.A summary and analysis of the study findings will be posted here when it is complete and will be emailed to any participant who requests it. If you would like to participate, please go to the study's website. For any queries, please contact Dr Robert Howard, University of New South Wales.
Peter Doggers joined a chess club a month before turning 15 and still plays for it. He used to be an active tournament player and holds two IM norms. Peter has a Master of Arts degree in Dutch Language & Literature. He briefly worked at New in Chess, then as a Dutch teacher and then in a project for improving safety and security in Amsterdam schools. Between 2007 and 2013 Peter was running ChessVibes, a major source for chess news and videos acquired by Chess.com in October 2013. As our Director News & Events, Peter writes many of our news reports. In the summer of 2022, The Guardian’s Leonard Barden described him as “widely regarded as the world’s best chess journalist.”
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