OCR Text |
Show mum 5 SKI ( jfS By ROSS WILLIAMS Copley News Service lip. chess players and or-v or-v llzers are debating ithertheU.S. Chess Fed-tion Fed-tion should develop a na-ai na-ai chess sports program n the future spend most ts funds as it now does porting weekend recre-nal recre-nal chess activities, l the debate, which will :h a climax at the USCF ual delegates meeting August in Atlanta, there i controversy over just j jf'-t is involved in a nation-1 nation-1 (less sports program and En much it will cost. J resolve the controver- ?e can look the national. (urams in those sports rations that have been pflt successful in winning Placing high in world "'npionships and in devel- )9g large numbers of top vers. Examples of suc-';ful suc-';ful chess federations fUSSR, Hungary, Cuba H' England. Other candi-for candi-for study are success-iational success-iational Olympic sports Orations. tese elements are most l identified in successful yams: Successful non-Commu-.federations mostly have fljU national staffs and de-most de-most of their energies funds to the sports pro-n. pro-n. Recreational activi-including activi-including rating hobby-ilayers hobby-ilayers are left to local In successful federa- Chess Points jam Hi Sports programs with winning ways tions we see solid programs for recognizing talent as soon as it appears in any part of the country. Formal training programs employing employ-ing older master players and appropriate competition are then provided to develop top young talents to their fullest capabilities. Successful federations seek also to establish the broadest possible base or pool of potential players. A key element is to have chess recognized as an official elementary ele-mentary and secondary school sport. 3. Successful federations conduct a large number of regional and national championships cham-pionships geared closely to the established structure of world championships. 4. All program elements are linked in successful federations. Top school competitions, com-petitions, for example, are often qualifying tourneys for higher national youth championships. cham-pionships. 5. In successful federations, federa-tions, eligible players mostly most-ly compete in qualifying tourneys and earn positions in national championships. Players seeded directly into the championships based on ratings arp heid to a low number. This is an important distinction. dis-tinction. Young players usually usu-ally are aware of the many ways ratings can be manipulated manip-ulated to achieve a desired result up or dpwn. When ratings are used for seeding, the unsrupulous are favored over the ethical. Youths from one region may . be favored over youths from other regions for reasons not related to skill in chess. 6. Successful federations use a sgnificant part of their resources to conduct high-level high-level international tourneys rotated among their regions to give their top players frequent competition against top world players. This also gives their master player-trainers and coaches knowledge about trends in the sport. 7. High ethical standards and high standards of dress and deportment were found in most successful federations, federa-tions, and the federation in each case policed the sport and came down hard on improper im-proper conduct. The result is that the sport and the players in the sport are highly respected by the people peo-ple in the nation involved. This may be the solution to chess fund raising problems. prob-lems. Poor deportment by players may turn away potential po-tential donors. 8. Successful federations apparently prepare a solid sports program designed to develop top uients and give them the best possible chance of winning world competitions. These federations federa-tions then seek money to fund the program. This is in contrast to the negative budget approach where you first decide how much money you're likely to obtain and then design a limited program to fit that amount. Here fund raising fears and timidity govern the sports program desip. Game of the Week: Here's a neat match game between U.S. national master Jude Acers and expert John Parsons, Par-sons, both of Louisiana. It's annotated by Acers in the May, 1980, British Chess Magazine. 4th Match game 1979 Acers Parsons White Black 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e5 3. Nec3 g8 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nd5 Ne7 6. Nbc3 0-0 7. d3 h6 8. h4 Nbc6 9. h5 g5 10. Bxg5 hxg5 11. h6 Nxd5 12. hxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd5 Rh8 14. Rxh8 Qxh8 15. Qf3 Qh6 16. Ne3 Wf6 17. Nf5 Kf8 18. 0-0-0 d5 19. R:d5 Bxf5 20. Bxc6 bxcfi 21. exf5 Rb8 22. c3 a5 23. Qe4 Qd6 24. Rhl Ke7 25. Qe3 RgS 28. Rel f6 27. d4 cxd4 28. cxd4 Qd5 29. dxe5 xa2 30. exf8 Resigned |