Dear readers,
The newly opened section aims especially to focus on extraordinarily unsuccessful literary „gems“ mostly produced by our own – Czech, but also international authors. The purpose of introducing this section is not only to entertain readers and make them reflect on whether castigating the author, that is the particular work, is legitimate or even necessary, but also to educate and, in the future, preferably avoid the author (and their works) who has become the subject of our interest!
We prefer to warn in advance that under no circumstances is it about attacking the author as a chess player or – God forbid – as a person! It is only to warn against often unbelievably sloppy, hastily delivered and subsequently published work; that is, to alert readers that this or that chess player or even coach - theoretician, by no means has the necessary abilities to create even a mildly below-average piece that could be read without the risk of misinformation (to the esteemed reader) or the threat of a nervous breakdown (for successful professional players, coaches or theoreticians 🙂 ).
Of course, in the section we will also occasionally notice books or works which, in our opinion, definitely belong in your library or databases, where the author is not only experienced, has professional achievements behind them, but also spent an appropriate amount of time on their work.
So Warning i Entertainment – these are two sides of the same coin. Well, and what about one of the opening images in the headline? After all, even a bit of horror is connected with the mission of this polemical section, into which it is of course always possible to enter and write your opinion.
The section will naturally be updated quite regularly. The author already has his sights set on almost unbelievable „gems“; I believe some readers will be shocked at what can be written, said and published as chess literature or a well-founded article.
PDF article: Let's castigate, but also praise
