Chess informator
| Chess informator
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| description | Serbian chess magazine |
| Headquarters | Belgrade |
| First edition | 1966 |
| Frequency of publication | quarterly |
| Web link | chessinformant.org |
The Chess Informator ( Šahovski informator ) is one of the most important periodicals on chess .
The Informator has appeared in Belgrade since 1966 , initially twice, from 1991 to 2011 three times, and since 2012 four times a year. The editor-in-chief was the Serbian grandmaster Aleksandar Matanović from the beginning until Zdenko Krnić took over this task in 1997 . Each volume contains around 700 current, predominantly annotated master roles , which are arranged according to a classification according to openings ( ECO codes ) originally developed by Braslav Rabar (* 1919, † 1973) and later refined . Innovations in the opening phase are specially marked. In order to circumvent language barriers, symbols for non-verbal commentary were developed, which are now used worldwide, for example + - (white stands for profit). A top-class jury will select the best games and new openings from each volume . There are also sections with selected combinations and endgames from the respective reporting period.
In the 100 volumes that were published up to 2007, a total of 63,667 parts are printed, a further 37,366 parts are cited in the notes. The player with the most published games (1709) is Viktor Korchnoi . The Sveshnikov variant is the most common opening variant with 1498 games. The longest printed game is John van der Wiel against John Fedorowicz , Graz 1981, which ended in a draw after 143 moves .
For decades, the chess informator was the most important reference work on the development of chess theory and was part of the tools of every serious chess player. Chess databases, for example ChessBase , are now a big competitor. The Informator also appears in parallel in electronic form.
Garri Kasparov praised the chess informator with the words: “The appearance of the chess informator in the mid-sixties heralded a revolution in the way chess players prepare for their opponents. He developed the first professional classification of openings, and was thus the forerunner of today's computerized chess databases. "
The Schachinformator publishing house also publishes the encyclopedia of chess openings , an overall presentation of the opening theory in five volumes, the encyclopedia of chess endings , the anthology of chess combinations and various monographs on individual opening systems.
Composition tournament
In 1998, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the newspaper's problem chess section, the chess informator and Politika hosted a chess composition tournament called Politika Meredith Tourney , which holds the record for the highest prize fund with book prizes totaling over US $ 20,000 .
See also
Individual references and sources
- ^ Frank Fiedler et al .: Frank Fiedler 50 anniversary tournament . Aachen 2009.