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What
is the Lechess Club Mentoring Programme?
The
Mentor
Programme is a group of
volunteers within Lechess club who have agreed to help fellow members
analyse their games for nothing more than the pleasure of helping
others and the respect we all owe to those who help keep LeChessClub a
high-quality educational environment.
What
game will a Mentor
analyse?
- Mentors will look at any game
involving Lechess members that has been played under Standard time
control conditions.
- Blitz or bullet games will not be mentored,
neither will standard games where the player has blitzed his moves with
no thought of strategy or tactics.
How
do I request a
Mentor
to help me analyse my game?
- Requests are made through
Lebot, Lechess’ very own BOT, with the ICC command
line "Tell
Lebot ask".
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So a typical request will look like the following
example:
Tell
Lebot ask Please can
someone help explain where I went wrong and lost to Invicta-Knight?
Guidelines
for those requesting a Mentor
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When sending your request it would help if
you include details such as lib% of the
game or name of the players in your history
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Avoid one word requests like
"game" or "mentor". Mentors are volunteers and
deserve some courtesy if they are going to continue supporting the
mentor program.
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Refrain from typing multiple requests. Lebot
will keep your request active even if you disconnect from ICC.
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If you disconnect from ICC a mentor admin
may cancel your request.
How
promptly will my request get handled?
- Sometimes within
seconds but sometimes it may take a little longer.
- Currently we only have
fifteen Mentors.
We aim to expand this group over the coming months but
whilst that is happening there may be times when a Mentor
is not available to help with your query, so please be patient.
Guidelines
for Mentors
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Mentors
should only consider examining standard time control games and
refuse requests to examine blitz games and standard games where the
player has "blitzed" his moves with no thought of strategy
or tactics.
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Occasionally players
requesting a mentor may go offline before the requests are
handled. If this is the case then you should contact one of
the non mentor officers who can cancel the requests.
Note 1: As lebot does not have a cancel command, the non
mentor officers may cancel requests that would otherwise
contribute to misrepresentation of the statistics.
Note 2: The
primary reason for keeping records is flag off inactive mentors.
How can I become a
Mentor?
The Lechess
Mentor
Programme is always looking for additional mentors to help out.
We are looking for members who have a Standard rating around 2000 or
higher, are enthusiastic about helping their Lechess Club colleagues and
are active Lechess Club members.
Every application should be accompanied with the name of a Lechess Club
official (see our Organisation chart) who has agreed to provide a
supporting reference and should be forwarded to saltoflife who will
then contact the individual directly.
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