Chessbase and Christmas Puzzlers

A number of you might remember our Christmas Chess Puzzler. Frederic Friedel and I have stayed in contact over the last couple of months and he recently put together a piece talking about the puzzler and Slashdot, as well as narratives of other chess puzzlers. Frederic runs Chessbase, one of the best chess resources I've seen. That leads to an interesting question: Would you folks like occasional puzzlers like this? Post your feeling on it below.

Comments

It's not the puzzle, it's who you're up against

[intmainvoid]

Surely the attraction of puzzles on Slashdot is not the puzzle itself, but the chance to solve in the company of, and hopefully ahead of, the rest of the Slashdot audience - the assumption being that there are some bright minds around here.

It's really just about ego - who wouldn't kill to tell their grandchildren that "I solved the Slashdot Christmas Chess puzzler of 2000".

I like puzzles

[limpdawg]

I think that these types of puzzles should get their own section on slashdot. That way all the people who hate them can ignore them and the rest of us can try to figure them out. Also there should be more than just chess problems, there should be a good variety. This way different people can apply their skills. Not everybody is good at chess and not everybody is good with words.