對于本次采訪工作，我找到了chesstempo的網(wǎng)站負責人Richard。本次采訪通過電子郵件方式。通過這次采訪，我們更有機會了解chesstempo創(chuàng)建的初衷以及背后的故事。以下“Q”指代“采訪問題，以“A”指代“采訪回答”。

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Q：請Richard來向中國棋迷簡單地介紹一下chesstempo。

A：你好zoushen，謝謝你邀請我進行采訪。也感謝你為chesstempo的中文翻譯所付出的努力！

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Q：你之前有來過中國嗎？

A：還沒有，我女兒去年來中國是參加學校交流項目，從她口中得知中國之后，我很想在不久的將來親自去中國！

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Q：國際象棋在中國的情況你是怎么看的?

A:這是中國國際象棋運動項目一個激動人心的時刻，丁立人、王皓等棋手在國際棋聯(lián)排行榜上名列前茅。

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Q：chesstempo是您一個人在運作嗎？

A：我們目前有兩個開放人員在網(wǎng)站上工作，我和我的開發(fā)伙伴。我們也從Chestempo社區(qū)得到了很多幫助，像翻譯和習題評論這樣的貢獻給網(wǎng)站帶來了很大幫助。

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Q：當初是什么樣的選擇讓您創(chuàng)立了chesstempo？

A：我當時正尋找一種工具來提升我的棋力，但沒有看到任何東西能達到我想要的效果，所以我開始研究Chesstempo。

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Q：第一批chesstempo粉絲是怎么樣建立的？

A：我們的第一批用戶大多是通過“口口相傳”慢慢建立起良好的用戶口碑。

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Q：chesstempo的用戶群體發(fā)展到現(xiàn)在怎么樣？

A：非常棒！就在幾個月前，我們剛剛達到了我們第一百萬個注冊用戶。戰(zhàn)術訓練一直是我們最受歡迎的功能，但我們在線下棋已經(jīng)開始變得相當流行，現(xiàn)在每個月都超過一百萬盤對局。

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Q：在創(chuàng)建chesstempo之后應該遇到許多困難吧？

A：網(wǎng)絡技術發(fā)展迅速，我們需要花費大量時間來跟上最新技術。我們在今年年初發(fā)布了新版本的網(wǎng)站，目前仍在對舊網(wǎng)站的其余部分進行改造。社區(qū)規(guī)模越大，需要花費越來越多的時間來確保社區(qū)的順利運行。例如，我們不得不投入大量的時間在反作弊技術上，以確保游戲盡可能公平。

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Q：chesstempo這個名字有什么含義嗎？

A：嗯，字面意思是“Chess?time”（象棋時間），但“tempo”（節(jié)奏）在國際象棋中也有特定的含義。其實這個名字有一個愚蠢的原因。我本來打算把這個網(wǎng)站稱為“chess?tactics”（國際象棋戰(zhàn)術），但是后來又決定，如果我們現(xiàn)在以后添加更多的功能，這個名稱可能太過于局限。不過，我已經(jīng)有了一個logo，我已經(jīng)在logo中用“CT”創(chuàng)建，所以我們從“Chess?tactics”啟用之前，將名稱理念更改為“Chesstempo”意味著我不需要更改徽標?:-)

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Q：對比同類的chess網(wǎng)站，chesstempo有哪些不同的地方？

A：我認為我們的主要力量是我們的社區(qū)，特別是解決習題的社區(qū)。求解者對習題的貢獻chesstempo上的評論意味著對所有習題都有很多經(jīng)過深思熟慮的評論，這使得理解每一個習題的解決方式都更加容易。雖然其他一些網(wǎng)站也有評論策略，但我不認為其中任何一個都像Chesstempo上的評論那樣有用和寫得好。

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Q：我自己和我的學員經(jīng)常在chesstempo上訓練和在線下棋，您以推薦一下chesstempo上適合兒童的訓練嗎？

A：兒童可能受益于高級會員提供的許多定制功能。這使得習題解決者可以得到只有一個主題的習題集，這對于學習諸如“牽制”、“捉雙”等基礎戰(zhàn)術知識非常有用。定制集還允許集合針對特定的評分范圍，這有助于避免對剛開始學習國際象棋的兒童產(chǎn)生失望情緒。其他自定義設置功能，例如間隔重復或僅針對錯誤的設定也可以幫助加快學習時間。

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Q：目前chesstempo的新網(wǎng)站還在不斷地完善，有想過新網(wǎng)站完成后有什么新的功能或者新的訓練？

A：當然！我們已經(jīng)在開發(fā)全新的功能，但在發(fā)布之前我們不會談論這些功能 :-)

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Q：目前chesstempo的中文翻譯即將完成（或已完成），有什么話想對中國棋迷說嗎？

A：首先，我要再次感謝你在翻譯上花了大量時間。我們已經(jīng)有一些中國用戶使用了這個網(wǎng)站，但我希望中文翻譯能讓更多的中國棋迷們在chesstempo上享受下棋和訓練的樂趣。中國已經(jīng)成為一個非常重要的國際象棋國家，終于有了一個翻譯，真是太好了！

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Q：非常感謝您能接受我的采訪，在采訪的最后，可以推薦一本國際象棋書或者最喜愛的棋手嗎？

A：這是我的榮幸！有那么多優(yōu)秀的象棋書，很難挑出一本來。我最喜歡的歷史球員可能是米哈伊爾·塔爾。他的戰(zhàn)術閃光點很符合Chesstempo最初版本的主題，當時它只是一個提供戰(zhàn)術訓練的網(wǎng)站。

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采訪時間2020年9月

以下是原文:

For this interview, I tracked down Richard, the director of CHESSTEMPO's website. This interview was conducted by E-mail. Through this interview, we will have a better chance to know why and the story behind the creation of Chesstempo. The following "Q" stands for "interview question" and "A" for "interview answer" .

Q: Let's invite Richard to brief Chinese chess fans on Chesstempo.

A：Hi Zoushen, thanks for inviting me to do this interview. Thanks also for all the hard work you put in to helping out with the Chinese translation of the site!

Q: Have you been to China before?

A：Not yet. ?My daughter visited last year as part of a school exchange program, and based on her report, I’m keen to get there myself in the near future!

Q: What do you think about chess in China?

A:It is an exciting time for Chess in China, with players such as Ding Liren ?and ?Wang Hao featuring high up in the FIDE rankings list.

Q: Do you work alone?

A：We currently have two developers working on the site, myself, and my development partner. We also get a lot of help from the Chesstempo community, with contributions such as translations and problem comment making adding great benefit to the site.

Q: What choice did you make to start Chesstempo?

A：I was looking for a tool to help improve my own chess, and didn’t see anything that did what I wanted, so I started work on Chesstempo.

Q: How did the first Chesstempo fans get started?

A：Most of our first users arrived via word of mouth.

Q: How is Chesstempo user base doing so far?

A：Great! We just reached our 1 millionth registered user only a few months ago. Tactics training has been our most popular feature, but our play online feature has started to become quite popular, with over a million games played each month now.

Q: After Creating Chesstempo, there must have been a lot of difficulties?

A：Web technologies move quickly, and we’ve needed to spend a lot of time keeping up to date with the latest technologies. We released the new version of the site at the start of the year, and we are still in the process of converting the rest of the old site over. The larger the community gets, the more time that needs to be spent on making sure the community runs smoothly. For example, we’ve had to invest a lot of time into anti-cheating technologies for example, to make sure the games are played as fairly as possible.

Q: Does the name Chesstempo mean anything?

A：Well, literally it means “Chess time”, but “Tempo” has a specific meaning in chess too. Actually there was a silly practical reason for the name. I had planned to call the site “Chess tactics”, but decided that name might be too limiting if we wanted to add more features later. However I already had a logo I’d created with the letters “CT” in the logo, so changing the name idea before we launched from “ChessTactics” to “ChessTempo” meant I didn’t need to change the logo :-)

Q: How does Chesstempo differ from other chess websites?

A：I think our main strength is our community, especially the problem solving community. The contributions solvers have made to the problem comments on chesstempo means there is a lot of well thought out commentary made on all the problems, which makes it much easier to understand each solution. While some other sites have tactics with comments, I don’t think any of them are as useful and well written as the comments on Chesstempo.

Q: My students and I often train and play online on Chesstempo. Could you recommend a child-friendly training on Chesstempo?

A：Children probably benefit from many of the custom set features available to premium members. These allow problem solvers to be given problem sets with only one theme, which is useful for learning the basics such as “Pin”, “Fork” etc. Custom sets also allow sets to target a specific rating range , which helps in avoiding discouragement for children who are new to the game. Other custom set features, such as spaced repetition or sets that target only mistakes can also help speed up learning time.

Q: At present, the new Chesstempo website is still being perfected. Do you think there will be any new function or new training after the new website is finished?

A：Definitely! We are already working on completely new features, but we will not talk about these until they are released :-)

Q: ?Chesstempo Chinese translation is about to be completed (or has already been completed) ,Do you have anything to say to Chinese chess fans that you would like to say?

A: Firstly, I’d like to thank you again for the large amount of time you’ve spent on the translation. We’ve had some Chinese users already using the site, but I hope the translation will allow many more to start enjoying playing games and training on Chesstempo. China has become a very important chess playing nation, and it is great to finally have a translation available!

Q: Thank you so much for the interview. At the end of the interview, could you recommend a chess book or a favorite player?

A：It has been my pleasure! There are so many excellent chess books, it is hard to single out just one. My favourite historical player was probably Mikhail Tal. His flare for tactics fits in well with the theme of the initial version of Chesstempo when it was a site that only offered Tactics training.

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