by scribe | Apr 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Let’s see if I can be the first person to post the results of the Far West Open on the Internet. Just as I predicted, Sergei Kudrin and Eric Sevillano played a super-quick draw to clinch a tie for first. On board two, Gergely Antal of Hungary (whose first name...
by scribe | Apr 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
After the first day of the Far West Open, my perfect score for the year is still intact — two wins, no draws, no losses. But it took an amazing stroke of luck for me to win the second game! There are 11 titled players here, quite a respectable showing, given the...
by scribe | Apr 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here’s an interesting position from a game I played quite a long time ago: Mackenzie — Stauffer, Columbus Invitational 1993 What is White’s best move and why? While you’re mulling that over, let me say a little bit about why I was going over...
by scribe | Jul 13, 2008 | people, ruminations, Uncategorized
If you haven’t seen it, you should check out this article at ChessBase.com about the hostages who were rescued from the Colombian jungle two weeks ago. The article is based on a CNN video report, which you can watch if you prefer. The video shows two of the...
by scribe | Jun 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
In part 2 I showed you highlights of my first three games from the 1985 North Carolina Championship. Today I’ll show you the finishing stretch, when I won three in a row to become the unlikely state champion. One thing that strikes me about all three of these...
by scribe | Mar 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
Okay, here’s what everyone wants to know: Who qualified for the U.S. Championship? The results became official about one minute ago. The top eleven people, who all qualify for the U.S. Championship, are (in order of tiebreaks): Kraai (5.5) Becerra (5.5) —...
