by | Jun 21, 2009 | endings, games, people
A couple weeks ago I got an e-mail from an old friend of mine, Robin Cunningham. We used to play chess together in North Carolina, when he was in high school and I was teaching at Duke University. When we first met we were roughly even in strength, but of course...
by | May 19, 2009 | endings, games
Today is my 20th wedding anniversary, and Kay and I are going to celebrate by leaving (tomorrow) for a five-day trip to Hawaii. We will stay on Kauai, the northernmost of the Hawaiian islands, which everyone tells us is the most beautiful and least touristy of the...
by | May 15, 2009 | endings, tournaments
I’m sure that it’s not news to many of my readers that the US Chess Championship has been going on in St. Louis this week. Seven rounds have been played so far, and a major surprise is brewing, as you can see from the standings: 1-4. Gata Kamsky (2798),...
by scribe | Apr 22, 2009 | endings, games, positions, tournaments
After my last post there was a little discussion about why my annotations were so good. Well, just to show that I still have a long way to go as an annotator, I will show you my last-round game from Reno, where I evaluated the position completely wrong both when I was...
by scribe | Apr 12, 2009 | endings, games, tournaments
We have one round left to play in the Far West Open, and here are the standings: 1-2. Sergei Kudrin, Enrico Sevillano 4.5 3-4. (?) Antal (sorry, I don’t know his first name), Ricardo de Guzman 4 Kudrin and Sevillano got there by beating Melikset Khachiyan and...
by scribe | Apr 7, 2009 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, endings, positions, tournaments
Note: If any of you are waiting for the follow-up to my previous post, “Chicken!” (Part 2), I am delaying that post for a few days because I decided I wanted to cover it in a ChessLecture first. So look for the thrilling conclusion to the chicken saga...
