by scribe | Jul 1, 2008 | endings, games, openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Okay, today we’re going to resume our amble through time by taking a step back to 1978 and my game against someone I faced only one time, but who made a lasting impression on me. In the summer of 1978 I was between my junior and senior years of college, and in...
by scribe | Jun 24, 2008 | Chess Lecture, endings, games
I recently decided not to record a ChessLecture on one of my recent games, a game against a teen-aged expert named Stephen Zierk that ended up in a drawn rook-and-pawn endgame. It was a very close decision, and I’d be interested in what you think. If people...
by scribe | Jun 16, 2008 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, people
If any of you who read this blog are not members of ChessLecture.com yet, I would like to give you two reasons why you need to join up immediately. Those reasons are: Jesse Kraai Eugene Perelshteyn You don’t need any more reasons than that! I’ve known for...
by scribe | May 4, 2008 | endings, games, positions, tournaments
How did J. K. Rowling know? Here is someone who has probably never played a chess game in her life, never had the gut-wrenching experience of losing a game she should have won … and yet she describes perfectly how it feels. When the dementors come to visit Harry...
by scribe | Apr 14, 2008 | Chess Lecture, endings, games
For any of you who are subscribers to ChessLecture, Jesse Kraai’s analysis of my game with John Bick is now online. All I can say is, it’s fascinating. I am blown away by how different his understanding of several positions was from mine. You would think...
by scribe | Apr 8, 2008 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, openings, tournaments
For ChessLecture fans, I have some good news, or at least interesting news. As I mentioned earlier, GM Jesse Kraai — the winner of the U.S. Championship Qualifier — offered to take a look at my games from this tournament and pick one as the topic for one...
