by scribe | Mar 26, 2018 | current news, games, positions, tournaments
So far I haven’t written anything in my blog about the ongoing Candidates Tournament to pick the next challenger to Magnus Carlsen. After all, what can I tell you that you can’t read on a thousand other websites? However, today’s round was too...
by scribe | Mar 21, 2018 | current news, games, openings, PRO Chess League
The three most important things in playing winning chess are initiative, initiative, and initiative! That has been my philosophy for many years. Although there are some exceptions and some other ways to play, I still believe that many chess games boil down to who can...
by scribe | Mar 9, 2018 | games, positions, tournaments
Continuing from last time… Position after 33. Rc2. Black to move. In my last post, we reached this position from my game with IM Ed Formanek in the 1994 Cardinal Open in Columbus, Ohio. The title of the post refers to the fact that I had a positive mental...
by scribe | Mar 7, 2018 | games, openings, people, positions
I’ve learned one thing from watching kids play chess: the result of a game often depends not so much on the position on the board as on the position in their minds. Often I’ll see a kid lose a piece or more, but still stay resolute and continue making...
by scribe | Feb 21, 2018 | current news, games, positions, PRO Chess League, tournaments
The PRO (Professional Rapid Online) Chess League is well into its second season now, with six rounds complete. The league is easier to follow online than it was last year, because it now has a website independent of chess.com (http://www.prochessleague.com), and there...
by scribe | Feb 3, 2018 | endings, games, openings, positions
Today we’ll see the conclusion of my three-part epic game against Jay Bonin from the 2005 HB Challenge. The first two parts show how we followed and finally deviated from a terrific GM battle, Polugaevsky-Tal from the 1969 Soviet Championship. I’ve really...
