by scribe | Oct 19, 2012 | current news, games, positions, tournaments
One round down, and the Western States Open started on a positive note for me. I drew against a 2400 player named Alexander Kretchetov in only 20 moves. Before you say “grandmaster draw,” take a look at the final position. FEN:...
by scribe | Sep 26, 2012 | Chess Lecture, games, US Chess League
Though it may not seem like it, I’m still recording lectures for ChessLecture. I recorded one today on an interesting game from Week 3 of the U.S. Chess League, in which IM Levan Bregadze of St. Louis destroyed Samuel Sevian of San Francisco in 31 moves. I have...
by scribe | Sep 16, 2012 | games, literature, people, ruminations, tournaments
This is the third part of a three-part series. To make things more convenient, here are links to the first part and the second part. As one commenter observed after Part 1, the story is about the man-versus-machine battle. True, that’s a big part of the story,...
by scribe | Sep 15, 2012 | games, literature, people, ruminations, tournaments
This post is part two of a three-part series. As explained in my previous post, it is an article that I wrote in 2007 but never published, in which I tell the story of the best game I ever played. More than that, it is an attempt to take non-chess players inside the...
by scribe | Sep 14, 2012 | Chess Life, games, literature, openings, ruminations, tournaments
Today I’m going to do something a little bit unusual. Really unusual. As long-time readers of this blog know, a few years ago I played my chess masterpiece. It came in the last round of a tournament in Reno, against International Master David Pruess. I played a...
by scribe | Sep 3, 2012 | current news, games, people, tournaments
I just got home from the CalChess Labor Day Championship, a tournament that for me had plenty of both agony and ecstasy. The short summary is that I went 3½-2½ in the Expert section, a result that for me is not very good. I almost certainly lost a few rating points....
