by scribe | May 28, 2012 | 2010 world championship, 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games, positions
In the 2010 World Championship match, Vishy Anand went into the final game deadlocked with Veselin Topalov. It seemed as if the best he could hope for was a tie and a playoff… but then he unexpectedly ended the match with a stirring victory as Black! Could...
by scribe | May 23, 2012 | 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games
In the notes to today’s game between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand, grandmaster Sergey Shipov gives us some wonderful insights into the psychology of the Soviet man. (Even though Gelfand is from Israel now, he is certainly still under the influence of his...
by scribe | May 19, 2012 | 2012 world championship, games, literature, ruminations, translations
On a free day for the chess match, some musings about translation… If you ever want to think deeply about a language (even your own language, or perhaps I should say especially your own language), you should try translating something into it or out of it. The...
by scribe | May 17, 2012 | 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games, positions, translations
Here is my translation of GM Sergey Shipov’s commentary on game 5 of the Anand-Gelfand match. For the original Russian, go to www.crestbook.com. I have added a few remarks to clarify the translation, which are identified [like this. — DM] Once again,...
by scribe | May 9, 2012 | games, people, positions, tournaments
If any of you were wondering about the chess position in the photograph in my last post, here is the game. It removes some of the mystery about when and why the photograph was taken. The game was played in the Monterey Chess Center monthly tournament on February 24,...
by scribe | Apr 28, 2012 | endings, games, people, tournaments
When I played my first game against a world champion (the world computer champion, Belle, in 1983), I knew that I was playing a world champion. That was not the case the second time. On the weekend after New Year’s Day in 1988, I decided to play in one of Bill...
