by scribe | Aug 31, 2009 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, off-topic, openings, tournaments
I am typing this blog post on a new computer! Kay started seeing advertisements on television for the Dell Lollipop netbook computers. They’re small, they’re inexpensive, and best of all (to her) they come in cute colors! Women are different from men....
by scribe | Aug 24, 2009 | chess clubs, endings, games, tournaments
I got back late last night from Fresno, where I spent the weekend playing in the first Central California Open! This was a Continental Chess (i.e., Bill Goichberg) tournament, which means that it had a substantial prize fund. There were four sections (Open!, U2000,...
by scribe | Aug 19, 2009 | endings, games, literature, people, positions, tournaments
Back in April I posted an entry called “Chicken!” (part 1) that began telling the story of a game I played with a master named Rich Jackson in the 1987 North Carolina Championship. This particular tournament was one of the highlights of my chess career, as...
by scribe | Aug 3, 2009 | endings, games, tournaments
In my last post I reported on the results of the Silicon Valley Challenge. Although I was disappointed in my score (2.5/4), it was not all bad. I had two really fascinating endgames. Unfortunately, I botched them both in time trouble, drawing one and losing the other....
by scribe | Jul 26, 2009 | chess clubs, games, tournaments
Last weekend four people from Santa Cruz went to San Francisco to play in the Bagby Memorial at the Mechanics Institute. This was a one-day, five-round tournament with a fast time control, something like game/45. I would never be crazy enough to play in a tournament...
by | Jul 13, 2009 | chess clubs, games, positions
Yesterday I met a “new kid in town,” whose name is Pablo Pena. There are a couple of Pablo Penas in the U.S. Chess Federation database, but I suspect he is probably the one from Oregon who has a USCF rating of 2082. The occasion was the second Sunday...
