by | Jun 29, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games, openings, positions
Yesterday Jim Parker organized a blitz tournament at Round Table Pizza in Capitola. This is yet another idea for keeping the chess “scene” going in Santa Cruz now that the Borders Chess Club is no more, and I think it was a big success. We had eleven...
by | Jun 21, 2009 | endings, games, people
A couple weeks ago I got an e-mail from an old friend of mine, Robin Cunningham. We used to play chess together in North Carolina, when he was in high school and I was teaching at Duke University. When we first met we were roughly even in strength, but of course...
by | Jun 19, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, openings
Here are two e-mails that arrived the same day: Bughousemaster has made the following comment on your video: Nuke the Sicilian! How to Sac Your Queen on Move Six and Win. ********************* Why is this lecture in the 2400+ section??? I don’t see how a 2400...
by | Jun 11, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, people
As I mentioned in my recent post called “Aloha!”, ChessLecture has recently added a very distinguished teacher to its team: grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili. If any of you have thought of subscribing to ChessLecture but weren’t really sure whether...
by | May 30, 2009 | games, positions, tournaments
I knew that it was a gamble playing in the Cabrillo Quads. First of all, I hate sudden-death time controls, and game/60 is a particularly nasty one. Second, I had a cold and felt as if my thinking was a little bit foggy. And third, I had just spent a week in Hawaii...
by | May 19, 2009 | endings, games
Today is my 20th wedding anniversary, and Kay and I are going to celebrate by leaving (tomorrow) for a five-day trip to Hawaii. We will stay on Kauai, the northernmost of the Hawaiian islands, which everyone tells us is the most beautiful and least touristy of the...
