by | May 9, 2009 | chess clubs, games, positions, tournaments
While most serious chess fans are following the U.S. Championship, which is currently taking place in St. Louis, today I had only one tournament on my mind: the annual Aptos Public Library tournament. The library is where I run my weekly chess club for kids, and I...
by | May 4, 2009 | games, people, tournaments
Here’s a game that I wrote about last fall, but didn’t have a chance to analyze until yesterday. I do eventually analyze all of my tournament games, but sometimes it takes a few months (or years) for me to get to them! My opponent in this game was Luke...
by | May 1, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games
Last night I went to the first Thursday evening chess club at Cabrillo College, in Aptos. Whether this is actually a “new club” depends a little bit on one’s interpretation. There already is a Tuesday club at Cabrillo, which Yves Tan started last...
by scribe | Apr 22, 2009 | endings, games, positions, tournaments
After my last post there was a little discussion about why my annotations were so good. Well, just to show that I still have a long way to go as an annotator, I will show you my last-round game from Reno, where I evaluated the position completely wrong both when I was...
by scribe | Apr 19, 2009 | games, positions
Today I’d like to share my most mind-bendingly complicated position from the Far West Open last weekend. To set the stage, it’s round 5, I have a score of 2-2 and I’m playing a class-A player named Solomon Beilin. I’m going to show you three...
by scribe | Apr 13, 2009 | games, people, positions
Today I drove back home from the Reno tournament with Jesse Kraai and David Pruess, and my head is still full of chess. I’ll get back to real life tomorrow, but for now I’m still savoring this great weekend. All of us won money — Jesse and David...
