by scribe | Jan 26, 2009 | games, people, tournaments
As readers of this blog know, every now and then I like to do my small part to make the chess world smaller, by surfing some of the Russian chess websites and reporting on what I find. This way I can put my college Russian to some use. On the ChessPro website, there...
by scribe | Jan 18, 2009 | games, people, positions, tournaments
This morning I was rooting around my old chess binders looking for one game, and ended up (for no good reason) playing over another one. This game was from the U.S. Class Championship in Philadelphia, 1985, a tournament that I have basically no recollection of! This...
by scribe | Jan 2, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, openings
It’s long past time for me to continue my series on the Bird (or, more properly, the Blackburne) Variation of the Ruy Lopez. International Master Mark Ginsburg finally gave me the motivation that I needed, by writing in his blog the following comment: For...
by scribe | Dec 23, 2008 | games, positions, tournaments
In yesterday’s ninth round of the Berkeley International, both the norm picture and the prize picture became a lot clearer. The Georgian GMs, Kacheishvili and Izoria, continued their domination of the event with smooth victories. In the games with norm...
by scribe | Dec 22, 2008 | games, people, tournaments
Yesterday I drove up to Berkeley to watch the eighth round of the Berkeley International 2008 tournament. This time I remembered to put new batteries in my camera. So yes, we have photos! Daniel Rensch gave a 30-minute lecture before the round, in which he showed part...
by scribe | Dec 19, 2008 | games, positions, ruminations, tournaments
The Berkeley International 2008 reached the halfway point yesterday, and it’s still a wide-open race for first place. As one might have guessed, Izoria and Kacheishvili played a quick draw (only 11 moves). Three other players have joined them in a five-way...
