by scribe | Nov 30, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, tournaments
The Thanksgiving Festival in Milpitas is now over. When the 2-day and 3-day sections were merged, the total turnout was quite respectable: 17 in the Master-Expert section, 23 each in the A/B and C/D sections. And that’s not even counting all the kids who were...
by scribe | Nov 28, 2008 | games, tournaments
This weekend I’m playing in the Bay Area Chess Thanksgiving Festival (see www.bayareachess.com). This is the second tournament I’ve played in that was organized by Salman Azhar; I also played in the Memorial Day Festival earlier this year. He found a much...
by scribe | Nov 25, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, openings
We now move on to the third part of my series on the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez, and here it will get a little bit more challenging for Black. Michael Goeller notes, in his comment to “Bird by Bird, part 2,” that he has been playing the Bird Variation...
by scribe | Nov 21, 2008 | games, openings
Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled opening analysis from Dana’s Secret Chess Filesâ„¢. In my previous “Bird by Bird” entry I outlined the general strategic themes of the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4. Note...
by scribe | Nov 17, 2008 | Chess Life, games, openings, people
I promise I will continue my series on the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez soon, but first I want to tell you about the Theoretical Novelty (TN) I played last night without realizing it! I met with my friend Gjon Feinstein to play some speed chess last night. Gjon is...
by scribe | Nov 2, 2008 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, openings
One of the questions I get asked fairly often at chess tournaments is: “Have you had any more chances to play that queen sacrifice variation?” In case there’s anyone reading this who doesn’t know the story, see my Chess Life article from...
