50 Years of Chess: Year 22

by | Feb 6, 2021 | chess clubs, games, openings, ruminations

We come now to 1993, the middle year of my seven years in Ohio. It was a year of satisfaction and disappointment for me, and a year when storm clouds were gathering, even if I didn’t see them. The biggest thing by far that year was that Kay and I gave up on...

50 Years of Chess: Year 21C

by | Jan 31, 2021 | games, openings, people

I appreciate the patience of my readers with this retrospective of my chess career! Andy Lee, one of my Facebook friends, did a similar thing last year: for the 40 days leading up to his 40th birthday, he showed one position a day. His arrangement was not...

50 Years of Chess: Year 21B

by | Jan 23, 2021 | Chess Life, games, people

In my last post, I gave up on trying to pick a “best game” from 1992 because there are three high-quality, or at least high-interest games that I wanted to show you. Today, I’ll show you my favorite single move ever. A few years ago, I picked it as...

50 Years of Chess: Year 21A

by | Jan 16, 2021 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, people

As we move to 1992 in my retrospective look at my chess career, I face a dilemma. In 1990 and 1991 I had trouble finding any good games to show you, but in 1992 I have the opposite problem — too many good games. There’s one that, in my notebook, I call a...

50 Years of Chess: Year 20

by | Jan 5, 2021 | endings, games, off-topic, tournaments

My second year in Ohio was a great time in my life, but not such a great time for my chess. Some of the good things: Kay and I had bought our first house, which was an easy one-mile walk from my office on campus. She was absorbed in sprucing the place up, repainting...