by scribe | Sep 25, 2008 | games, openings, tournaments
Okay, as I promised three months ago, I am finally going to start revealing some of Dana’s Secret Chess Files! You will get to see some of my home-brewed openings. Before we start, you might want to re-read Dana’s Opening Philosophy. The first line I want...
by scribe | Sep 15, 2008 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, people
Every now and then I like to use this blog to take you “behind the scenes” and tell you some things that were left out of my ChessLectures. Last Friday’s lecture on Double Queen Sacs, or the “Henry VIII theme” (in honor of Henry VIII,...
by scribe | Sep 2, 2008 | games, positions, tournaments
Here is the finish of one of my better games from this weekend’s CalChess Labor Day Championship. It’s round four, and I’m playing the White pieces against yet another teen-age Class A hotshot, whose name is Sreekar Jasthi. (White to move.) As you...
by scribe | Sep 1, 2008 | chess clubs, games, people, tournaments
I’m back home from the CalChess Labor Day Classic, and pleased to report that just about everyone from Santa Cruz had a good weekend. I finished the tournament with four consecutive wins. That gave me a 5-1 score, and a tie for first place in the Expert...
by scribe | Aug 31, 2008 | games, positions, tournaments
At the CalChess Labor Day Tournament, they really should rename the Expert section. They should call it the “Worn-Out Old Experts and Teen-Age Hotshot Class-A Kids” section. That’s the way it was two years ago, when I played in the Expert section...
by scribe | Jul 20, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, people, positions
Last night I invited a few of my chess friends over for an evening devoted to chess. Borrowing a term from a century ago, one could perhaps call it a “chess salon.” The evening’s first entertainment was a recent Chess Lecture (the one by Eugene...
