by scribe | Sep 3, 2012 | current news, games, people, tournaments
I just got home from the CalChess Labor Day Championship, a tournament that for me had plenty of both agony and ecstasy. The short summary is that I went 3½-2½ in the Expert section, a result that for me is not very good. I almost certainly lost a few rating points....
by scribe | Aug 30, 2012 | endings, people, positions, ruminations, tournaments
This is the 500th post on “dana blogs chess”! In honor of the occasion, I am posting a recap of my first tournament, the 1972 Indiana State Closed Chess Championship, which was played at Bernard Parham’s chess studio in West Lafayette, Indiana. See...
by scribe | Aug 28, 2012 | games, people, ruminations, tournaments
This summer I am passing two big anniversary milestones: the 40th anniversary of my first official chess tournament and the 500th post of this blog. To celebrate both of these anniversaries, I’m going to post a recap of my first tournament, which I wrote back in...
by scribe | Aug 7, 2012 | off-topic, people, tournaments
This was the title of the best talk I went to at the MathFest last week. It was given by Kathryn Leonard of California State University Channel Islands, who was one of the winners of an award for early-career mathematics teachers. Leonard’s main point was that...
by scribe | Jul 23, 2012 | current news, endings, games, people, positions, tournaments
Yesterday the Peoples Tournament in Pleasanton ended, with a two-way tie for first place between Ricardo de Guzman (no surprise) and Kesav Viswanadha at 4-1. Although Kesav was overshadowed in the news last week by two other Bay Area prodigies (Samuel Sevian and Yian...
by scribe | Jul 22, 2012 | current news, openings, tournaments
This weekend I’m playing in the Peoples’ Tournament in Pleasanton, California. If you’re a Northern California player, that sentence should just sound wrong. The Peoples’ Tournament is supposed to be played in Berkeley in February, not in...
