by scribe | Apr 7, 2012 | current news, games, people, tournaments
You know you’re at a Jerry Weikel tournament when… Before round 1, he gets on the microphone and says, “You have just left the planet.” This invariably comes after he tells all the players to turn off their cell phones. He also tells us,...
by scribe | Apr 4, 2012 | off-topic, tournaments
This week I’ve made a few changes behind the scenes to “dana blogs chess,” which I hope will be mostly invisible to readers. As part of a re-design of my whole website, I’ve moved “dana blogs chess” to a new server and updated the...
by scribe | Mar 14, 2012 | chess clubs, games, positions, tournaments
By far the most interesting game we analyzed during Mike Splane’s last chess party was a game from the U.S. Amateur Team West that was shown by Barry Curto. By the way, before I get into that game, I’d like to respond to Mike’s comment on my last...
by scribe | Feb 29, 2012 | Chess Lecture, games, people, positions, tournaments
Leap Day gives me one more chance to write a blog post in February this year, and also one more chance to show a game from the U.S. Amateur Team West. Yesterday I recorded a ChessLecture about Todd Rumph’s game in round six of the tournament, where he saved a...
by scribe | Feb 24, 2012 | Chess Life, current news, people, tournaments
I just got a comment on my previous post asking if I could put up a picture of my winning team at the USAT-W. It just so happens that Steven Gaffagan sent me an e-mail this morning with a picture! This was taken on his cell phone, so the quality is not too great....
by scribe | Feb 20, 2012 | current news, tournaments
This weekend I played in the U.S. Amateur Team West tournament, which was organized by Salman Azhar and held in Santa Clara. Curiously, it was my first time playing in this tournament, even though I’ve lived in California for nearly 16 years. It was worth the...
