by scribe | Sep 26, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, people, positions, tournaments
In one of my very first posts in this blog, I profiled a Bay Area youngster named Erik Kislik, who at that time was an expert with a rating about the same as mine (2115). I described him as being an incipient chess hobo — a person who cares only about chess, who...
by scribe | Sep 22, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, openings, tournaments, US Chess League
I’ve been kind of quiet since my last post, “Blogging from 32,000 Feet.” No particular reason, except that I haven’t had a lot to blog about. So this is going to be a kind of random grab bag of news. Feel free to send in a random response! The...
by scribe | Sep 8, 2009 | games, openings, positions, tournaments
Hello again!! Thanks to the miracle of modern technology I am writing my first blog post from midair — specifically from American Airlines flight 1861 from Dallas to San Jose. Another of the miracles of modern technology is that I just lost 15 minutes of work. I...
by scribe | Sep 7, 2009 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, tournaments
On the final day of the U.S. Senior Open I completed my Summer of Disaster in appropriate style. In round 5 I played one of my favorite opening lines against Tim Rogalski: the Fritz Variation of the Two Knights Defense. As it turns out, Tim is an aficionado of the Two...
by scribe | Aug 31, 2009 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, off-topic, openings, tournaments
I am typing this blog post on a new computer! Kay started seeing advertisements on television for the Dell Lollipop netbook computers. They’re small, they’re inexpensive, and best of all (to her) they come in cute colors! Women are different from men....
by scribe | Aug 24, 2009 | chess clubs, endings, games, tournaments
I got back late last night from Fresno, where I spent the weekend playing in the first Central California Open! This was a Continental Chess (i.e., Bill Goichberg) tournament, which means that it had a substantial prize fund. There were four sections (Open!, U2000,...
