by scribe | Feb 24, 2008 | games, positions, tournaments
It’s hard to think of an appropriate title for today’s post, because most of the titles I can think of are not appropriate for family viewing! I lost my sixth-round game in the Santa Cruz Cup in the most annoying possible way. Playing the White pieces...
by scribe | Feb 19, 2008 | openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Another of the great pleasures of www.chesspro.ru is one of their regular writers, an international master named Ilya Odessky. I’ve found myself laughing out loud at his comments more often than any other chess writer I know. For an English-language comparison,...
by scribe | Feb 11, 2008 | endings, games, positions, tournaments
In yesterday’s round five of the Santa Cruz Cup, Jeff Mallett and I played a very exciting game. After a death-defying opening in which Jeff seemed to get a huge advantage, I gradually managed to improve my position, and shortly after the time control I had an...
by scribe | Feb 7, 2008 | people, tournaments
Juan Diego Perea, who as many of you might remember is one of my fellow competitors in the Santa Cruz Cup, sent me an e-mail this morning with an ultrasound picture below of his new baby girl. Her expected birth date is in July. Congratulations to Juande on this...
by scribe | Jan 23, 2008 | tournaments
Usually my two biggest tournaments of the year are the ones in Reno, the Far West Open in the spring and the Western States Open in the fall. This year, though, I’m strongly considering a change to my travel schedule, because the U.S. Chess Federation has...
by scribe | Jan 11, 2008 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, tournaments
A couple weeks ago the Russian Superfinals finished. It was a wonderfully hard-fought tournament, with fewer than 50% draws in the men’s bracket and an even smaller percentage on the women’s side. Alexander Morozevich won the men’s tournament with a...
