by scribe | Nov 19, 2007 | endings, games, literature, tournaments
I don’t know why it is, but somehow I lead a charmed life in these Santa Cruz Cup tournaments. I do not consider myself a particularly lucky player most of the time, but in my local championship I somehow keep pulling off these amazing escapes. Here’s my...
by scribe | Nov 16, 2007 | people, tournaments
As I mentioned in my last post, I recently spent an enjoyable hour or two browsing www.64.ru and other Russian chess sites. I want to mention another article I read that took me back to the days of the Cold War — the not-so-good old days — and closed a...
by scribe | Nov 5, 2007 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, openings, tournaments
Round 2 of the Santa Cruz Cup was yesterday, and already it was a very important game for me: I had Black against the top seed, Juan Diego Perea. As you might remember from my previous “Round Robin Bliss” post, Juande and I agreed to be co-champions last...
by scribe | Oct 22, 2007 | openings, tournaments
Yesterday I played the first round of what will probably be my last tournament of 2007 –Â the Santa Cruz Cup. This is a delightful rarity in American chess, a European-style round-robin tournament. Most rated American tournaments are run in the (ironically...
by scribe | Oct 18, 2007 | people, tournaments
As you know if you read my last two posts, last weekend I played in the Western States Open in Reno, Nevada, always one of the best-run and most popular tournaments of the year in this part of the country. About 340 players were on hand to celebrate the...
by scribe | Oct 17, 2007 | tournaments
In my last entry, I wrote about last year’s Western States Open, where I went 4-2, won a nice chunk of change, and played the best game of my life. This year… well, it was a different story. I drew three games, lost three, and didn’t win a single...
