by scribe | Jul 7, 2013 | Chess Lecture, current news, games, positions, tournaments
This weekend I played in the Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles. Although I have lived in California for 17 years, I’ve only played two previous tournaments in southern California (both U.S. Opens). Of course, one reason is that California is a big state;...
by scribe | Jun 27, 2013 | current news, tournaments
As many readers probably know, 17-year-old Daniel Naroditsky won the U.S. Junior Championship last weekend in St. Louis, with a score of 6½-2½ (four wins and five draws). Daniel was the only player to go undefeated. For his victory he earned a prize of $3000 and,...
by scribe | Jun 9, 2013 | chess clubs, current news, games, positions, tournaments
Last night Linnea, Thadeus and I drove up to Milpitas for round two of the Saturday Knight Live Marathon. Our results were just the same as last week: Linnea and I won, and Thadeus drew a game he should have won. Linnea’s game was not much of a challenge, as her...
by scribe | Jun 6, 2013 | Chess Life, current news, games, positions
It’s out! Today I received my copy of the June 2013 Chess Life in the mail, and of course the first thing I had to do was open it to the back page. Normally I start at the front, but this month, you see, they printed my article on “My Best Move.” If...
by scribe | May 28, 2013 | current news, off-topic, people, tournaments
I did not go to the concluding day of the Best of the West tournament, because Linnea got a ride with her parents, but I know my readers will want to know what happened. Well, unfortunately she lost her last two games and finished out of the running for prize money....
by scribe | May 27, 2013 | current news, endings, people, tournaments
Yesterday I drove Linnea to the Best of the West tournament in Santa Clara. She is playing in the 1300-1499 section, and she had to play in the two-day (Sunday and Monday) schedule because as you know, we had our own unrated tournament in Aptos on Saturday. So she had...
