by scribe | Jul 22, 2012 | current news, openings, tournaments
This weekend I’m playing in the Peoples’ Tournament in Pleasanton, California. If you’re a Northern California player, that sentence should just sound wrong. The Peoples’ Tournament is supposed to be played in Berkeley in February, not in...
by scribe | Jun 9, 2012 | 2012 world championship, current news, people
There is a great interview of Boris Gelfand at www.chessvibes.com, which is required reading for anybody who is still coming down from the adrenaline buzz of the World Championship match. Probably the most interesting revelation of the interview is the fact that Garry...
by scribe | Jun 4, 2012 | Chess Lecture, current news, people
The best series of articles at chess.com came to an unexpected and somewhat sad conclusion last week. I wrote previously in two posts (here and here) about Bryan Smith’s series, “A Traveling Chess Player,” which began with his impulsive and not...
by scribe | Jun 1, 2012 | current news, off-topic
Now that the world championship match is over, the confetti has been cleaned up and things are getting back to normal, I want to tell you about a non-chess topic that is close to my heart. One of Santa Cruz County’s independent booksellers, the Capitola Book...
by scribe | May 30, 2012 | 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games, translations
In today’s series of four 25-minute games, Viswanathan Anand defeated Boris Gelfand 2.5-1.5 to retain his world championship crown. Grandmaster Sergey Shipov commented on all four games at www.crestbook.com, and you can find Colin McGourty’s translations...
by scribe | May 28, 2012 | 2010 world championship, 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games, positions
In the 2010 World Championship match, Vishy Anand went into the final game deadlocked with Veselin Topalov. It seemed as if the best he could hope for was a tie and a playoff… but then he unexpectedly ended the match with a stirring victory as Black! Could...
