by scribe | Apr 21, 2012 | current news, positions
The U.S. Amateur Team Championship playoffs were held today at the Internet Chess Club. As you might remember, I played on the team that won the West division back in February. This was our chance to see how we compared against the rest of the country. I’m...
by scribe | Apr 13, 2012 | current news, literature, people
What do you call it when your former student does something so insanely wonderful that you just want to tell the world, “That’s my student!”? And what do you call it when HER students do something so insanely wonderful that… etc.? I call it...
by scribe | Apr 9, 2012 | current news, tournaments
Louis Oosthuizen, I share your pain. The South African golfer nearly pulled off the most spectacular winning shot in golf history, holing a double eagle on the second hole in the Masters golf tournament. (Some people might mention Gene Sarazen’s double eagle in...
by scribe | Apr 8, 2012 | Chess Lecture, current news, tournaments
Just like the NCAA basketball tournament, the first annual Larry Evans Memorial had a lot of upsets early, but as the tournament wears on the cream rises to the top. The early Cinderella was Cameron Wheeler (2126), who defeated FM Viswesh Kameswaran (2319) and IM Eric...
by scribe | Apr 7, 2012 | current news, games, people, tournaments
You know you’re at a Jerry Weikel tournament when… Before round 1, he gets on the microphone and says, “You have just left the planet.” This invariably comes after he tells all the players to turn off their cell phones. He also tells us,...
by scribe | Mar 22, 2012 | Chess Lecture, current news
Yesterday my first lecture in a long time went up at www.chesslecture.com. It was called “Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs, Episode XXX: Good News, Bad News, Good News.” I got lots of positive feedback, both from people welcoming me back and also from...
