by scribe | Feb 24, 2012 | Chess Life, current news, people, tournaments
I just got a comment on my previous post asking if I could put up a picture of my winning team at the USAT-W. It just so happens that Steven Gaffagan sent me an e-mail this morning with a picture! This was taken on his cell phone, so the quality is not too great....
by scribe | Feb 20, 2012 | current news, tournaments
This weekend I played in the U.S. Amateur Team West tournament, which was organized by Salman Azhar and held in Santa Clara. Curiously, it was my first time playing in this tournament, even though I’ve lived in California for nearly 16 years. It was worth the...
by scribe | Feb 7, 2012 | current news, off-topic, ruminations
I’m going to go off-topic today to post a little gripe about language. As you know, I’m a writer, so it pains me to see words used to mean things that they aren’t supposed to mean! I read an article this morning with a subhead: “Conservatives...
by scribe | Feb 2, 2012 | current news, people, tournaments
As many readers probably know already, the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival just ended, with one very familiar name on top — GM Nigel Short — and one very surprising one. The co-winner with Short was the 17-year-old Women’s World Champion, Hou...
by scribe | Jan 21, 2012 | Chess Lecture, current news, off-topic
I know, this month I have gone off topic much more often than I should, with the posts about my award and my new book. But I have one more off-topic post that I have to make, which in fact I have been sitting on for three weeks. My wife and I have adopted a new kitty!...
by scribe | Jan 19, 2012 | Chess Life, current news, people, tournaments
In every issue of Chess Life you can see dozens of upcoming tournaments. And yet for about 98 percent of them, you never find out who won. Only the big national tournaments ever get covered in the magazine. I was reminded of this when Pablo Pena sent in a comment a...
