by scribe | Sep 10, 2011 | current news, off-topic
I’m sure that not too many people were wondering, “I wonder why Dana hasn’t posted to his blog for a long time? I wonder where he’s gone?” But just in case anybody was wondering, the answer is that I was on a week-and-a-half trip that was...
by scribe | Aug 29, 2011 | current news, people, tournaments
The FIDE World Chess Cup got started a couple days ago in Khanty-Mansiysk, the little-known Siberian city that has become the de facto world capital of chess in recent years. As usual, it is being held in knockout format. Each round is a mini-match of two games of...
by scribe | Aug 3, 2011 | current news, off-topic, people, tournaments
Of course, chess groupies knew that this day would come, but it is still a sad day for all single male chess players (i.e., all male chess players under the age of 30): Elizabeth Vicary has gone and gotten herself married. She is no longer the Elizabeth Vicary that we...
by scribe | Aug 3, 2011 | current news, off-topic
In a recent post, I mentioned that October 9 is National Chess Day in the U.S. Alas, in my never-ending quest to provide you accurate and timely information in this blog, I now have to correct myself. According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Senate voted...
by scribe | Jul 29, 2011 | Chess Lecture, current news
There has been a lot of discontent among ChessLecture subscribers recently about the erratic timing of updates, culminating in a complete hiatus in new lectures for almost two weeks. I can finally give you some answers about what has been going on, although the...
by scribe | Jul 21, 2011 | current news, people, tournaments, translations
This morning I was browsing the Internet to see what is going on in the chess world. Quite a lot, actually. The headline events are the Biel chess festival in Switzerland, where Magnus Carlsen is leading the grandmaster tournament after three rounds, and the World...
