by scribe | Jul 20, 2011 | current news, literature, openings
Did you know that July 20 is International Chess Day? If you’re wondering, the significance of July 20 is that it is the day, in 1924, when FIDE came into existence. It’s not entirely clear that this is a reason for celebration, but there you have it...
by scribe | Jul 14, 2011 | Chess Lecture, current news, people
This is just a very short entry, to tell all readers of this blog that they are required to click here and read the continuation of Bryan Smith’s travelogue in Europe. His series, “A Traveling Chess Player,” is the best writing ever on chess.com....
by scribe | Jul 8, 2011 | current news, off-topic
Going off-topic again today… I have been a sports fan for my whole life, but I have only ever had one conversation with a professional athlete. It happened when I was at a meeting in Baltimore in 2003. I didn’t have anyone to eat dinner with, so I went to...
by scribe | Jul 2, 2011 | current news, tournaments
According to an article at ChessVibes, the International Computer Games Association has disqualified Rybka from the present and all future World Computer Chess Championships, and has also voided its world titles from 2007-2010. The reason is that Rybka was deemed, by...
by scribe | Jun 19, 2011 | Chess Lecture, current news, games, openings
Many of you have probably already seen the game from earlier this month where Viswanathan Anand destroyed Alexei Shirov (as Black!) in 17 moves. However, I feel as if I should say something about it because it is an ultra-rare appearance in top-level chess of an...
by scribe | Jun 4, 2011 | current news, literature, people
If any of you are interested in seeing chess on television, you might want to tune into the documentary “Bobby Fischer Versus The World,” which will be airing on HBO on Monday, at 9:00 Eastern time and Pacific time. I have not seen it — only the...
