by scribe | Feb 25, 2008 | games, positions, ruminations
A couple days ago, Dribbling made an interesting comment on my post “Bronstein on computers and humans.” He comments that he recently watched GM Nakamura (“Smallville” on ICC) playing bullet chess against a computer. Nakamura would deliberately...
by scribe | Feb 24, 2008 | games, positions, tournaments
It’s hard to think of an appropriate title for today’s post, because most of the titles I can think of are not appropriate for family viewing! I lost my sixth-round game in the Santa Cruz Cup in the most annoying possible way. Playing the White pieces...
by scribe | Feb 15, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, openings, people, positions
In February, there is no question that the center of the chess universe is Russia. There are two huge events, back to back: the Moscow Open, with a prize fund of 5 million rubles ($200,000), and the Aeroflot Open. The Moscow Open “A” tournament, which...
by scribe | Feb 11, 2008 | endings, games, positions, tournaments
In yesterday’s round five of the Santa Cruz Cup, Jeff Mallett and I played a very exciting game. After a death-defying opening in which Jeff seemed to get a huge advantage, I gradually managed to improve my position, and shortly after the time control I had an...
by scribe | Feb 1, 2008 | chess clubs, games, openings, people, positions
That was the story of my game in chess club last night. After winning my first game, I played against Steve Sullivan. As usual, he played poorly in the opening, and I soon had all sorts of delightful winning chances. (See, for example, this post for another example...
by scribe | Jan 18, 2008 | people, positions, ruminations
It’s huge news, but one doesn’t know whether to feel happy or sad. Mostly it’s just spooky, because Carina just finished her stunning portrait of Bobby Fischer this week, and Dribbling mentioned in his comment that he looks like an angel in that...
