by scribe | Mar 31, 2012 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, openings, positions
As promised in my last post, today I will show you some key positions from my epic battle with Freddy van der Meij in the Bryntse Gambit. The game was played online at GameKnot, with a time control of 3 days per move. I posted the PGN yesterday in the PGN viewer, so...
by scribe | Mar 30, 2012 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, openings
My last post, on the Bryntse Gambit, reminded me that I have a long unpaid debt to my blog readers. As I mentioned last time, I have not gotten a chance to play the Bryntse Gambit in a tournament since my game with IM David Pruess. However, I did get a chance to play...
by scribe | Mar 29, 2012 | Chess Lecture, games, literature, openings
I was very excited to see today that Tim Harding, a regular columnist at ChessCafe, has written an article (March 14, 2012) on the Bryntse Gambit! For any readers of this blog who don’t know their “dana blogs chess” history, the Bryntse Gambit is a...
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...
by scribe | Feb 29, 2012 | Chess Lecture, games, people, positions, tournaments
Leap Day gives me one more chance to write a blog post in February this year, and also one more chance to show a game from the U.S. Amateur Team West. Yesterday I recorded a ChessLecture about Todd Rumph’s game in round six of the tournament, where he saved a...
by scribe | Feb 13, 2012 | Chess Lecture, endings, people, positions
Last week I said I was going to show you two interesting endgames. I want to keep my promise, but the second endgame I’m going to show you is not the one I originally intended! The change in plans is because I’m going to lecture on that one for...
