by scribe | Feb 18, 2011 | Chess Lecture, openings, ruminations
When I first started recording lectures for chesslecture.com in 2006, I used to check the popularity of my lectures almost religiously. I no longer do, because the list of the most popular lectures almost never changes. To understand why, imagine what it would be like...
by scribe | Feb 10, 2011 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, tournaments
OK, let me admit right up front that this may seem like the most egotistical blog post in history. But today it hit me, as I was cleaning the dust off my trophies for the first time in a year: “Why not do a blog post about each of my trophies?” The intent...
by scribe | Jan 1, 2011 | Chess Lecture, current news, people, tournaments
The new year is barely nine hours old, so what could I possibly write about? Well, my first e-mail of the New Year came at 1:11 AM on 1/1/11. It was a comment from a listener named “plutarco” on one of my ChessLectures, “The Golden Rule of...
by scribe | Dec 2, 2010 | Chess Lecture, off-topic
Okay, so one thing you probably aren’t expecting to see in a chess blog is videos of cute kittens. In fact, I may just be blazing a new trail here as far as the chessoblogosphere is concerned. But I’m sorry, I just can’t resist. Consider this an...
by scribe | Oct 24, 2010 | Chess Lecture, people
I’ve been taking a break from chess, so you haven’t seen much analysis here recently, but this weekend I did have some friends (Gjon and Cailen) over to my house for some videos and speed chess. We watched one of Jesse Kraai’s recent videos on...
by scribe | Sep 3, 2010 | Chess Lecture, ruminations, tournaments, US Chess League
Tomorrow I will start playing in the Cal Chess Labor Day Open, which is a 3-day, 6-round Swiss. It also serves as the northern California state championship, which has been won by Sam Shankland the last two years. With Sam now “retired” (except for the...
