by scribe | May 3, 2018 | chess clubs, current news, games, people, positions, ruminations, tournaments
For the Aptos Library Chess Club this week I wanted to teach a lesson based on one of Sam Shankland’s games from the recently concluded U.S. Championship. I think that the kids should know who the best players are … especially when one of them came from...
by scribe | Apr 28, 2018 | current news, people, ruminations, tournaments
In the spring of 2006, I organized a team of mostly Santa Cruz players to compete in the East Bay Chess League (also known as “Liga”). My team, called “Eight is Enough,” had two masters alternating on top board — Robin Cunningham, with...
by scribe | Apr 3, 2018 | Chess Lecture, openings, ruminations, tournaments
About once a year I take a look at my site statistics to see what my most popular posts were. Then for the rest of the year, I ignore what’s popular and just write what I feel like writing! I do think that new or infrequent visitors might appreciate a guide to...
by scribe | Mar 30, 2018 | current news, off-topic, ruminations
With apologies, I am going to go off topic today and talk about math. Some chess players like math, so I hope you’ll be interested in this post! Big news! Today, for the first time in 23 years, I’ve had an article published in a mathematical research...
by scribe | Mar 27, 2018 | current news, people, ruminations, tournaments
Congratulations to Fabiano Caruana, who won his game against Alexander Grischuk today and became the first U.S.-born challenger for the World Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972. (*) For any readers who don’t know, Caruana was born in Miami and lived in the...
by scribe | Mar 17, 2018 | current news, off-topic, ruminations, tournaments
There’s no sporting event that I love more than the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, in part because it’s the one sporting event at which anything can happen. The famous teams have to step on the court and compete with the not-famous teams, and...
