by scribe | May 3, 2011 | Chess Lecture, people, ruminations, tournaments
My fellow ChessLecturer, International Master Bryan Smith, just finished a very interesting series of three articles at chess.com, which you can find here, here and here. They’re very amusing and fun to read, and I don’t want to give away too much, so...
by scribe | Apr 20, 2011 | people, ruminations, tournaments
Yesterday I read a rather strange post on chess.com by IM Jeremy Silman, called Seeking Chess Fame. Apparently Silman gets a fair number of e-mails from people who want to be famous at chess. Or as Silman says: Can a non-titled, low rated player who desperately wants...
by scribe | Apr 13, 2011 | ruminations, tournaments
Do you ever dream about chess? Here’s a typical dream I had a couple nights ago. I am at a chess tournament in Las Vegas, and eating lunch at Harrah’s casino. The tournament is in another hotel, and suddenly I realize to my horror that (of course) it is time...
by scribe | Apr 12, 2011 | current news, people, ruminations
Two interesting threads are going on simultaneously at chess.com and at Dennis Monokroussos’ blog, The Chess Mind, dealing with the same topic: Have there been any famous parent/child chess playing pairs? Here is a link to the chess.com discussion (which...
by scribe | Mar 30, 2011 | games, off-topic, ruminations
Last night I decided to give a new sport a whirl … sorry, a curl. The San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club was having an introductory clinic at Sharks Ice in San Jose. Curling is the only Winter Olympic sport that I find remotely interesting, because to me...
by scribe | Mar 28, 2011 | chess clubs, people, ruminations
Anyone who can teach chess to kids has my utter, undivided admiration. This year, for the second time, I am teaching a chess class for five weeks at a local kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school. I was pretty disappointed with how the class went last year, and...
