by scribe | Feb 9, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, off-topic, openings, ruminations
I’ve been a little bit sporadic lately in my blog entries, and I owe you an explanation. My 18-year-old cat, Chutney, passed away yesterday. Chutney was always sort of a “background” cat in our household. For those of you who have heard meows during...
by scribe | Dec 30, 2008 | Chess Lecture, literature, off-topic, ruminations, tournaments
The last post of the year calls for two things: something fun and off-topic, and New Year’s resolutions. WHY I LOVE THE INTERNET I love the Internet because on any given morning, when you’re least expecting it, just surfing along aimlessly, you can come...
by scribe | Dec 24, 2008 | endings, positions, ruminations, tournaments
The 2008 Berkeley International concluded yesterday, with Grandmaster Giorgi Kacheishvili of Georgia snagging the $1400 first prize by virtue of his last-round draw with Vinay Bhat. GM Zviad Izoria (also of Georgia)Â could have caught up with him if he had beaten...
by scribe | Dec 19, 2008 | games, positions, ruminations, tournaments
The Berkeley International 2008 reached the halfway point yesterday, and it’s still a wide-open race for first place. As one might have guessed, Izoria and Kacheishvili played a quick draw (only 11 moves). Three other players have joined them in a five-way...
by scribe | Nov 26, 2008 | people, ruminations, tournaments
While I’m working on my series of posts about the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez, I shouldn’t ignore the rest of the chess world. So I’ve just spent the last half hour catching up on the Chess Olympiad, which concluded yesterday in Dresden, Germany....
by scribe | Oct 22, 2008 | ruminations, tournaments
Michael Aigner’s comment on my last blog post jogged a few memory cells for me. Specifically, he felt that he had a fairly rotten tournament in Reno, and he lost rating points, and yet he actually won some prize money. That reminded me of some tournaments I had...
