by scribe | Jul 1, 2008 | endings, games, openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Okay, today we’re going to resume our amble through time by taking a step back to 1978 and my game against someone I faced only one time, but who made a lasting impression on me. In the summer of 1978 I was between my junior and senior years of college, and in...
by scribe | Jun 30, 2008 | ruminations
We’ve just about reached the half-year point of 2008, which seems like a good time for taking stock. What would you like more of in this blog? Do you have any suggestions that would make it more useful, fun, or interesting for you? Here are some specific...
by scribe | Jun 2, 2008 | off-topic, people, ruminations
Over there at Elizabeth Vicary’s chess blog, they’re having a great time as always. Tom Panelas wants Barack Obama to pick Elizabeth as his vice-presidential candidate. Hear, hear! We definitely need a chess coach in the White House, particularly because...
by scribe | Jun 1, 2008 | literature, people, ruminations, tournaments
A couple weeks ago I finished reading The Chess Artist by J.C. Hallman, which was an anniversary present from my wife. We were in a bookstore about a week before our anniversary, and she said, “Pick out any book you want, and I’ll buy it for you.” I...
by scribe | May 29, 2008 | Chess Lecture, people, ruminations, tournaments
Apparently not much, if you believe this article by GM Joel Benjamin at U.S. Chess Online. Benjamin was responding to a reader who asked why so many top U.S. players — Kamsky, Nakamura, Christiansen, DeFirmian, and Benjamin himself — who were eligible for...
by scribe | Apr 28, 2008 | literature, ruminations
Just a heads up to all of you who follow the comments on this blog: Andres Hortillosa’s second column is now up on Chessville.com. You can click here to go straight to it. Andres writes in detail about the Purdy system for avoiding blunders, which he has...
