by scribe | Sep 30, 2020 | current news, off-topic, people, ruminations
To: World From: Chess players Where have we seen this before? Refuses to play by previously agreed-upon rules.Driven by a persecution complex.Disdainful toward other people (“weakies”).Intolerant toward certain minorities.Demands complete loyalty from...
by scribe | Sep 20, 2020 | chess clubs, people, ruminations
Continuing our gallop through my personal chess history, we come to 1976. It was the year I turned eighteen — unfortunately, two days too late to vote in the Presidential election. It’s always been a little bit of a disappointment that the Twenty-Sixth...
by scribe | Sep 18, 2020 | chess clubs, games, ruminations
Time flies! We’re now up to 1975, which was the year of my graduation from prep school (Phillips Academy) and the start of my freshman year in college (Swarthmore College). Another major event during the year was my family’s move from Indianapolis,...
by scribe | Sep 13, 2020 | chess clubs, games, off-topic, ruminations
The year 1974 spread over my junior and senior years at prep school. As usual, I played no rated tournament chess during the school year, but managed to cram in four tournaments during the summer. It was again a good year for me, with a won-loss record of 16.5 –...
by scribe | Aug 31, 2020 | games, openings, ruminations, Uncategorized
Recently it occurred to me that I’m getting very close to the 50th anniversary of my debut in tournament chess. There aren’t so many people who stay active in chess that long. Why not start a series of posts where I pick one game from each year to...
by scribe | Aug 20, 2020 | current news, endings, off-topic, positions, ruminations
Boy, if it isn’t one catastrophe, it’s another. First there was the coronavirus. Then the protests in many U.S. cities (though, thankfully, not very much unrest in Santa Cruz, where I live). Now there are fires in the mountains north of Santa Cruz, set off...
