by scribe | Jul 17, 2017 | Chess Life, current news, people, tournaments
After yesterday’s post in which I wrote about eleven of the top junior players in the U.S., of course I have to write about the U.S. Junior Championship, which concluded today. Six of the players I wrote about yesterday — Troff, Liang, Chandra, Li, Brown,...
by scribe | Apr 8, 2017 | Chess Life, current news, endings, games, positions
In my last entry I wrote about how exciting it is to win a game that you were just hoping to draw. The outcome of this year’s U.S. Championship might end up being determined by just such a game. Round nine. Varuzhan Akobian versus Fabiano Caruana. Akobian...
by scribe | Jul 29, 2016 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, openings, positions, ruminations
The fifth in my series of memorable games contains several elements of the previous installments. Like game 4, it contains an absolutely miraculous comeback, from a position that seems totally lost to a brilliant victory. Like game 1, it ends with a queen sacrifice....
by scribe | Sep 2, 2015 | Chess Life, current news, people
Last year I wrote a post called The Seventh Samurai, in which I talked about the fact that the U.S. had seven people on the list of top 100 juniors (under age 21) in the world. Six of them were players I had heard about, but one name was unfamiliar. Akshat Chandra is...
by scribe | Dec 16, 2013 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, people, positions
Lately, over the last month or so, I have been playing more chess against the computer. This training technique (if you can call it that) needs to be employed with the utmost caution, if at all. The reason is that it’s so easy to become discouraged and get...
by scribe | Jun 6, 2013 | Chess Life, current news, games, positions
It’s out! Today I received my copy of the June 2013 Chess Life in the mail, and of course the first thing I had to do was open it to the back page. Normally I start at the front, but this month, you see, they printed my article on “My Best Move.” If...
