by scribe | Mar 17, 2016 | current news, off-topic, people, ruminations
My ISP had server problems the last couple days, so I wasn’t able to post in a timely fashion and the “news” is no longer news. The match between Lee Sedol, the top human go player, and AlphaGo, a new computer program developed by Google, ended in a...
by scribe | Mar 9, 2016 | current news, off-topic, people, tournaments
I am completely unqualified to talk about anything go-related, but still chess fans might relate to this news. In the first game of the match between AlphaGo (Google’s deep neural network-based AI) and Lee Sedol (generally considered the strongest go player in...
by scribe | Feb 27, 2016 | current news, off-topic, tournaments
First, apologies for not writing very many posts this month. I have minor hardware issues. The power cable for my laptop is not working any more and I have ordered a new one, but it hasn’t arrived yet. So for the last week I have been turning on my laptop very...
by scribe | Feb 10, 2016 | off-topic, people, tournaments
My laptop computer with Chessbase is in the repair shop at the moment, so I can’t upload chess diagrams. So I’ll just go off-topic completely. This morning as I was jogging I passed a hand-lettered sign that said “<– Lingerie.” It...
by scribe | Jan 14, 2016 | games, off-topic, ruminations, translations
It’s interesting how you can learn so much about your own language by learning another language — or by hearing a non-native speaker speak your own. This entry is inspired by a lecture at chess.com by grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky, called “1. e4...
by scribe | Jan 13, 2016 | current news, off-topic, people, tournaments
It’s been a while since my last tournament, as some of you may have noticed. Let’s put it this way: When I played my last tournament, the baseball season was still going, IM Emory Tate was still alive, and there had been only one Republican presidential...
