by scribe | Mar 31, 2013 | current news, endings, off-topic, positions, tournaments
That “other” tournament that isn’t taking place in London, the 2013 Larry Evans Memorial in Reno, ended in a four-way tie for first between GMs Sergei Kudrin, Alexander Ivanov, Walter Browne, and IM Ray Kaufman at 5-1. It’s worth noting that...
by scribe | Mar 14, 2013 | literature, off-topic, people
If you enjoy chess, math, puns, and Isaac Asimov — and really, who doesn’t? — then you might enjoy this book review at Goodreads. I’ll get you started (but I won’t post the whole thing, in order to respect copyright): The Biggest Lie...
by scribe | Feb 18, 2013 | off-topic, openings, positions
Some people have pet openings. I have a pet who plays openings. Max sat down at the board after I had made the moves 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4, and he proceeded to play 7. Rb1! All I can say is, I’ve seen some computer moves...
by scribe | Feb 14, 2013 | current news, off-topic, ruminations, tournaments
What is it about chess and movies? All of a sudden chess has become trendy. Last year we had “Brooklyn Castle.” And now, while that is still going around the indie movie circuit, here comes another chess movie, Computer Chess. All I know about this movie...
by scribe | Feb 9, 2013 | current news, off-topic, positions, ruminations
When people find out that I am both a mathematician (at least in a former life) and a chess player, they sometimes ask me if mathematics gives me an advantage in playing chess. The answer, alas, is emphatically no. There is a relation between math ability and chess...
by scribe | Jan 21, 2013 | off-topic, ruminations
You didn’t think I was serious when I said in my last post that I could build traffic to my chess blog with more kitten videos? Well, I wasn’t serious either. But just in case, here are some recently uploaded selections from my YouTube channel,...
