by scribe | Oct 21, 2011 | off-topic, ruminations, tournaments
I arrived in Reno last night, and I will be playing in the Western States Open chess tournament beginning about three hours from now. But today I won’t write about chess: I’ll write about something I saw last night that surprised the heck out of me. Last...
by scribe | Oct 14, 2011 | off-topic, ruminations
For various reasons I hauled out a trunk yesterday that I had not opened in about ten years. I wasn’t even entirely sure what was in it any more. It turned out that about a third of the trunk consisted of souvenirs from my semester in Russia. I studied in...
by scribe | Sep 21, 2011 | Chess Lecture, off-topic, positions
I’m sorry that this has been such a slow month for blog posts. Too much traveling! Too much fun! My only chess news is that I am working on my next top secret chess project. For those of you who remember my previous secret project, you might be able to guess...
by scribe | Sep 10, 2011 | current news, off-topic
I’m sure that not too many people were wondering, “I wonder why Dana hasn’t posted to his blog for a long time? I wonder where he’s gone?” But just in case anybody was wondering, the answer is that I was on a week-and-a-half trip that was...
by scribe | Aug 28, 2011 | Chess Lecture, off-topic
If any of you were wondering how I come up with ideas for my ChessLectures, this photo might clarify how the process works. I tell you really good move. You play on computer. It really is true that I was preparing a ChessLecture when my wife took this picture! This...
by scribe | Aug 9, 2011 | Chess Lecture, off-topic, ruminations
The last of my long-time animal companions has passed away. Willie, our dog, lived to be just shy of 17 years old. He was in very fragile health for the last three months. He started having seizures in May, probably due to a brain tumor. He also was bothered by a...
