by scribe | Apr 8, 2010 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, off-topic
Every now and then, when I’m listening to a sports broadcast, I’ll hear the announcers say something about how the game is a “chess match” between the coaches. Usually I scoff at such comments, because the calculations that go on during a...
by scribe | Apr 7, 2010 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, off-topic, people, tournaments
¶ For those of you who are wondering about how Jesse Kraai, David Pruess, and Arun Sharma are doing after their auto accident, I have not heard anything more. I assume that means everything is okay. I’ll let you know if I hear anything else. I also do not have...
by scribe | Mar 22, 2010 | Chess Lecture, literature, off-topic, openings, ruminations
I’m going to take a deep breath and go off-topic again in this entry, with apologies to people who come here looking for chess coverage. As you know, I only write off-topic entries on rare occasions, such as the U.S. presidential election in 2008. This post is...
by scribe | Jan 28, 2010 | off-topic, people, ruminations, tournaments
Okay, it’s a little bit off topic, but I have to mention something I saw on TV this weekend. Last weekend, a bowler named Kelly Kulick won the Professional Bowlers’ Association Tournament of Champions, which made her the first woman ever to win a...
by scribe | Dec 28, 2009 | Chess Lecture, off-topic
As I reported in my last post, I made the big move from the PC world to the Apple world this holiday season. I took the iMac out of its box on the day before Christmas. For my wife Kay, who has campaigned tirelessly for years to bring me over to the “light...
by scribe | Dec 14, 2009 | off-topic, ruminations, tournaments
It’s been a few days since my last blog post, so I sat down today and decided to write an update. But what should I write about? I haven’t played a game in two weeks. I haven’t studied any chess games in the past week, because I was too busy...
