by scribe | Oct 7, 2013 | Chess Lecture, current news, people, tournaments
After a brief sojourn into the world of mathematics, “dana blogs chess” now returns to the subject it’s supposed to be about! Today I have two news items that came in the e-mail within the past week. 1) Jesse Kraai has finished his Great American...
by scribe | Sep 18, 2013 | off-topic, people
Why should sighted people have all the fun? Kyle Rector, one of the young participants in this year’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum, doesn’t think they should. As part of her dissertation research on “eyes-free technology” at the University of Washington, with...
by scribe | Jul 14, 2013 | people, ruminations, tournaments
It’s not my intention to turn this blog into a Conrad Holt Admiration Society, but after I wrote yesterday’s post I did a little bit of sleuthing that showed me just how unusual his chess career has been, compared to other U.S. juniors. Of course...
by scribe | Jul 13, 2013 | current news, people, tournaments
I got back after midnight last night from my long trip to southern California. After playing in the Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles, as mentioned in my last post, I drove to San Diego to attend a math conference. Yesterday I drove all the way back from San Diego...
by scribe | Jul 4, 2013 | Chess Lecture, games, openings, people, ruminations
This morning I listened to one of Dennis Monokroussos’ most recent ChessLectures, entitled “Jobava’s Giuoco Piano Forte.” It was a nice lecture, going over a game where Georgian (as in Republic of Georgia) grandmaster Baadur Jobava crushed...
by scribe | May 28, 2013 | current news, off-topic, people, tournaments
I did not go to the concluding day of the Best of the West tournament, because Linnea got a ride with her parents, but I know my readers will want to know what happened. Well, unfortunately she lost her last two games and finished out of the running for prize money....
