by scribe | Dec 23, 2012 | current news, people, ruminations, tournaments
Well, I didn’t do my job as a reporter — I can’t tell you who won the open section of the Winter Open. I can tell you who impressed me the most. That would be Kesav Viswanadha, who I think has had a breakthrough of sorts, as his rating is now well...
by scribe | Dec 14, 2012 | games, literature, people
I hate to interrupt the great discussion that we’re having about chess talent, but I have some news that I want to pass along. A few months ago I posted a story here called Dixit Magister, which was about the queen sacrifice game that I played with IM David...
by scribe | Dec 13, 2012 | people, ruminations, tournaments
Consider this: A little kid walks into a scholastic chess tournament in St. Petersburg one day. He’s unrated, so he probably plays on one of the bottom boards. He loses two games and then goes home. According to the tournament report he finished second-to-last,...
by scribe | Dec 7, 2012 | Chess Life, current news, literature, people, ruminations
One of my favorite scenes in the documentary Brooklyn Castle, which I reviewed here recently, was the one where (spoiler alert!) Rochelle Ballantyne won the national girls’ high school championship on tiebreak, earning herself a scholarship to the University of...
by scribe | Nov 29, 2012 | chess clubs, current news, literature, people, ruminations
Yesterday I finally had my chance to go to San Francisco and watch the movie Brooklyn Castle, which I have already blogged about a couple times before (here and here). There are a few spoilers below — hopefully small ones — and I will flag them for any...
by scribe | Nov 20, 2012 | chess clubs, games, people, positions
We had a great turnout at Mike Splane’s latest chess party (on Sunday, November 18) — thirteen people by my count. We were quite an international mix, too, with players originally from Brazil (Paulo), Poland (Milos), India (Praveen), Holland (JL), and...
