by scribe | May 16, 2011 | Chess Lecture, people, tournaments
Tomorrow I’m going to record a ChessLecture about Steven Zierk’s impressive victory in the final round of last month’s Far West Open in Reno. By now, the game has been analyzed online not only by me but also (very briefly) by Steven himself at his...
by scribe | May 3, 2011 | Chess Lecture, people, ruminations, tournaments
My fellow ChessLecturer, International Master Bryan Smith, just finished a very interesting series of three articles at chess.com, which you can find here, here and here. They’re very amusing and fun to read, and I don’t want to give away too much, so...
by scribe | Apr 29, 2011 | off-topic, people
The Internet is the world’s greatest monument to free association. I love to hop on board now and then, start with a search and just go wherever the links and my own warped sense of curiosity takes me. But strangely, I have never actually written down a record...
by scribe | Apr 24, 2011 | current news, people, positions, tournaments
The last round of the Reno Far West Open featured some great fighting chess, a nice change of pace from the drawfests that one often sees in the last round of big-money Swiss system tournaments. Both of the games on the top two boards were decisive. On board two,...
by scribe | Apr 20, 2011 | people, ruminations, tournaments
Yesterday I read a rather strange post on chess.com by IM Jeremy Silman, called Seeking Chess Fame. Apparently Silman gets a fair number of e-mails from people who want to be famous at chess. Or as Silman says: Can a non-titled, low rated player who desperately wants...
by scribe | Apr 12, 2011 | current news, people, ruminations
Two interesting threads are going on simultaneously at chess.com and at Dennis Monokroussos’ blog, The Chess Mind, dealing with the same topic: Have there been any famous parent/child chess playing pairs? Here is a link to the chess.com discussion (which...
