by scribe | Apr 25, 2010 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games, people
Gjon Feinstein’s chess party yesterday went very well. We had the whole Student Activities Center at Cabrillo College to ourselves. Eleven of the twelve invitees were able to make it — besides Gjon and me, there were Yves Tan, Cailen Melville, Thadeus Frei...
by scribe | Apr 24, 2010 | games, openings, people, ruminations
In my last entry I mentioned the chess party I’m going to this afternoon, which I am supposed to take two games to (my best loss, and a game where I carried one plan to its conclusion). I noticed that both games had something in common — I did not castle...
by scribe | Apr 17, 2010 | endings, games, people
A couple years ago, when Bobby Fischer died, I had the bright idea of writing an article about the aborted match between Sammy Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer from 1961. I think I may have even mentioned the idea on this blog. The thing that interested me about this match...
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 | Apr 5, 2010 | people, tournaments
I just received an e-mail from Sam Shankland (and a followup from Jennifer Shahade) saying that Jesse Kraai, David Pruess, and Arun Sharma were in a serious car accident coming back from the Far West Open in Reno. All three were taken to the hospital but they have now...
by scribe | Mar 10, 2010 | people
Recently Mark Ginsburg had a post in his blog with the USCF ratings of everybody named Ginsburg. It was a pretty strong group, featuring a GM that I had never heard of (Gennady Ginsburg, rated 2527) and a strong Midwestern master (Jeff Ginsburg, rated 2331) in...
