by scribe | Apr 14, 2009 | Chess Life, people, positions, tournaments
Although the Reno tournament is over, you’ll probably see at least two or three more blog posts on it, as I work through my games from the tournament. But for now, let’s skip the heavy-duty analysis and talk about a few odds and ends from the trip. The GM...
by scribe | Apr 13, 2009 | games, people, positions
Today I drove back home from the Reno tournament with Jesse Kraai and David Pruess, and my head is still full of chess. I’ll get back to real life tomorrow, but for now I’m still savoring this great weekend. All of us won money — Jesse and David...
by scribe | Apr 10, 2009 | Chess Lecture, off-topic, people, tournaments
I’m in Reno for the Far West Open, my first chess tournament of the year! I’m writing this on Friday morning, before the first round, so my score is still perfect for the year … no wins, no losses, no draws. I had some unexpected company on the drive...
by scribe | Apr 5, 2009 | games, people, positions, tournaments
One of the nice things about tournament chess, as compared with (say) poker or basketball or most other sports, is the almost complete lack of chatter or “trash talking.” In kids’ tournaments it’s not too unusual to see players talking to each...
by scribe | Apr 2, 2009 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, off-topic, openings, people, tournaments
I’ve been slacking off on both my chess blog and my chess studying so far this year. Just look at those single-digit numbers of posts: 7 in January, 4 in February, 6 in March. But there’s good news, chess fans! With my first big tournament of the year...
by scribe | Mar 24, 2009 | chess clubs, endings, games, openings, people, positions, tournaments
Note: In the first draft of this post I got an important name wrong, and I have corrected it throughout. My apologies. — DM I’m back home from my second trip to Oslo. In my last entry, IÂ promised some analysis of Roar Elseth Nikolas Mellem’s upset...
