by scribe | Jun 1, 2008 | literature, people, ruminations, tournaments
A couple weeks ago I finished reading The Chess Artist by J.C. Hallman, which was an anniversary present from my wife. We were in a bookstore about a week before our anniversary, and she said, “Pick out any book you want, and I’ll buy it for you.” I...
by scribe | May 29, 2008 | Chess Lecture, people, ruminations, tournaments
Apparently not much, if you believe this article by GM Joel Benjamin at U.S. Chess Online. Benjamin was responding to a reader who asked why so many top U.S. players — Kamsky, Nakamura, Christiansen, DeFirmian, and Benjamin himself — who were eligible for...
by scribe | May 21, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, people, tournaments
Today Alexey Root, in her blog on the MonRoi website, addressed the question I asked in my last post: should I should be satisfied with offering a non-rated tournament for the kids in my library chess club, or should I should try to get them into rated chess? I...
by scribe | May 16, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, people, tournaments
At the U.S. Championship, that is. And the answer is: Of course! As a fan, I’ve got to root for the “home team.” And where I’m concerned, there are two home teams: San Francisco area residents: Josh Friedel 2.5/4 David Pruess 2/4 Sam Shankland...
by scribe | May 10, 2008 | chess clubs, people, tournaments
Today I will continue the ambling through my chess past that I began with this entry about the Richmond (VA)Â chess club in the 1970s and that entry about the U.S. Junior Open in 1974. But first, let me mention, for anyone who likes this kind of stuff, you should also...
by scribe | Apr 25, 2008 | chess clubs, games, people, ruminations
Last night I went to chess club at Borders, for the first time since they moved their closing time to an hour earlier. This change has forced us to speed up the time controls, so that we now play three 15-minute games instead of three 25-minute games. From what I was...
