by scribe | Feb 27, 2008 | Chess Lecture, endings, people, tournaments
This is just an entry devoted to odds and ends of various kinds. First of all, I just wanted to let everybody know that I’ve gotten over my blunder of last Sunday, which I wrote about in my post “Back to Square One.” I now realize it was not the...
by scribe | Feb 19, 2008 | openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Another of the great pleasures of www.chesspro.ru is one of their regular writers, an international master named Ilya Odessky. I’ve found myself laughing out loud at his comments more often than any other chess writer I know. For an English-language comparison,...
by scribe | Feb 16, 2008 | openings, people, ruminations
The Russian-language chess website www.chesspro.ru has a really cool interview with David Bronstein, the former world championship candidate who died in December 2006. Mostly Bronstein talks about the differences between human and computer chessplayers. The...
by scribe | Feb 15, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, openings, people, positions
In February, there is no question that the center of the chess universe is Russia. There are two huge events, back to back: the Moscow Open, with a prize fund of 5 million rubles ($200,000), and the Aeroflot Open. The Moscow Open “A” tournament, which...
by scribe | Feb 7, 2008 | people, tournaments
Juan Diego Perea, who as many of you might remember is one of my fellow competitors in the Santa Cruz Cup, sent me an e-mail this morning with an ultrasound picture below of his new baby girl. Her expected birth date is in July. Congratulations to Juande on this...
by scribe | Feb 1, 2008 | chess clubs, games, openings, people, positions
That was the story of my game in chess club last night. After winning my first game, I played against Steve Sullivan. As usual, he played poorly in the opening, and I soon had all sorts of delightful winning chances. (See, for example, this post for another example...
