by scribe | Nov 20, 2007 | people, tournaments
Matt posted an interesting comment on my post “The best of frienemies,” where he says that he has never actually hated an opponent. I totally agree. Maybe I’ve lived a charmed life, but I don’t think I have ever actually hated anyone, over a...
by scribe | Nov 16, 2007 | people, tournaments
As I mentioned in my last post, I recently spent an enjoyable hour or two browsing www.64.ru and other Russian chess sites. I want to mention another article I read that took me back to the days of the Cold War — the not-so-good old days — and closed a...
by scribe | Nov 15, 2007 | openings, people
Every now and then I like to surf Russian web sites, just to see what’s happening on the other side of the world. (I studied Russian in college, spent a semester abroad in Leningrad — now St. Petersburg — and used to be somewhat fluent. For lack of...
by scribe | Nov 9, 2007 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, literature, openings, people
As I mentioned in my last entry, I would like to get some synergy going between this blog and my ChessLectures. With that in mind, here are some of the topics I’m planning to lecture on in the future (starting with the definites, then the possibles): Two Knights...
by scribe | Oct 29, 2007 | Chess Lecture, games, people, positions
One of the fun things about lecturing for ChessLecture is the feedback I get from listeners. One of my fans is Carina Jørgensen, who also has posted a couple of comments here. She is an art student in Denmark and a rapidly improving chess player. She played a lot of...
by scribe | Oct 23, 2007 | games, people, positions, US Chess League
“Win with White, draw with Black” — that’s the classic strategy for chess success. But the San Francisco Mechanics have added a new twist, which carried them to a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Sluggers on Monday night. The new strategy is...
