by scribe | Jan 21, 2020 | current news, positions, PRO Chess League
Welcome to the first blog post written on my new laptop! I don’t have a chess program on my laptop yet, so I will have to do with some makeshift diagrams and no computer analysis. Maybe that will be a refreshing change! While I was away, the fourth season of the...
by scribe | Oct 13, 2019 | current news, PRO Chess League, ruminations
… But we don’t have to like it! The PRO (Professional Rapid Online) Chess League officially announced that its fourth season will start on January 6, and there have been some major changes. The big ones are: The league is contracting from 32 teams to 24. This is...
by scribe | Jun 20, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, games, openings, PRO Chess League
Last weekend I played in the third round of the PRO Chess League Summer Series, in which the fans of the San Francisco Mechanics squared off against the fans of the St. Louis Arch Bishops. I won both of my games against a player named Typewriter44, and when I finished...
by scribe | Jun 9, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, games, PRO Chess League
The second week of the PRO Summer Chess League went a whole lot better for me, and a whole lot worse for the team. Quick refresher: the summer league is an offshoot of the main (winter) league. One big difference is that fans can participate and score points for their...
by scribe | Jun 1, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, endings, positions, PRO Chess League
Okay, I admit it, I’m a dinosaur. The whole chess world plays online chess, and I don’t. The last time I played online was maybe 15 years ago. But I thought it might be fun to give it another try, especially in the PRO Chess Summer League, competing as part of a team....
by scribe | May 31, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, PRO Chess League
This is kind of a last-minute post, but if any of my readers are interested in playing in an online summer league, you can sign up now at chess.com to play for the San Francisco Mechanics (or another team of your choice). Here is how it works. Unlike the winter...
