by scribe | Jun 2, 2013 | chess clubs, endings, games, openings, positions, translations
Last night I played in the first round of the June Saturday Knight Live Marathon at Bay Area Chess. Compared to most tournaments, I would describe this one as… intimate. There were only twelve players on six boards, split into two sections. If you do the math,...
by scribe | May 25, 2013 | chess clubs, current news, people, tournaments
This year’s Aptos Library chess tournament for kids was the biggest and most successful ever! I organize and direct this tournament every year in May. Usually we get around 16 to 20 players (last year we had only 14), but this year 37 people participated! It was...
by scribe | Feb 19, 2013 | chess clubs, current news, tournaments
First, an apology. I did not play in the U.S. Amateur Team West tournament this year, so I can’t give you an in-person report. Why, you ask, didn’t my team from last year, “Forfeit by Disconnection,” defend its title? Well, the main reason was...
by scribe | Feb 5, 2013 | chess clubs, people, positions
Amazing chess club today at the Aptos Library! First, we had 22 kids and once again had to use just about every set in the house. And it isn’t just that we are getting more kids in the past; it also seems to me as if they understand chess better. The quality of...
by scribe | Dec 22, 2012 | chess clubs, current news, endings, games, positions, tournaments
This weekend I’m playing in the Winter Open at the Bay Area Chess Center. This is the first time I have been to their new headquarters (the bigger tournaments are usually at hotels). It’s a pretty nice place, except for the fact that there is only one...
by scribe | Dec 12, 2012 | chess clubs, Chess Life, openings, positions, ruminations
Today’s post is a grab bag of topics… 1) The Aptos Library Chess Club has been a hopping place lately. Two weeks ago we had 23 kids, which forced us for the first time to use every single board and set in our collection. This week we had 16, I think. I...
