by | Jun 24, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, positions
At the Aptos libary chess club yesterday I showed the children this position, from one of my ChessLectures (Learn from Your Fellow Amateurs, Episode VIII: Red Flags). I think that this is a great position to look at with a group of beginners, because it has so many of...
by | Jun 17, 2009 | chess clubs, positions, tournaments
Every Tuesday I run a chess club for kids at the Aptos Public Library. Yesterday we had seven kids, whose names are (possibly with different spellings) Colin, Marius, Michael, Jesslyn, Mo, Coco, and Milo. That’s three girls out of seven — not bad! One of...
by | May 9, 2009 | chess clubs, games, positions, tournaments
While most serious chess fans are following the U.S. Championship, which is currently taking place in St. Louis, today I had only one tournament on my mind: the annual Aptos Public Library tournament. The library is where I run my weekly chess club for kids, and I...
by | May 1, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games
Last night I went to the first Thursday evening chess club at Cabrillo College, in Aptos. Whether this is actually a “new club” depends a little bit on one’s interpretation. There already is a Tuesday club at Cabrillo, which Yves Tan started last...
by scribe | Mar 24, 2009 | chess clubs, endings, games, openings, people, positions, tournaments
Note: In the first draft of this post I got an important name wrong, and I have corrected it throughout. My apologies. — DM I’m back home from my second trip to Oslo. In my last entry, IÂ promised some analysis of Roar Elseth Nikolas Mellem’s upset...
by scribe | Mar 20, 2009 | chess clubs, endings, games, people, tournaments
Note: In the first version of this post I got a very important name wrong, and I have corrected it throughout. — DM Michael Aigner, of “fpawn” blog fame, is fond of complaining about all the youngsters who snap up the top prizes in northern...
