by scribe | Nov 11, 2008 | chess clubs, Chess Life, tournaments
Last weekend my wife, who is a quilter, went to a weekend quilting retreat at Asilomar, a conference center/resort on the Monterey Peninsula about an hour’s drive south of Santa Cruz. It’s one of the most scenic spots you can imagine, with lots of ocean...
by scribe | Sep 15, 2008 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, people
Every now and then I like to use this blog to take you “behind the scenes” and tell you some things that were left out of my ChessLectures. Last Friday’s lecture on Double Queen Sacs, or the “Henry VIII theme” (in honor of Henry VIII,...
by scribe | Sep 1, 2008 | chess clubs, games, people, tournaments
I’m back home from the CalChess Labor Day Classic, and pleased to report that just about everyone from Santa Cruz had a good weekend. I finished the tournament with four consecutive wins. That gave me a 5-1 score, and a tie for first place in the Expert...
by scribe | Jul 10, 2008 | chess clubs, games, positions
Something about chess club is good for prying words loose from the depths of my memory. A few months ago I wrote about how a night of chess helped me remember the word “oxymoron.” Tonight’s word is somewhat simpler, but it’s a beautiful one:...
by scribe | Jul 3, 2008 | chess clubs, people
Man, this blog is turning into one big obituary page. Yesterday, I heard from a friend that Gerhard Ringel had died. Gerhard has been an active player in Santa Cruz chess for years, since long before I moved here. I mentioned him before in this post, where I described...
by scribe | May 18, 2008 | chess clubs, tournaments
… Organize a tournament! As I’ve mentioned before, I run a chess club for kids at the Aptos Public Library (new link coming soon). Every year in May, as kind of a culmination to the school year, I run a very informal, unrated tournament. Usually I split it...
