by scribe | Feb 8, 2011 | games, openings, people, positions
Today marked a milestone for Brian Wall’s chess discussion list: the 2000th daily digest. When I think of how much work I’ve put into my blog to write a measly 338 posts (339 if you count this one) and then I try multiplying that by almost 7 … It is...
by scribe | Jan 30, 2011 | games, openings, tournaments
Last night I had a chance to go over all of my games from the New Year Open (my most recent tournament, a month ago) with Gjon Feinstein, my friend and frequent analysis partner who is a national master. We got to an interesting position from my first-round game...
by scribe | Jan 23, 2011 | games, openings, people
Last night I got together with some of my regular chess friends, Gjon, Cailen, and Rich Flacco, along with Mike Splane, who came “over the hill” from San Jose. Mike told me that he is a regular reader of this blog, so I would like to feature a recent game...
by scribe | Jan 12, 2011 | openings, ruminations
There’s nothing like a little blog debate to start the year! Dennis Monokroussos, on his “Chess Mind” blog, has posted a rebuttal to “Dana’s Opening Philosophy.” Please go over there and check it out (and then come back here!). I...
by scribe | Dec 29, 2010 | games, openings, people
On Monday I got together with my friends Gjon, Thadeus, and Cailen for an evening of chess. As we often do, we ended up playing consultation chess — two players to a side, with the players either discussing the moves (which Gjon prefers) or alternating moves...
by scribe | Aug 8, 2010 | current news, endings, games, openings, positions, tournaments
The penultimate round of the 2010 US Open was a very strange one for me. The last two rounds are being played on a one-a-day schedule, so I had to wait around all day (until 7:30 pm) to play my game. And then it took all of 14 minutes to play! My opponent blundered a...
