by | Jul 12, 2009 | openings, positions
Way back last November I started a series of posts about the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez, which is my bread-and-butter defense to 1. e4. By now most of you have probably forgotten all about the previous posts, so here are the links in order: Bird by Bird: In this...
by | Jun 29, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games, openings, positions
Yesterday Jim Parker organized a blitz tournament at Round Table Pizza in Capitola. This is yet another idea for keeping the chess “scene” going in Santa Cruz now that the Borders Chess Club is no more, and I think it was a big success. We had eleven...
by | Jun 28, 2009 | Chess Lecture, openings
Yesterday I was thinking about two of the ChessLectures I have given this year that featured a surprisingly early (to me) h4. First, the game Krush-Esserman, which I featured here in December and lectured on in January: 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. h5!...
by | Jun 19, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, openings
Here are two e-mails that arrived the same day: Bughousemaster has made the following comment on your video: Nuke the Sicilian! How to Sac Your Queen on Move Six and Win. ********************* Why is this lecture in the 2400+ section??? I don’t see how a 2400...
by scribe | Apr 16, 2009 | Chess Lecture, openings, tournaments
Continuing my recap of the Far West Open … I will write at least one or two more posts going over my games from the tournament after I have had a chance to analyze them more carefully. But for the openings buffs out there, I will do a quick recap of the openings...
by scribe | Apr 2, 2009 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, off-topic, openings, people, tournaments
I’ve been slacking off on both my chess blog and my chess studying so far this year. Just look at those single-digit numbers of posts: 7 in January, 4 in February, 6 in March. But there’s good news, chess fans! With my first big tournament of the year...
