by scribe | Nov 15, 2007 | openings, people
Every now and then I like to surf Russian web sites, just to see what’s happening on the other side of the world. (I studied Russian in college, spent a semester abroad in Leningrad — now St. Petersburg — and used to be somewhat fluent. For lack of...
by scribe | Nov 9, 2007 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, literature, openings, people
As I mentioned in my last entry, I would like to get some synergy going between this blog and my ChessLectures. With that in mind, here are some of the topics I’m planning to lecture on in the future (starting with the definites, then the possibles): Two Knights...
by scribe | Nov 5, 2007 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, openings, tournaments
Round 2 of the Santa Cruz Cup was yesterday, and already it was a very important game for me: I had Black against the top seed, Juan Diego Perea. As you might remember from my previous “Round Robin Bliss” post, Juande and I agreed to be co-champions last...
by scribe | Oct 22, 2007 | openings, tournaments
Yesterday I played the first round of what will probably be my last tournament of 2007 –Â the Santa Cruz Cup. This is a delightful rarity in American chess, a European-style round-robin tournament. Most rated American tournaments are run in the (ironically...
by scribe | Oct 19, 2007 | literature, openings
A couple weeks ago, I finally had the chance to read Paul Hoffman’s new book, King’s Gambit. Ironically, I was playing in a chess tournament at the time, and had a lot of time to kill between rounds. I don’t think it helped me win any games, but it...
