by scribe | Sep 2, 2020 | endings, games, openings, tournaments
That was so much fun, let’s do it again! In my last post I started a year-by-year retrospective of my (almost) fifty years of tournament chess, with the year 1971. I called that Year Zero because I actually wasn’t quite into tournament chess yet. My chief...
by scribe | Aug 31, 2020 | games, openings, ruminations, Uncategorized
Recently it occurred to me that I’m getting very close to the 50th anniversary of my debut in tournament chess. There aren’t so many people who stay active in chess that long. Why not start a series of posts where I pick one game from each year to...
by scribe | Jun 18, 2020 | chess clubs, games, openings
Just when I think I’m wasting my time playing so many games against the computer, along comes a game like this one! I’ll show you the end first. Position after 23. Qc5. Black to move. FEN: 2kr4/ppp5/6p1/2Q3P1/4PP2/5KN1/PPp4q/R4B1r b – – 0 23...
by scribe | Apr 19, 2020 | chess clubs, games, openings, ruminations
There’s a saying that I’m really starting to like: “Long think, wrong think.” In game after game, both against the computer and in tournaments, it seems as if my weakest moves are the ones I take the longest on. A long think is usually a sign...
by scribe | Mar 19, 2020 | 2020 world championship, current news, openings, tournaments
The Candidates Tournament hit the “reset” button today as a result of Fabiano Caruana’s unexpected loss to Ding Liren. Caruana, at 1.5 points in 2 rounds, was tied for first; Ding, with 0 points in 2 rounds, was alone in last place. But all of that...
by scribe | Dec 20, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, games, openings, tournaments
Unlike a good mystery novelist, I will not keep you in suspense. I won my game in the last round of the Kolty Chess Club Championship. That gave me a record of 6-1 and a tie for first place with Eric Steger, who also went 6-1. I don’t know yet for sure, but I...
