by scribe | Oct 29, 2007 | Chess Lecture, games, people, positions
One of the fun things about lecturing for ChessLecture is the feedback I get from listeners. One of my fans is Carina Jørgensen, who also has posted a couple of comments here. She is an art student in Denmark and a rapidly improving chess player. She played a lot of...
by scribe | Oct 23, 2007 | games, people, positions, US Chess League
“Win with White, draw with Black” — that’s the classic strategy for chess success. But the San Francisco Mechanics have added a new twist, which carried them to a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Sluggers on Monday night. The new strategy is...
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...
by scribe | Oct 18, 2007 | people, tournaments
As you know if you read my last two posts, last weekend I played in the Western States Open in Reno, Nevada, always one of the best-run and most popular tournaments of the year in this part of the country. About 340 players were on hand to celebrate the...
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