by scribe | Jan 30, 2008 | endings, literature
A few months ago I bought a copy of Silman’s Complete Endgame Course, and I’m finally starting to dig into it. I think I’m going to learn a heck of a lot from it. The only endgame book I have really studied before was a slim book by Averbakh called...
by scribe | Jan 26, 2008 | literature, people, ruminations, Uncategorized
So this afternoon I’m driving back home from the bookstore, and thinking about how there are so many books where the young hero outfoxes the older generation. You can start with Harry Potter and go through just about the whole Young Adult section of the...
by scribe | Jan 23, 2008 | tournaments
Usually my two biggest tournaments of the year are the ones in Reno, the Far West Open in the spring and the Western States Open in the fall. This year, though, I’m strongly considering a change to my travel schedule, because the U.S. Chess Federation has...
by scribe | Jan 19, 2008 | people, ruminations
What can I say about Bobby Fischer that hasn’t been said a thousand times? Well, I can start by correcting a mistake that is made in the wire service articles on his death and even on the USCF website: Bobby Fischer was not the first American world chess...
by scribe | Jan 18, 2008 | people, positions, ruminations
It’s huge news, but one doesn’t know whether to feel happy or sad. Mostly it’s just spooky, because Carina just finished her stunning portrait of Bobby Fischer this week, and Dribbling mentioned in his comment that he looks like an angel in that...
