by scribe | Jan 18, 2008 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games, people, positions
After playing well in chess club my last two times, I guess I was due for an off night. I was in the top quad with Juande Perea and Dan Burkhard (who are both playing in the Santa Cruz Cup) and Steve Sullivan. First round was a lifeless draw as Black against Juande....
by scribe | Jan 15, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, ruminations
Last week ChessLecture announced my new series, “Learn from Your Fellow Amateurs,” in which I will pick one listener-submitted game each month and lecture about it. So far I’ve gotten twelve submissions, which I think is a pretty good number —...
by scribe | Jan 11, 2008 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, tournaments
A couple weeks ago the Russian Superfinals finished. It was a wonderfully hard-fought tournament, with fewer than 50% draws in the men’s bracket and an even smaller percentage on the women’s side. Alexander Morozevich won the men’s tournament with a...
by scribe | Jan 9, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games
Last weekend I watched the latest debate between the Democratic presidential candidates — Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Bill Richardson. I deliberately avoided paying attention to politics during 2007, but now 2008 is here, the year of the...
by scribe | Jan 4, 2008 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, endings, games, positions
First post of the year! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. The chess club at Borders last night was absolutely packed — I think I heard Jim Parker say that we had 26 people. The only problem with Borders is that they won’t let us take over the whole...
