by scribe | Feb 19, 2008 | openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Another of the great pleasures of www.chesspro.ru is one of their regular writers, an international master named Ilya Odessky. I’ve found myself laughing out loud at his comments more often than any other chess writer I know. For an English-language comparison,...
by scribe | Feb 16, 2008 | openings, people, ruminations
The Russian-language chess website www.chesspro.ru has a really cool interview with David Bronstein, the former world championship candidate who died in December 2006. Mostly Bronstein talks about the differences between human and computer chessplayers. The...
by scribe | Feb 15, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, openings, people, positions
In February, there is no question that the center of the chess universe is Russia. There are two huge events, back to back: the Moscow Open, with a prize fund of 5 million rubles ($200,000), and the Aeroflot Open. The Moscow Open “A” tournament, which...
by scribe | Feb 11, 2008 | endings, games, positions, tournaments
In yesterday’s round five of the Santa Cruz Cup, Jeff Mallett and I played a very exciting game. After a death-defying opening in which Jeff seemed to get a huge advantage, I gradually managed to improve my position, and shortly after the time control I had an...
by scribe | Feb 7, 2008 | people, tournaments
Juan Diego Perea, who as many of you might remember is one of my fellow competitors in the Santa Cruz Cup, sent me an e-mail this morning with an ultrasound picture below of his new baby girl. Her expected birth date is in July. Congratulations to Juande on this...
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