by scribe | May 29, 2008 | Chess Lecture, people, ruminations, tournaments
Apparently not much, if you believe this article by GM Joel Benjamin at U.S. Chess Online. Benjamin was responding to a reader who asked why so many top U.S. players — Kamsky, Nakamura, Christiansen, DeFirmian, and Benjamin himself — who were eligible for...
by scribe | May 26, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, tournaments
Today was Memorial Day in the U.S., a holiday that is often considered the informal beginning of summer. The Memorial Day weekend is an ideal time for three-day chess tournaments, which range in size from huge (the Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic in Los Angeles) to...
by scribe | May 21, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, people, tournaments
Today Alexey Root, in her blog on the MonRoi website, addressed the question I asked in my last post: should I should be satisfied with offering a non-rated tournament for the kids in my library chess club, or should I should try to get them into rated chess? I...
by scribe | May 18, 2008 | chess clubs, tournaments
… Organize a tournament! As I’ve mentioned before, I run a chess club for kids at the Aptos Public Library (new link coming soon). Every year in May, as kind of a culmination to the school year, I run a very informal, unrated tournament. Usually I split it...
by scribe | May 16, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, people, tournaments
At the U.S. Championship, that is. And the answer is: Of course! As a fan, I’ve got to root for the “home team.” And where I’m concerned, there are two home teams: San Francisco area residents: Josh Friedel 2.5/4 David Pruess 2/4 Sam Shankland...
