by scribe | May 12, 2008 | games, tournaments
Yesterday I played against Dan Burkhard in my second playoff game for the Santa Cruz Cup, and I lost again. This eliminates me from contention for first place, and ends my three-year winning streak. It feels like karma. Over the last three years I had lots of good...
by scribe | May 10, 2008 | chess clubs, people, tournaments
Today I will continue the ambling through my chess past that I began with this entry about the Richmond (VA)Â chess club in the 1970s and that entry about the U.S. Junior Open in 1974. But first, let me mention, for anyone who likes this kind of stuff, you should also...
by scribe | May 4, 2008 | endings, games, positions, tournaments
How did J. K. Rowling know? Here is someone who has probably never played a chess game in her life, never had the gut-wrenching experience of losing a game she should have won … and yet she describes perfectly how it feels. When the dementors come to visit Harry...
