by scribe | Jul 9, 2008 | people, ruminations, tournaments
I know you’re all impatiently waiting for my first post from “Dana’s Secret Chess Files,” but today I’d like to tell you about the first time my girlfriend (who is now my wife) came with me to a chess tournament. The tournament was in...
by scribe | Jul 5, 2008 | openings, ruminations
(In case you can’t read the writing in this photo, it says “Dana’s Secret Chess File.”) Yes, that’s right. One of the responses to my post “Taking stock” suggested that I should cover more openings in this blog. So I’m...
by scribe | Jul 3, 2008 | chess clubs, people
Man, this blog is turning into one big obituary page. Yesterday, I heard from a friend that Gerhard Ringel had died. Gerhard has been an active player in Santa Cruz chess for years, since long before I moved here. I mentioned him before in this post, where I described...
by scribe | Jul 1, 2008 | endings, games, openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Okay, today we’re going to resume our amble through time by taking a step back to 1978 and my game against someone I faced only one time, but who made a lasting impression on me. In the summer of 1978 I was between my junior and senior years of college, and in...
