by scribe | Sep 29, 2008 | games, openings, positions
We continue today with more analysis of my crazy move, 4. g4!? in the Caro-Kann. (See Grob It While You Kann for the beginning of the series.) To refresh your memory, the line begins 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4!? I don’t know if this variation has a name....
by scribe | Sep 25, 2008 | games, openings, tournaments
Okay, as I promised three months ago, I am finally going to start revealing some of Dana’s Secret Chess Files! You will get to see some of my home-brewed openings. Before we start, you might want to re-read Dana’s Opening Philosophy. The first line I want...
by scribe | Sep 19, 2008 | Chess Life, literature, people, tournaments
A couple nights ago I was browsing one of the Russian chess sites, www.64.ru, and came across an interesting article by Anatoly Karpov about the world championship match that never happened: Karpov vs. Fischer. The link is here if you want to test your Russian, but...
by scribe | Sep 15, 2008 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, people
Every now and then I like to use this blog to take you “behind the scenes” and tell you some things that were left out of my ChessLectures. Last Friday’s lecture on Double Queen Sacs, or the “Henry VIII theme” (in honor of Henry VIII,...
by scribe | Sep 11, 2008 | Chess Lecture, literature
A nice little surprise came in the mail today. I might have had an inkling of it if I had remembered to call Jerry Hanken back when he tried to get in touch with me earlier this week. The surprise was two certificates from the Chess Journalists of America, which said...
