by scribe | Nov 17, 2008 | Chess Life, games, openings, people
I promise I will continue my series on the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez soon, but first I want to tell you about the Theoretical Novelty (TN) I played last night without realizing it! I met with my friend Gjon Feinstein to play some speed chess last night. Gjon is...
by scribe | Nov 16, 2008 | literature, openings
“Bird by Bird” is the title of a wonderful book on writing by Anne Lamott, and it’s also as good a title as any for my next series of posts on opening analysis. Yes, we’re going to reach into Dana’s Secret Chess File ™ once again...
by scribe | Nov 11, 2008 | chess clubs, Chess Life, tournaments
Last weekend my wife, who is a quilter, went to a weekend quilting retreat at Asilomar, a conference center/resort on the Monterey Peninsula about an hour’s drive south of Santa Cruz. It’s one of the most scenic spots you can imagine, with lots of ocean...
by scribe | Nov 7, 2008 | off-topic
This entry is going to be dreadfully off-topic, but there’s nothing I can do about it… Tuesday was my fiftieth birthday, and it was a day that went down in history. Not, of course, because of my birthday. As some of you may have heard, we had an election...
by scribe | Nov 2, 2008 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, openings
One of the questions I get asked fairly often at chess tournaments is: “Have you had any more chances to play that queen sacrifice variation?” In case there’s anyone reading this who doesn’t know the story, see my Chess Life article from...
