by scribe | Feb 20, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games, off-topic
I arrived in Oslo Monday afternoon, so I have now been here four full days. My first impression was that it looked absolutely like something out of a fairy tale. Oslo has been getting a lot of snow this winter — in fact, it has snowed every day since I arrived....
by scribe | Feb 9, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, off-topic, openings, ruminations
I’ve been a little bit sporadic lately in my blog entries, and I owe you an explanation. My 18-year-old cat, Chutney, passed away yesterday. Chutney was always sort of a “background” cat in our household. For those of you who have heard meowsĂ‚Â during...
by scribe | Feb 3, 2009 | off-topic
As some of you may know, my wife works as a quilt designer and writer. If you’re interested, you can find a link to her website in my blogroll. She gets the credit for getting me into blogging. I actually knew about blogs before she did, but she “took the...
by scribe | Feb 1, 2009 | openings
A couple days ago I got a comment on my post “Bird by Bird, Part 3B,” which raised a very interesting question. In the variation that runs 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 ed 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. f4 c6 8. Ba4 d5 9. ed Qxd5 10. Re1+ Ne7 11. Bb3 the...
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