by scribe | Apr 13, 2009 | games, people, positions
Today I drove back home from the Reno tournament with Jesse Kraai and David Pruess, and my head is still full of chess. I’ll get back to real life tomorrow, but for now I’m still savoring this great weekend. All of us won money — Jesse and David...
by scribe | Apr 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Let’s see if I can be the first person to post the results of the Far West Open on the Internet. Just as I predicted, Sergei Kudrin and Eric Sevillano played a super-quick draw to clinch a tie for first. On board two, Gergely Antal of Hungary (whose first name...
by scribe | Apr 12, 2009 | endings, games, tournaments
We have one round left to play in the Far West Open, and here are the standings: 1-2. Sergei Kudrin, Enrico Sevillano 4.5 3-4. (?) Antal (sorry, I don’t know his first name), Ricardo de Guzman 4 Kudrin and Sevillano got there by beating Melikset Khachiyan and...
by scribe | Apr 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
After the first day of the Far West Open, my perfect score for the year is still intact — two wins, no draws, no losses. But it took an amazing stroke of luck for me to win the second game! There are 11 titled players here, quite a respectable showing, given the...
by scribe | Apr 10, 2009 | Chess Lecture, off-topic, people, tournaments
I’m in Reno for the Far West Open, my first chess tournament of the year! I’m writing this on Friday morning, before the first round, so my score is still perfect for the year … no wins, no losses, no draws. I had some unexpected company on the drive...
