by | Jun 21, 2009 | endings, games, people
A couple weeks ago I got an e-mail from an old friend of mine, Robin Cunningham. We used to play chess together in North Carolina, when he was in high school and I was teaching at Duke University. When we first met we were roughly even in strength, but of course...
by | Jun 19, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, openings
Here are two e-mails that arrived the same day: Bughousemaster has made the following comment on your video: Nuke the Sicilian! How to Sac Your Queen on Move Six and Win. ********************* Why is this lecture in the 2400+ section??? I don’t see how a 2400...
by | Jun 17, 2009 | chess clubs, positions, tournaments
Every Tuesday I run a chess club for kids at the Aptos Public Library. Yesterday we had seven kids, whose names are (possibly with different spellings) Colin, Marius, Michael, Jesslyn, Mo, Coco, and Milo. That’s three girls out of seven — not bad! One of...
by | Jun 15, 2009 | off-topic, tournaments
I’m going to go off-topic today to mention two recent sightings of my work in the Media-sphere. Then I’ll return to chess and ask you to give me your opinions on what my next tournament should be! Last Friday I had my second interview with the History...
by | Jun 11, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, people
As I mentioned in my recent post called “Aloha!”, ChessLecture has recently added a very distinguished teacher to its team: grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili. If any of you have thought of subscribing to ChessLecture but weren’t really sure whether...
