by scribe | Nov 20, 2010 | people, ruminations
Yesterday I got a surprise package in the mail from the US Chess Federation. As I wrote in this entry, the USCF recently changed its rules for awarding the title of Life Master, and also Life Everything Else (Candidate Master, First Category, Second Category, etc.)...
by scribe | Nov 15, 2010 | 2010 world championship, games, people, positions, tournaments, translations
A couple days ago I figured out how to get WordPress to tell me which posts on this site have gotten the most viewers. Just in case you would like to see what your fellow readers like to read about, here are my top 15 posts by popularity, along with links. Also, I...
by scribe | Nov 14, 2010 | current news, people
One northern California chess player has been conspicuously missing in action this year: Michael Aigner. He has continued to be active in chess via his blog, which was the best place on the Internet to keep track of the progress of Steven Zierk towards his world...
by scribe | Nov 3, 2010 | current news, people, tournaments
Yesterday the San Jose Mercury News, which is Steven Zierk’s home-town newspaper (he lives in Los Gatos, a suburb of San Jose) published a very extensive article about his triumph in the world under-18 chess championship. I urge you all to read it! I think one...
by scribe | Nov 1, 2010 | Crestbook, people, translations
My series of translations for www.crestbook.com continues today, with an interview of Alexei Shirov. Unfortunately, the interview is somewhat old, so it doesn’t cover such interesting topics as the recent Bilbao tournament or the outcome of the FIDE presidential...
