by scribe | Dec 29, 2010 | games, openings, people
On Monday I got together with my friends Gjon, Thadeus, and Cailen for an evening of chess. As we often do, we ended up playing consultation chess — two players to a side, with the players either discussing the moves (which Gjon prefers) or alternating moves...
by scribe | Dec 23, 2010 | Chess Life, people, tournaments
As I mentioned in my last post, the US Chess Federation now makes it possible to get oodles of statistics about your personal tournament history. My favorite item is a list of the 30 people you have played the most rated games with — your greatest rivals....
by scribe | Dec 22, 2010 | Chess Life, ruminations, tournaments
The U.S. Chess Federation keeps upgerading the quality of its member statistics. The latest goodie is a “Game Statistics” page, which lets you see things like this: Your overall won-loss record since 1991. Your won-loss against each 100-point rating tier....
by scribe | Dec 21, 2010 | current news, endings, people
They just keep on coming! Young chess talents in the San Francisco Bay area, that is. Now Samuel Sevian has become the youngest national master in U.S. history, beating by 11 days the record set by Nicholas Nip (also from the SF Bay area). When Nip set the record a...
by scribe | Dec 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I received an e-mail from Michael (“fpawn”) Aigner with an update about his condition. (See this post for the back story.) According to Michael, his doctors considered his operation a success. Maybe I’m reading between the lines a bit, but...
