Changing the Conversation

We had a great turnout at Mike Splane’s latest chess party (on Sunday, November 18) — thirteen people by my count. We were quite an international mix, too, with players originally from Brazil (Paulo), Poland (Milos), India (Praveen), Holland (JL), and...

It’s Kitten Picture Time!

Put away those chess pieces! I need you for a more urgent matter! As some of you might know, Kay and I take care of kittens for the local animal shelter to get them used to a home environment until they are old enough to be adopted. This year I’d like to put a...

Magnus Carlsen appearance

Yesterday Magnus Carlsen visited San Jose and gave a simultaneous blindfold exhibition at the Silicon Valley Bank. I only found out about this event three or four days in advance and decided not to go to it, because it seemed that space was going to be very limited...