by scribe | Jun 27, 2013 | current news, tournaments
As many readers probably know, 17-year-old Daniel Naroditsky won the U.S. Junior Championship last weekend in St. Louis, with a score of 6½-2½ (four wins and five draws). Daniel was the only player to go undefeated. For his victory he earned a prize of $3000 and,...
by scribe | Jun 24, 2013 | chess clubs, endings, games, positions, tournaments
On Saturday I played my third game in the Saturday Knights Marathon at Bay Area Chess. With so few players in the tournament (only four on Saturday), Thadeus and I knew that it was inevitable that we would play each other, and this gave me a chance to prepare for both...
by scribe | Jun 17, 2013 | Chess Lecture, games, positions, ruminations
A couple weeks ago Francisco Anchondo asked me to write a post about our game from the last round of the Larry Evans Memorial (which we played in March). We’ve played two games now and I’ve won them both, but not without a few close calls and moments of...
by scribe | Jun 9, 2013 | chess clubs, current news, games, positions, tournaments
Last night Linnea, Thadeus and I drove up to Milpitas for round two of the Saturday Knight Live Marathon. Our results were just the same as last week: Linnea and I won, and Thadeus drew a game he should have won. Linnea’s game was not much of a challenge, as her...
by scribe | Jun 6, 2013 | Chess Life, current news, games, positions
It’s out! Today I received my copy of the June 2013 Chess Life in the mail, and of course the first thing I had to do was open it to the back page. Normally I start at the front, but this month, you see, they printed my article on “My Best Move.” If...
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