by scribe | Feb 27, 2014 | current news, off-topic, tournaments
Last night the new season of Survivor premiered, and once again we have a contestant claiming to be a chess player. Some of you might remember a guy named Marty a few years back who claimed to be a grandmaster. Then I went and checked and there are no grandmasters...
by scribe | Feb 26, 2014 | chess clubs, positions, ruminations
Yesterday I was thinking over possible lessons for my kids at the Aptos Library Chess Club, and I thought, “Why not ask them about this position?” FEN:rnbqkbnr/8/pppppppp/8/2BPPB2/2N2N2/PPP1QPPP/R4RK1 w kq – 0 1 This is not a position any readers of...
by scribe | Feb 20, 2014 | off-topic
My ISP tells me it’s been more than 24 hours since the last spam from my account. They think (knock on wood) that the problem has been fixed. So you can once again submit comments and you shouldn’t get taken to a nasty-looking “Forbidden” page....
by scribe | Feb 19, 2014 | Chess Lecture, current news, off-topic
I’ve been told that the spam coming from my account started up again, and so my Internet service provider has once again been forced to block comments on my blog. The blog does appear to be the source of the problem, because the spam stops when they put up the...
by scribe | Feb 18, 2014 | current news, tournaments
President’s Day weekend can only mean one thing in U.S. chess — it’s time for the U.S. Amateur Team championship! I didn’t play this year, but I went to the tournament site on Sunday afternoon to spectate. It was another great success for...
