by scribe | Jun 30, 2014 | games, people, positions
Last week Gjon Feinstein asked me, “Can we go over a couple of my games on your computer?” This request was a surprise to me. He is a chess teacher, so he knows full well that computer analysis can be fool’s gold. I don’t think he even owns a...
by scribe | Jun 23, 2014 | chess clubs, endings, games, people
Yesterday Mike Splane hosted another chess party that was devoted specifically to endgames. Uyanga Byambaa brought a fascinating game that she played in the recent U.S. Women’s Open in Las Vegas. She was Black against an unrated (!) player named Elena Rodriguez,...
by scribe | Jun 16, 2014 | off-topic, ruminations
… I’m back! Sorry about the two weeks with no posts (and the four weeks with not very many posts). I don’t really have an excuse, but I do have an explanation. First there was my 25th anniversary trip to Hawaii. Kay and I went to the Big Island,...
by scribe | Jun 1, 2014 | current news, people
Okay, stop it! Just… stop it! Like anyone else, I love it when I read about new American kids getting IM and GM norms and titles. But then I get two notifications in one day on my Facebook news feed. From Ted Castro: Kudos to 13-year old IM Sam Sevian for...
