by scribe | Jan 27, 2019 | Chess Life, current news, literature, people, PRO Chess League, ruminations
Daniel Naroditsky (right) chatting with his opponent, Cemil Marandi of Turkey, earlier this month at the Bay Area International. Today’s post is about two players on the San Francisco Mechanics who are both coming to a turning point in any young chess player’s...
by scribe | Jan 24, 2019 | current news, PRO Chess League, ruminations
So far in this PRO Chess League Season I’ve been focusing on the San Francisco Mechanics, since they asked me to be their official team blogger. But for a change let’s look at what else has been happening in the rest of the league through the first three weeks. This...
by scribe | Jan 23, 2019 | current news, PRO Chess League
My wife is a big fan of reality television, and has watched almost every episode of the Great British Baking Show and has moved on to watching the not-so-great British interior design show. Even if the shows fail to teach us interior design, they at least educate us...
by scribe | Jan 10, 2019 | current news, openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
The ratings for the 2019 Bay Area International went up on the USCF website this morning, and this gives me an excuse for writing a few more reflections on the chess week that just ended three days ago. The tournament truly lived up to its name as an international....
by scribe | Jan 8, 2019 | current news, people, PRO Chess League, tournaments
Although Google says that San Francisco and San Jose are 48 miles apart, it really is all one metropolitan area: If you drive from one to the other on highway 101 or El Camino Real, you will never have a moment when the urban landscape stops. So when the San Francisco...
