by scribe | Jan 7, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, people, tournaments
This morning, as I drove to Burlingame for the last round of the San Francisco International tournament, I felt like a Survivor contestant who has reached the final day of the competition. After eight rounds I was still standing (unlike a lot of people who withdrew...
by scribe | Jan 4, 2019 | current news, games, openings, positions, tournaments
For those who have never heard it, the phrase in the title apparently comes from Edward Lasker in 1913, but it has bounced around from one chess writer to another for the last century. It seems like an appropriate description of what happened to me in the San...
