by scribe | Feb 14, 2019 | games, positions, PRO Chess League
I haven’t written about any of my games with Shredder in at least three or four months, partly because I realized I was overdoing it. Also my tournament results showed me that playing against the computer was not really doing anything good for my game, and maybe even...
by scribe | Feb 13, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, endings, PRO Chess League
Last week I wrote that the San Francisco Mechanics’ PRO Chess League match this week was one that we “really have to win to achieve our team goals.” Hm, perhaps that was a bit of exaggeration. In a very hard-fought match against the San Diego Surfers, the Mechanics...
by scribe | Feb 7, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, people, positions, PRO Chess League
Crucial position in Xu-Naroditsky. Black to move. First, let’s get one thing straight. Avalanches never happen in Berkeley. Reason one: There’s no snow. But yesterday, for the first time since 2011, there was snow in the mountains to the east of San Francisco (the...
