by scribe | Mar 24, 2009 | chess clubs, endings, games, openings, people, positions, tournaments
Note: In the first draft of this post I got an important name wrong, and I have corrected it throughout. My apologies. — DM I’m back home from my second trip to Oslo. In my last entry, IÂ promised some analysis of Roar Elseth Nikolas Mellem’s upset...
by scribe | Mar 20, 2009 | chess clubs, endings, games, people, tournaments
Note: In the first version of this post I got a very important name wrong, and I have corrected it throughout. — DM Michael Aigner, of “fpawn” blog fame, is fond of complaining about all the youngsters who snap up the top prizes in northern...
by scribe | Mar 2, 2009 | chess clubs, games, openings, people
I’m back from my two-week trip from Norway! It was a business trip, of course, so I didn’t get to play nearly as much chess as I had hoped, but nevertheless I have a few pictures to show you. First, here is a quiz. Can any of you identify what famous chess...
