by scribe | Apr 10, 2011 | games, positions
I have a love-hate relationship with my computer. Analyzing with the computer is a great way to get discouraged and to make unrealistic assessments of positions. (You think that the position is good because the computer says so — but then it turns out that you...
by scribe | Mar 25, 2011 | literature, ruminations
When I was writing my most recent post, I learned a few things about Wikipedia. First of all, I was unaware that Wikipedia has a Featured Article every day, probably because I never actually enter Wikipedia through the “front door.” I always end up there...
by scribe | Aug 30, 2010 | Chess Lecture, positions
It’s been a couple weeks since I posted here, so I feel as if I owe you something extra-special to make up for my absence. I’d like to tell you about a practice session that I had a week ago with the “usual suspects” — National Master...
by scribe | Jun 13, 2010 | games, positions, ruminations
One of my positions in the recent Chicago Open could have reached a position that I think only a computer could play correctly. Yesterday I got together with four friends — Yves Tan, Gjon Feinstein, Cailen Melville, and Thadeus Frei — and we spent at least...
by scribe | Dec 28, 2009 | Chess Lecture, off-topic
As I reported in my last post, I made the big move from the PC world to the Apple world this holiday season. I took the iMac out of its box on the day before Christmas. For my wife Kay, who has campaigned tirelessly for years to bring me over to the “light...
