by scribe | Jun 16, 2016 | games, positions, ruminations
Recently one of my readers asked whether I play against the computer for training or just for fun. I answered that it was probably 75 percent for fun and 25 percent for training. But perhaps I was wrong, because the two are not mutually exclusive! Here’s a game...
by scribe | Apr 28, 2016 | games, openings, people, positions
Recently I wrote a post (Checkmate Patterns, Moral Victories) about a game by GM Jonathan Tisdall, and I was pleased and delighted when Tisdall himself sent in a comment. That wasn’t the first time that my blog has gotten a grandmaster comment, at least...
by scribe | Apr 22, 2009 | endings, games, positions, tournaments
After my last post there was a little discussion about why my annotations were so good. Well, just to show that I still have a long way to go as an annotator, I will show you my last-round game from Reno, where I evaluated the position completely wrong both when I was...
