by scribe | Apr 8, 2015 | current news, positions, tournaments
For your viewing pleasure today, I give you four interesting positions from the 2015 Larry Evans Memorial. Two of them are from my games, and two are from other people. First, let’s look at the finish of the game that won the tournament. This was Andrew Karklins...
by scribe | Feb 28, 2015 | Chess Lecture, games, openings
My last post on the French Defense, a few days ago, attracted more comments than any post I’ve written for at least a couple years. So let’s continue the conversation. One of the commenters (Brian Wall, I’m looking at you) asked, “What...
by scribe | Jan 6, 2014 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, current news, people, tournaments
We’re now entering the “European” phase of the Bay Area International, with just one game a day for the last three rounds. (It’s a week-long tournament, with 1 game the first day, 2 the second, then 1-2-1-1-1.) This is almost the first time...
by scribe | Jul 15, 2013 | Chess Lecture, ruminations, tournaments
Me, that’s who! I took a look back at my 1977 diary to see if it said anything about the rating jump I wrote about in my last blog post. And in fact, I did write something that was unintentionally hilarious. To set the stage: In September 1976 I played a...
by scribe | Mar 18, 2012 | games, openings, positions
… Therefore I must be a beginner! Gjon Feinstein came over last night to play some speed chess and watch a couple lectures on ICC. We played four or five speed games (at a time control of game in 8 minutes, which perhaps for some people does not count as blitz)....
