by | May 9, 2009 | chess clubs, games, positions, tournaments
While most serious chess fans are following the U.S. Championship, which is currently taking place in St. Louis, today I had only one tournament on my mind: the annual Aptos Public Library tournament. The library is where I run my weekly chess club for kids, and I...
by scribe | Jan 26, 2009 | games, people, tournaments
As readers of this blog know, every now and then I like to do my small part to make the chess world smaller, by surfing some of the Russian chess websites and reporting on what I find. This way I can put my college Russian to some use. On the ChessPro website, there...
by scribe | Oct 20, 2008 | endings, games, tournaments
Many years ago there was a cartoon in The New Yorker that shows a frumpy old housewife with permed hair, standing in a house that is the epitome of depressing: a bare light bulb dangling from the ceiling, a flea-bitten dog, a bald husband with a t-shirt and a beer...
by scribe | Sep 1, 2008 | chess clubs, games, people, tournaments
I’m back home from the CalChess Labor Day Classic, and pleased to report that just about everyone from Santa Cruz had a good weekend. I finished the tournament with four consecutive wins. That gave me a 5-1 score, and a tie for first place in the Expert...
by scribe | May 12, 2008 | games, tournaments
Yesterday I played against Dan Burkhard in my second playoff game for the Santa Cruz Cup, and I lost again. This eliminates me from contention for first place, and ends my three-year winning streak. It feels like karma. Over the last three years I had lots of good...
