by scribe | Oct 19, 2012 | current news, games, positions, tournaments
One round down, and the Western States Open started on a positive note for me. I drew against a 2400 player named Alexander Kretchetov in only 20 moves. Before you say “grandmaster draw,” take a look at the final position. FEN:...
by scribe | Sep 14, 2012 | Chess Life, games, literature, openings, ruminations, tournaments
Today I’m going to do something a little bit unusual. Really unusual. As long-time readers of this blog know, a few years ago I played my chess masterpiece. It came in the last round of a tournament in Reno, against International Master David Pruess. I played a...
by scribe | Sep 21, 2011 | Chess Lecture, off-topic, positions
I’m sorry that this has been such a slow month for blog posts. Too much traveling! Too much fun! My only chess news is that I am working on my next top secret chess project. For those of you who remember my previous secret project, you might be able to guess...
by scribe | Feb 14, 2010 | Chess Lecture, positions, tournaments
Recently Dave Vigorito gave a ChessLecture that called “Not Quite an Agony Game” where he showed a recent game he lost against Raymond Kaufman. Dave mentioned at one point that it was his first tournament loss since his last “agony game”...
