by scribe | Jul 24, 2015 | literature, off-topic, people, ruminations
I was doing some random web-surfing today, when I ran into a jaw-dropper of a thread on Google Groups, from 2002. Wrote Larry Tamarkin (a master from New York) in rec.games.chess.politics: Having played some of the great young talents of the last 20 years, I can give...
by scribe | Nov 8, 2013 | chess clubs, current news, games
The day the chess world has waited for is almost here — the beginning of the match between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen for the world chess championship. It’s ironic that Carlsen is still so young (22 years old, with his 23rd birthday a couple days after...
by scribe | Aug 25, 2013 | current news, tournaments
We’re down to the final four players now in the World Cup, and it’s a final four that nobody in the world expected. Do you think I’m kidding? Let’s take a look. Evgeny Tomashevsky — 26-year-old Russian grandmaster, according to Wikipedia...
by scribe | Mar 16, 2013 | current news, people, positions, tournaments
In today’s second round of the Candidates Tournament, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov scored the first two wins (against Gelfand and Ivanchuk, respectively) to move into first place. Magnus Carlsen continued his drawing ways, splitting the point against...
by scribe | May 12, 2010 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, current news, tournaments
I appreciate all the people who have visited my blog in the last couple of weeks, to read my translations of grandmaster Sergei Shipov’s comments on the recently concluded world championship match. Yesterday was another near-record-setting day, with 742 hits....
