by scribe | Oct 19, 2014 | Chess Lecture, current news, positions, tournaments
What a finish to the Western States Open! In the last round, I almost… Beat my first grandmaster (a bucket list item) Tied for first in an open tournament, for the first time in 20 years Scored another historic victory with the Bryntse Gambit Got my rating back...
by scribe | Aug 15, 2013 | current news, games, openings, positions, tournaments
It was just yesterday that I was watching a steady stream of queenside openings, flank openings, etc. and thinking, “Wouldn’t be great if just once I could see a King’s Gambit in this tournament?” Well, today Aleksandr Shimanov granted my wish!...
by scribe | Oct 29, 2012 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, current news, tournaments
Randall Hough’s report on the Western States Open finally went up at Chess Life Online, a week after the event ended. So I can now finally tell you that Alexander Ivanov won the tiebreaking playoff over Tatev Abrahamyan. I’m also pleased to report that...
by scribe | Sep 15, 2012 | games, literature, people, ruminations, tournaments
This post is part two of a three-part series. As explained in my previous post, it is an article that I wrote in 2007 but never published, in which I tell the story of the best game I ever played. More than that, it is an attempt to take non-chess players inside the...
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...
