by scribe | Oct 14, 2014 | current news, people, tournaments
So So wasn’t so-so! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!) I tried to look up the winner of the Millionaire Open in Las Vegas this morning, and it wasn’t as easy as I expected to find out who won. When I went to chessbase.com, usually my first source, there was...
by scribe | Oct 12, 2014 | current news, games, positions, tournaments
On ABC’s Wide World of Sports, the late broadcaster Jim McKay used to talk about “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.” But in chess we have a third possibility, the agony of de-draw. The first seven rounds of the Millionaire Open in Las...
by scribe | Aug 12, 2013 | current news, tournaments
After a good first day, my predictions did not do so well in Day 2 of the World Cup. Let’s recap the results: Upset Specials: Six players pulled upsets without even needing to go to the playoffs. I picked only one of the six, Dubov (75), who beat Fedorchuk (54)....
by scribe | Aug 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
The World Cup has begun! On the first day, my predictions did all right. In the 64 games, the lower-rated players scored +9 -27 =28, which I think is probably a little bit more upsets than you would expect. The nine “full point” upsets were: Sambuev (113)...
by scribe | Apr 18, 2013 | current news, off-topic, people, tournaments
On my recent trip, I was surprised when a friend asked me if I had heard of Webster University and their chess coach, a woman from “somewhere in Eastern Europe.” In fact, I had just read the Chess Life article about the Pan-Am Intercollegiate tournament...
