by scribe | Feb 14, 2010 | games, tournaments
In my last tournament I played against Michael Aigner in round one and lost, which prompted me to write this entry comparing our “rivalry” to Sylvester versus Tweety Bird. At that point my lifetime record against him stood at 1 win, 7 losses, and 1 draw,...
by scribe | Apr 16, 2009 | Chess Lecture, openings, tournaments
Continuing my recap of the Far West Open … I will write at least one or two more posts going over my games from the tournament after I have had a chance to analyze them more carefully. But for the openings buffs out there, I will do a quick recap of the openings...
by scribe | Nov 21, 2008 | games, openings
Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled opening analysis from Dana’s Secret Chess Filesâ„¢. In my previous “Bird by Bird” entry I outlined the general strategic themes of the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4. Note...
by scribe | Nov 16, 2008 | literature, openings
“Bird by Bird” is the title of a wonderful book on writing by Anne Lamott, and it’s also as good a title as any for my next series of posts on opening analysis. Yes, we’re going to reach into Dana’s Secret Chess File ™ once again...
