by scribe | Sep 2, 2015 | Chess Life, current news, people
Last year I wrote a post called The Seventh Samurai, in which I talked about the fact that the U.S. had seven people on the list of top 100 juniors (under age 21) in the world. Six of them were players I had heard about, but one name was unfamiliar. Akshat Chandra is...
by scribe | Jun 1, 2014 | current news, people
Okay, stop it! Just… stop it! Like anyone else, I love it when I read about new American kids getting IM and GM norms and titles. But then I get two notifications in one day on my Facebook news feed. From Ted Castro: Kudos to 13-year old IM Sam Sevian for...
by scribe | Mar 12, 2014 | current news, literature
I’d like to send congratulations to two Bay Area players who scored impressive recent accomplishments. First, Daniel Naroditsky was recently named the winner of the 2014 Samford Fellowship, which is more than just a scholarship — it’s a living wage...
by scribe | Jun 27, 2013 | current news, tournaments
As many readers probably know, 17-year-old Daniel Naroditsky won the U.S. Junior Championship last weekend in St. Louis, with a score of 6½-2½ (four wins and five draws). Daniel was the only player to go undefeated. For his victory he earned a prize of $3000 and,...
by scribe | Dec 13, 2012 | people, ruminations, tournaments
Consider this: A little kid walks into a scholastic chess tournament in St. Petersburg one day. He’s unrated, so he probably plays on one of the bottom boards. He loses two games and then goes home. According to the tournament report he finished second-to-last,...
