by scribe | Dec 30, 2015 | current news, endings, games, people, positions, tournaments
My old friend from North Carolina, Robin Cunningham, decided this year to fly to England for the New Year and play in the traditional Hastings tournament. He did it once before and enjoyed the experience. This year, he’s doing more than just enjoying it:...
by scribe | Dec 19, 2014 | chess clubs, games, people, positions
Doing something is always better than doing nothing, right? Don’t our chess teachers tell us always to have a plan? At Mike Splane’s latest chess party, we looked at a game that will have you seriously questioning that wisdom. The game was Miles-Huebner,...
by scribe | Aug 1, 2014 | current news, people, positions, tournaments
A few years ago, Santa Cruz seemed to have more good players hiding in the woodwork than any other city its size. But this week, one of them has come out of hiding in a big way! I refer to James Tarjan, a grandmaster and frequent contender for the U.S. championship...
by scribe | Jun 24, 2013 | chess clubs, endings, games, positions, tournaments
On Saturday I played my third game in the Saturday Knights Marathon at Bay Area Chess. With so few players in the tournament (only four on Saturday), Thadeus and I knew that it was inevitable that we would play each other, and this gave me a chance to prepare for both...
by scribe | Mar 5, 2013 | literature, positions
This morning I had a really cool puzzle idea: Can you create a chess version of rock-paper-scissors? To state the puzzle more precisely, I need to use the old-fashioned English Descriptive Notation, rather than algebraic. The advantage of English Descriptive —...
