by scribe | Apr 25, 2010 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games, people
Gjon Feinstein’s chess party yesterday went very well. We had the whole Student Activities Center at Cabrillo College to ourselves. Eleven of the twelve invitees were able to make it — besides Gjon and me, there were Yves Tan, Cailen Melville, Thadeus Frei...
by scribe | Nov 25, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, people, tournaments
Yesterday Jesse Kraai gave his usual excellent ChessLecture, which this time was called “The Panda Loses to Wang Hao in the First Round of the World Cup.” It was about his friend/housemate/training partner Josh Friedel, who qualified to play in the 2009...
by scribe | Mar 28, 2008 | games, people, tournaments
The U.S. Championship Qualifier got under way today. The final turnout was 104 people, with 10 grandmasters. The top-rated player in the tournament is Julio Becerra. There were no big surprises yet that I know of, but we did have our first mini-controversy. In the...
