by scribe | Jan 11, 2012 | Chess Life, people, ruminations
It’s got to be the guy who plays the most games, right? I think that there’s no question that the most active player in top-level international chess is Viktor Korchnoi. According to the following highly unofficial statistics that I found on this web page,...
by scribe | Oct 25, 2011 | current news, off-topic, openings, ruminations
It’s Blog Stats time again! About a year ago I wrote a post called “Counting Down the Hits,” where I listed the top 15 posts from this blog in total page views. I also counted down seven “undeservedly neglected” posts, some of my...
by scribe | Jan 23, 2011 | games, openings, people
Last night I got together with some of my regular chess friends, Gjon, Cailen, and Rich Flacco, along with Mike Splane, who came “over the hill” from San Jose. Mike told me that he is a regular reader of this blog, so I would like to feature a recent game...
by scribe | Jun 6, 2010 | current news, people, translations
I’m pleased to announce my first officially sanctioned translation for the Crestbook website! For those of you who enjoyed reading my translations of Sergei Shipov’s commentaries during the recently concluded Anand-Topalov match, this is especially good...
