by scribe | Apr 29, 2018 | current news, people, tournaments
All in a day’s work for Sam Shankland: Wins his sixth game in the U.S. Championship against no losses. Wins his last three in a row, when even a single draw would have dropped him into a tie for first. Finishes a half point ahead of Fabiano Caruana, who will...
by scribe | Apr 3, 2018 | Chess Lecture, openings, ruminations, tournaments
About once a year I take a look at my site statistics to see what my most popular posts were. Then for the rest of the year, I ignore what’s popular and just write what I feel like writing! I do think that new or infrequent visitors might appreciate a guide to...
by scribe | Apr 1, 2018 | endings, games, openings, people
Happy April Fool’s Day! I really am going to show you my game with Magnus, only it isn’t the Magnus you’re thinking about. In 1995 I played in the World Open, and for once it kind of lived up to its name. In round one, I played against Leonid...
by scribe | Mar 28, 2018 | current news, people, tournaments
This is a Facebook post I wrote today, and I decided to post it here too. (It’s very short!) One of my Facebook friends, Mike Zaloznyy, started a thread asking why there was so much rejoicing over Fabiano Caruana’s qualifying to play a match for the chess...
by scribe | Mar 27, 2018 | current news, people, ruminations, tournaments
Congratulations to Fabiano Caruana, who won his game against Alexander Grischuk today and became the first U.S.-born challenger for the World Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972. (*) For any readers who don’t know, Caruana was born in Miami and lived in the...
