by scribe | Sep 26, 2012 | Chess Lecture, games, US Chess League
Though it may not seem like it, I’m still recording lectures for ChessLecture. I recorded one today on an interesting game from Week 3 of the U.S. Chess League, in which IM Levan Bregadze of St. Louis destroyed Samuel Sevian of San Francisco in 31 moves. I have...
by scribe | Jul 23, 2012 | current news, endings, games, people, positions, tournaments
Yesterday the Peoples Tournament in Pleasanton ended, with a two-way tie for first place between Ricardo de Guzman (no surprise) and Kesav Viswanadha at 4-1. Although Kesav was overshadowed in the news last week by two other Bay Area prodigies (Samuel Sevian and Yian...
by scribe | Dec 21, 2010 | current news, endings, people
They just keep on coming! Young chess talents in the San Francisco Bay area, that is. Now Samuel Sevian has become the youngest national master in U.S. history, beating by 11 days the record set by Nicholas Nip (also from the SF Bay area). When Nip set the record a...
