by scribe | Aug 28, 2012 | games, people, ruminations, tournaments
This summer I am passing two big anniversary milestones: the 40th anniversary of my first official chess tournament and the 500th post of this blog. To celebrate both of these anniversaries, I’m going to post a recap of my first tournament, which I wrote back in...
by scribe | Jan 21, 2010 | games, openings, people
A few days ago I got a very interesting and pleasant surprise, a comment on my blog from a player I used to know back in North Carolina. His name is Rich Jackson, and he was responding to this post where I analyzed a game we played in the 1987 state championship. The...
by scribe | Dec 1, 2009 | Chess Lecture, people, positions, tournaments
The CalChess State Championship may be over, but just like a tasty Thanksgiving dinner, it keeps on giving! I will write at least two more blog posts about it. One thing that I enjoyed about this weekend’s tournament was having a chance to catch up with my old...
by scribe | Nov 28, 2009 | games, people, tournaments
Back in the old days of the Cold War, Mad magazine use to have a great cartoon called “Spy vs. Spy.” (Maybe they still do — I haven’t looked at Mad for about 30 years.) The cartoon chronicled the never-ending escapades of two spies, the White...
by | May 6, 2009 | people, tournaments
Today I want everyone to click over to Michael “fpawn” Aigner’s blog and read about how incredibly well his students did in the state scholastic championships. It’s especially amazing that Yian Liou, a sixth-grader, won the state high-school...
