by scribe | Dec 3, 2013 | current news, games, positions
Today I’d like to show you one of my two time-pressure meltdowns from last weekend. This was the worst one, because it caused me to lose a game that I should have drawn and maybe even could have won. And as is often the case, the seeds of my defeat were planted...
by scribe | Sep 17, 2013 | Chess Lecture, literature, openings
At Mike Splane’s latest chess party, on Sunday, I saw Richard Koepcke lugging around a ginormous chess book that was about the size of a phone book, and I asked him what it was. To my surprise, it was a new book on the King’s Gambit! I refer to John...
by scribe | Sep 1, 2013 | current news, positions, tournaments
It seems as if I’ve spent the whole last month writing about the World Cup. But now September is here, and I have a tournament of my own to write about — the CalChess Labor Day Championships. I’m playing in the expert section, and rather amusingly...
by scribe | Jan 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last night Cailen Melville had a chess gathering at his house for the first time, which I went to along with Gjon Feinstein, Thadeus Frei, and Yosi Cohen. His parents are away, so he had the whole house to himself, and it was quite pleasant, with lots of space and a...
by | Jun 11, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, people
As I mentioned in my recent post called “Aloha!”, ChessLecture has recently added a very distinguished teacher to its team: grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili. If any of you have thought of subscribing to ChessLecture but weren’t really sure whether...
