by scribe | Mar 9, 2014 | games, openings, positions, tournaments
Continuing my series of posts of favorite games from the Santa Cruz Cup… The third Santa Cruz Cup, in 2005, was a really weird one for me. I finished first, but only because of unbelievable blunders by my two main rivals, Ilan Benjamin and Juande Perea....
by scribe | Jan 24, 2014 | chess clubs, games, positions
Today I happened to be looking back in one of my old diaries, and discovered an entry about something I had completely forgotten. September 26, 1979: Today I played my first game with a chess calculator, which is owned by a guy named Robin whom I know. I am very...
by scribe | Feb 5, 2013 | chess clubs, people, positions
Amazing chess club today at the Aptos Library! First, we had 22 kids and once again had to use just about every set in the house. And it isn’t just that we are getting more kids in the past; it also seems to me as if they understand chess better. The quality of...
by scribe | Dec 14, 2012 | games, literature, people
I hate to interrupt the great discussion that we’re having about chess talent, but I have some news that I want to pass along. A few months ago I posted a story here called Dixit Magister, which was about the queen sacrifice game that I played with IM David...
by scribe | Oct 20, 2012 | Chess Lecture, current news, games, positions, tournaments
What a crazy day at the Western States Open! First, I should update the leaders. After three rounds we had a nine-way tie for first place at 2½-½! The nine leaders were also the nine highest-rated players in the tournament. I’m afraid that I don’t remember...
