by scribe | Apr 24, 2013 | Chess Lecture, current news, people
I didn’t even notice it until this morning, but ChessLecture hit a pretty big milestone three weeks ago — we now have more than two thousand recorded lectures! As of today (April 24) there are 2015, in fact. The two thousandth lecture was a very...
by scribe | Dec 20, 2012 | Chess Lecture, current news, games, literature
Looking for a last-minute Christmas present for the chess player in your life? ChessLecture is now producing DVD’s of lectures that appeared on their website. You don’t have to be a subscriber — just order the DVDs of the lectures you want! The...
by scribe | Sep 16, 2012 | games, literature, people, ruminations, tournaments
This is the third part of a three-part series. To make things more convenient, here are links to the first part and the second part. As one commenter observed after Part 1, the story is about the man-versus-machine battle. True, that’s a big part of the story,...
by scribe | Sep 6, 2012 | current news, endings, positions, US Chess League
The U.S. Chess League started its eighth season this week, and for the first time I watched online at chess.com. (Thanks to Gjon Feinstein for tipping me off to the fact that the games were being streamed there.) I mostly followed the San Francisco – Carolina...
by scribe | Jul 18, 2012 | Chess Lecture, literature, off-topic
I think that the above question, or simply, “Where is Jesse?”, is the most common one I get when I talk with people about my gig for ChessLecture. Jesse is, of course, Jesse Kraai, the Sensei of ChessLecture, the ChessLecturer par excellence. If...
