by scribe | Apr 11, 2012 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, positions, tournaments
I’d like to show you my longest and hardest-fought game from last weekend’s tournament in Reno. I have decided that I won’t give a lecture on it, partly because it’s too long and partly because there are too many mistakes. But it is still a...
by scribe | Mar 14, 2012 | chess clubs, games, positions, tournaments
By far the most interesting game we analyzed during Mike Splane’s last chess party was a game from the U.S. Amateur Team West that was shown by Barry Curto. By the way, before I get into that game, I’d like to respond to Mike’s comment on my last...
by scribe | Feb 29, 2012 | Chess Lecture, games, people, positions, tournaments
Leap Day gives me one more chance to write a blog post in February this year, and also one more chance to show a game from the U.S. Amateur Team West. Yesterday I recorded a ChessLecture about Todd Rumph’s game in round six of the tournament, where he saved a...
by scribe | Mar 22, 2011 | current news, people, ruminations
Seriously, why? It makes life so much more miserable for those of us who don’t. If this were a baseball blog, I would be writing now about the Barry Bonds trial. But I don’t have to dive into that cesspit. The chess world now has a scandal of its own. As...
by scribe | Mar 7, 2011 | games, people, positions
Yesterday I had a mini-chess salon at my house, with only two guests: Gjon Feinstein and Mike Splane. Gjon has been to my place many times — so many that he even knows which legs of my chess table are loose! For Mike, on the other hand, it was his first visit....
