by scribe | May 29, 2010 | current news, games, tournaments
Day two of the Chicago Open went a lot better for me than the first day. I felt as if I played good, creative, and very substantive games. I won the first one against a class A player named Bora Yagiz, and lost the second against a FIDE Master, Adnan Kobas. Really the...
by scribe | Oct 18, 2009 | Chess Lecture, people, positions, tournaments, US Chess League
My blog has been a little bit quiet for the last few days. Don’t worry, nothing bad has been happening, I’ve just been busy. However, there has been plenty of news in the chess world. As reported on Chess Life Online and lots of other places, Jerry Hanken,...
by scribe | Oct 4, 2009 | games, positions, tournaments
This weekend I played in the curiously named Adults Open in San Jose, the first NC-17 rated chess tournament. No, there was no hanky-panky going on. It’s just that tournament director Salman Azhar thought that some grownups might be more interested in a weekend...
by scribe | Sep 22, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, openings, tournaments, US Chess League
I’ve been kind of quiet since my last post, “Blogging from 32,000 Feet.” No particular reason, except that I haven’t had a lot to blog about. So this is going to be a kind of random grab bag of news. Feel free to send in a random response! The...
by | Jun 19, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, openings
Here are two e-mails that arrived the same day: Bughousemaster has made the following comment on your video: Nuke the Sicilian! How to Sac Your Queen on Move Six and Win. ********************* Why is this lecture in the 2400+ section??? I don’t see how a 2400...
