by scribe | Jul 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
The year 1989 was a time of many changes in my life. I got married, I changed my name, I got a new job, and I moved from Durham, North Carolina (where I had spent six very happy years) to a small college town in rural Ohio. With so much going on, chess took a little...
by scribe | Jun 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
The year 1988 was a unique time in my life, both chessically and personally. In 1987, I had just won my second North Carolina championship and earned the National Master title. In hindsight it seems like the one period of my chess life when I was brimming with...
by scribe | Jun 2, 2016 | chess clubs, games, people, positions, Uncategorized
I really will write about what the title says, but first I want to show the photo of this weekend’s chess tournament that appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Ryu Cirillo is at left, Shaashuat Shetty on the right, and slightly blurry on the left is Atlee...
by scribe | Apr 28, 2016 | games, openings, people, positions
Recently I wrote a post (Checkmate Patterns, Moral Victories) about a game by GM Jonathan Tisdall, and I was pleased and delighted when Tisdall himself sent in a comment. That wasn’t the first time that my blog has gotten a grandmaster comment, at least...
by scribe | Mar 29, 2016 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, games, people, positions
Last weekend I played a 7-minute game that combined three of the things that I am best known for: the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez, the Hook and Ladder Trick, and … losing on time. Although I have written about the Hook and Ladder Trick many times and...
