by scribe | Dec 24, 2020 | current news, literature, people, positions
Two days ago I hinted at a piece of good news that I had to keep secret for the time being. I can now reveal what it is. This morning, the New York Times published my article about Jessica Lauser, the U.S. Blind Chess Champion. For people who like print, the article...
by scribe | Dec 20, 2020 | current news, people, ruminations, tournaments
For all the people following my “50 Years of Chess” series, I’m going to take a short, two-week hiatus for the holidays. One reason for the break is that I’ve come up to 1990, which is going to be a challenge because my records for that year...
by scribe | Dec 26, 2017 | chess clubs, people
I guess, in retrospect, it was silly to think that anybody would come to chess club on the day after Christmas. Even though I told several parents last week that we would be open for business, I think that everyone is just too much in the holiday spirit to think of...
by scribe | Dec 25, 2016 | off-topic
Hi everybody! My chess blog is not really back yet — I’m still working on my book — but I thought that on Christmas I could take a little time out for a Kitten Awards Show. As long-time readers of this blog know, my wife and I take care of foster...
by scribe | Jan 21, 2013 | off-topic, ruminations
You didn’t think I was serious when I said in my last post that I could build traffic to my chess blog with more kitten videos? Well, I wasn’t serious either. But just in case, here are some recently uploaded selections from my YouTube channel,...
