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 | Mar 4, 2015 | openings, ruminations
Rob Weir, the statistician whom I mentioned in my last post, graciously shared with me a data base of the performance of all the openings, organized by ECO code. This allows us to create something that I’ve never quite seen before: a “report card” of...
by scribe | Oct 3, 2014 | current news, openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Well, Maurice Ashley’s Ode to the Almighty Dollar is almost here. The Millionaire Chess Tournament will be held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas from October 9 to 13, dedicated to the proposition that big entry fees and big prizes will make for exciting chess. I...
by scribe | May 23, 2012 | 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games
In the notes to today’s game between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand, grandmaster Sergey Shipov gives us some wonderful insights into the psychology of the Soviet man. (Even though Gelfand is from Israel now, he is certainly still under the influence of his...
