by scribe | Sep 11, 2015 | current news, endings, games, people, tournaments
There’s no question in my mind what the game of the day was on the first day of the 2015 FIDE World Cup. But first, let’s review what happened. Even though none of my prognostications can actually go wrong on the very first day, because every player who...
by scribe | Jul 21, 2011 | current news, people, tournaments, translations
This morning I was browsing the Internet to see what is going on in the chess world. Quite a lot, actually. The headline events are the Biel chess festival in Switzerland, where Magnus Carlsen is leading the grandmaster tournament after three rounds, and the World...
by scribe | Nov 26, 2008 | people, ruminations, tournaments
While I’m working on my series of posts about the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez, I shouldn’t ignore the rest of the chess world. So I’ve just spent the last half hour catching up on the Chess Olympiad, which concluded yesterday in Dresden, Germany....
by scribe | Nov 20, 2007 | people, tournaments
Matt posted an interesting comment on my post “The best of frienemies,” where he says that he has never actually hated an opponent. I totally agree. Maybe I’ve lived a charmed life, but I don’t think I have ever actually hated anyone, over a...
