New book published! (Not chess.)

by | May 1, 2013 | literature, off-topic

Going off topic today, for obvious reasons… Yesterday the UPS deliveryman left a heavy box on my doorstep. Sender: American Mathematical Society. I knew immediately what it was: the complimentary copies of my new book, What’s Happening in the Mathematical...

Last Week in Boston

by | Jan 9, 2012 | off-topic, people, tournaments

So you all must be wondering, “Why were you, a chess blogger living in the San Francisco Bay area, not at the Northern California International chess tournament last week?” Unfortunately, this tournament always seems to conflict with the Joint Mathematics...