by scribe | Sep 22, 2019 | 2020 world championship, current news, games, positions, tournaments
In today’s playoff round of the World Cup, Jeffery Xiong became the only American player still standing. In a thrilling match, he beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda 4 1/2 – 3 1/2. White won seven out of eight games, so arguably it was the one game that Xiong managed...
by scribe | Jul 4, 2012 | ruminations, tournaments
After two blog posts about my best tournaments ever, which were probably met with yawns and indifference by most of my readers, it occurred to me that it might be more entertaining to write about my worst tournaments ever. I don’t know about you, but I have a...
by scribe | Feb 21, 2008 | off-topic
Here’s a slightly off-topic post, for which I hope I will be forgiven. But it was just so much fun, I can’t resist … Last night I hosted “Moon and a Mocha II” at the Capitola Book Cafe. The announcement below, clipped from the San Jose...
