by scribe | Jul 31, 2022 | off-topic, openings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Fifty years and one week ago I completed my first USCF-rated chess tournament, the U.S. Booster Championship in Chicago, Illinois. I’ve never really considered this to be my “first tournament,” because I had played earlier that summer in the 1972...
by scribe | Aug 28, 2012 | games, people, ruminations, tournaments
This summer I am passing two big anniversary milestones: the 40th anniversary of my first official chess tournament and the 500th post of this blog. To celebrate both of these anniversaries, I’m going to post a recap of my first tournament, which I wrote back in...
by scribe | Nov 21, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, off-topic, tournaments
Yesterday I was driving around town when the song “I’ve Seen All Good People” by Yes came on the radio. This was the first time that I had ever really listened carefully to the song, even though it dates back to 1971. In fact, it was practically the...
