by scribe | Oct 29, 2012 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, current news, tournaments
Randall Hough’s report on the Western States Open finally went up at Chess Life Online, a week after the event ended. So I can now finally tell you that Alexander Ivanov won the tiebreaking playoff over Tatev Abrahamyan. I’m also pleased to report that...
by scribe | Oct 22, 2012 | Chess Lecture, current news, people, tournaments
This year’s Western States Open ended up with a four-way tie for first place, an appropriate result for a tournament where nobody seemed to be able to make a decisive move away from the pack. (Remember the nine-way tie for first after round three?) The four...
