by scribe | Feb 18, 2014 | current news, tournaments
President’s Day weekend can only mean one thing in U.S. chess — it’s time for the U.S. Amateur Team championship! I didn’t play this year, but I went to the tournament site on Sunday afternoon to spectate. It was another great success for...
by scribe | Oct 28, 2010 | current news, US Chess League
Everyone is delirious in San Francisco this morning after the San Francisco Giants took the first game of the (baseball) World Series over the Texas Rangers, 11-7. Everyone, that is, except for the chess players. Last night the San Francisco Mechanics lost to the...
by scribe | May 10, 2008 | chess clubs, people, tournaments
Today I will continue the ambling through my chess past that I began with this entry about the Richmond (VA)Â chess club in the 1970s and that entry about the U.S. Junior Open in 1974. But first, let me mention, for anyone who likes this kind of stuff, you should also...
