by scribe | Apr 6, 2008 | games, openings, positions, tournaments
So far I have had time to thoroughly analyze only two of my games from the U.S. Championship Qualifier, and I’m part way through the third. I had an unusual number (by my standards) of very interesting and competitive games, and I think that I will eventually...
by scribe | Apr 2, 2008 | off-topic, tournaments
This weekend in Tulsa, I had two conversations that made me think that I should do a tiny bit of self-promotion on this blog. First, Daniel Naroditsky’s father (whose first name I don’t remember, so I’ll just have to call him Mr. Naroditsky) came up...
by scribe | Mar 29, 2008 | Chess Lecture, endings, games, literature, people, tournaments
A quick update between rounds… I won in both round three and round four, so I now have a score of 2-2 and feel as if I’m back in the tournament. When I told my wife last night about my nervousness with this funny time control, she said, “Why? It...
