by scribe | Oct 17, 2020 | games, off-topic, openings, ruminations, tournaments
After spending three posts on 1978, a huge year in my chess life and my personal life, let’s move on to 1979. It was my last year of college (spring) and first year of graduate school (fall), and a very strange year. Coming back from Russia to America, I felt...
by scribe | Sep 21, 2019 | 2020 world championship, current news, positions, tournaments
Okay, bad pun, but now is the time to get on the Jeffery Xiong train! It’s currently boarding passengers in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, and the next stop is Yekaterinburg, where next year’s World Championship Candidates tournament will be held. All aboard!...
by scribe | Feb 26, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, positions, PRO Chess League
When the San Francisco Mechanics started out the season with three losses in three matches, there was some understandable consternation in the City by the Bay. Tears were shed. Bad rap lyrics were written. Hope was abandoned. (One of those three statements is actually...
by scribe | Feb 20, 2019 | chess clubs, current news, endings, games, people, PRO Chess League
There are only three words to describe the San Francisco Mechanics’ performance in the PRO Chess League last night: Danya! Danya! Danya! But if I were allowed three more words, they would be: Epic. Unbelievable. Comeback. Either description is perfect. But first, let...
by scribe | Dec 20, 2008 | tournaments
I’m going to give the ol’ blog a little bit of a rest today, and not do any detailed analysis of the games from round six of the Berkeley International 2008 tournament. That’s not because there weren’t any deserving games. Au contraire! Both of...
