by scribe | Aug 24, 2016 | Chess Lecture, games, people, positions
A couple weeks ago I got a really cool surprise in my e-mail. A chess player named Frank Brown, whom I didn’t know previously, sent me a photograph that he had taken in 2009, when I played against grandmaster Jesse Kraai on one of the top boards at the Western...
by scribe | Oct 22, 2014 | current news, openings, ruminations, tournaments
A few final thoughts about the Reno tournament… (1) The ratings went up today and I was surprised to see that my rating didn’t go up as much as I thought it would. Only from 2164 to 2182. This means that if I had won my last-round game against GM Sergey...
by scribe | Nov 23, 2011 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, ruminations
A few days ago I received the following comment on one of my ChessLectures from a longtime subscriber: I must agree with the previous commentators that Dana Mackenzie, though not being a terribly strong player, is a grandmaster in didactics. It shows that PLAYING...
