by scribe | Jul 10, 2015 | current news, people, tournaments
Last weekend the World Open, the second-biggest open event of the year in terms of prize money, took place in Arlington, Virginia. I didn’t go to it this time. (The last World Open I went to was twenty years ago, and interestingly enough it was the last event...
by scribe | Jan 6, 2013 | current news, people, ruminations
Happy New Year, loyal readers! I bring good tidings! This weekend I played in my first tournament of the new year and felt as if I really turned a corner. The first two rounds were abysmal, as I drew a class-A player and lost to an expert, but then I got more serious...
by scribe | Jan 9, 2012 | off-topic, people, tournaments
So you all must be wondering, “Why were you, a chess blogger living in the San Francisco Bay area, not at the Northern California International chess tournament last week?” Unfortunately, this tournament always seems to conflict with the Joint Mathematics...
by scribe | Oct 26, 2009 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, people, tournaments
I don’t know what it is, but something about Reno seems to bring out my best chess. Is it the thin mountain air? Or is it the gambling, risk-taking spirit that pervades the place? Anyway, all of my best results in recent years have come there: 2005 Far West...
