A few years ago, I was playing in the World Open in Philadelphia when the lights went out. Well, maybe not all the lights—just three quarters of them. Instantly, the entire ballroom was plunged into near total darkness. To me, “darkness” was the operative word—but to the TD that I rushed over to, “near” was [...]
Eight years ago I traveled to Hungary for the first time to play in the fabled First Saturday chess tournaments run by Laszlo Nagy. These unique events begin (obviously) on the first Saturday of every month, and usually feature GM, IM and FM sections—all round robin tournaments with one game a day—serious chess! Conditions are [...]
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