Celebrate Chess

My Big Brother, David Regrettably, this entry is written in the past tense as my elder brother, David, died in 2005. For some reason, he seems to be "in the air" quite a bit of late (hence this post about him). For example, I just had an email from an old friend of his who has invited me for a chess game (or three - I'm not not sure yet). Let me introduce David Bernard to you - by way of a photo and a few words I wrote about him at the time of his passing. If you have been following this blog

As a chessplayer, you have the attributes of a Wall Street trader

Published on 2011-10-13 13:11:00

Boaz Weinstein’s opening move on Wall Street came as a result of chess. A bold statement which is worth thinking about! "Chess helps in trading, Mr. Weinstein said. To become a good chess player, he learned to focus on how he made decisions because he could not calculate the results of all his possible moves. Learning to deal with that uncertainty or risk has been useful. When you make an investment, “you can have an 80 percent chance of being right. And then the 20 percent comes up.

The Chess Gods - Part 2

Published on 2011-10-08 17:20:00

2011 Grand Slam chess tournament - the São Paulo first leg I have already given some my own impressions during the tournament here. Now that the first leg is over, I have more things to tell you. When I was there I managed to get Vasily Ivanchuk's autograph - quite a good choice in view of the fact that he was the tournament leader after the games in São Paulo had finished ie he was ahead of Anand and Carlsen at the half way stage of the 2011 Grand Slam. 1. Vasily Ivanchuk - 10 2. Hikaru Na

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