What, you say? How can this be, you ask? I’m fooling myself if I believe anyone out there really had a hard investment in what […]
Category: Emerald Specter Chess Club
Emerald Specter 107: The ESCC and Chess Basho
I like chess. I know other people like chess, too. I’ve attempted to combine chess with a couple other aspects of sports or presentation to […]
Emerald Specter 104: SpecterChess Revisited
If you want to know why columns aren’t coming out like they used to then you should be aware that November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel […]
Emerald Specter 101: Overloaded
“What the hell are you doing?” “I’m doing what I need to do in order to get things–“ “No, you’re overloading yourself with crap that […]
Emerald Specter 100: Finally
Who would have thought I’d get all the way to 100 with a column that is basically about nothing? Sure, I talk about things that […]
Journal of the Emerald Specter 99: Getting Back in the Groove
You were all beginning to wonder if this column was coming, weren’t you? There is a milestone coming up and I wanted to make sure […]
Journal of the Emerald Specter 90: Chess Basho Roundup
Before I get into the nitty gritty, I’m going to be covering ALL of the Chess Basho stuff in this column. There will be a […]
Journal of the Emerald Specter 87: Fixing Chess
The title is really a misnomer, sort of… I really mean “how to fix chess to be closer to a spectator sport than it currently […]
Journal of the Emerald Specter 83: Building Bigger
The title of this blog doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m going to be changing a bunch of things up. I wanted to leave the title […]
Journal of the Emerald Specter 82: Chess Basho UPDATE!
Are you interested in a chess tournament that happens six times a year with a one move per day time control? Are you interested in […]