Archive - ♟️ Chess for Life ♟️

At the Speed of Thought

How 60-Second Chess Bends the Game — And a New Way to Think About Your Own Life

Mar 6, 2023 •

February 2023

Chess as Symbol (Part I): When It All Comes Together

Frank Marshall vs. Stepan Levitsky (1912)

Feb 12, 2023 •

Never Rule It Out

Genius as total openness

Feb 9, 2023 •

Compound Interest in Practice: Unlocking Layered Tactical Combinations

A step-by-step representation of how knowledge compounds to help you find the winning move

Feb 4, 2023 •

From Ordinary to Extraordinary

Winning a drawn game...or finding opportunity in unlikely places

Feb 1, 2023 •

January 2023

Stepping Up vs. Stepping Down

A meta-analysis of variance in play against stronger and weaker players

Jan 30, 2023 •

November 2022

Still Fighting Slavery in the Midterms? (2022)

Through ballot measures in this past week’s midterm elections, four states—Alabama, Vermont, Oregon & Tennessee—amended their state constitutions to…

Nov 19, 2022 •

November 2021

Where the Glass Ceiling Meets Iron Bars

“Did you ever notice that women can seem common while men never do?

Nov 13, 2021 •

February 2021

A Venture Capitalist Walks into a Prison…

The average non-minority American has probably heard of the “prison crisis”, or maybe even watched a documentary or two that made them fleetingly sad…

Feb 22, 2021 •

A Letter to CEO Bob Pickens

To CEO Bob Pickens,

Feb 1, 2021 •

December 2020

Matt Taibbi | What Public Defenders See: "Authorized" for Release, But Still Jailed

Sharing with everyone an excellent piece by Matt Taibbi today—who has one of the best Substack newsletters out there.

Dec 14, 2020 •

The ‘Big Step Act’ for Criminal Justice

The road to power in the Senate runs through Georgia. And while some Democrats are holding out hope for what would a be remarkable political overhaul…

Dec 2, 2020 •

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