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At the Speed of Thought
How 60-Second Chess Bends the Game — And a New Way to Think About Your Own Life
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Ben Lazaroff

February 2023

Chess as Symbol (Part I): When It All Comes Together
Frank Marshall vs. Stepan Levitsky (1912)
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Ben Lazaroff
Never Rule It Out
Genius as total openness
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Ben Lazaroff
Compound Interest in Practice: Unlocking Layered Tactical Combinations
A step-by-step representation of how knowledge compounds to help you find the winning move
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From Ordinary to Extraordinary
Winning a drawn game...or finding opportunity in unlikely places
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Ben Lazaroff

January 2023

Stepping Up vs. Stepping Down
A meta-analysis of variance in play against stronger and weaker players
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November 2022

November 2021

Where the Glass Ceiling Meets Iron Bars
“Did you ever notice that women can seem common while men never do?
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Ben Lazaroff

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…
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Ben Lazaroff
A Letter to CEO Bob Pickens
To CEO Bob Pickens,
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Ben Lazaroff

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.
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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…
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