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NDpatzer
's Blog
29 Feb 2024
Science of Chess - Candidate Moves, David Marr, and why it's so hard to be good.
A bird's-eye view of the cognitive and perceptual factors that make chess so tough.
28 Feb 2024
Rating Quest - Ep. 2: Two Steps Back
Some days you win, some days you lose - twice.
26 Feb 2024
Rating Quest - Ep. 1: London Calling
On the road to try and improve my rating, I face an opening I dread with some new ideas in hand.
14 Feb 2024
Being On Tilt
You can't get better at chess without occasionally worrying that you're getting worse.
14 Jan 2024
Short Fiction: The Destroyer of Kings
A short speculative story about the origin of one of our greatest AI enemies and how we may be to bl…
17 May 2023
Short fiction: A Worthy Opponent
A short story about chess, AI, and personalities.
8 Feb 2023
A Bout of Confirmation Bias Over the Board in Fargo, ND
A return to OTB play with the Fargo Chess Club: Some wins, but some blunders too!
1 Feb 2023
Science of Chess - How visual crowding can hide what's right in front of you.
The limits of your visual system can get in the way of reading board positions. Here's how.
28 Jan 2023
Think Like a Grandmaster (Kotov's connections to Cognitive Science)
What does a classic chess book have to say about chess cognition?
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