
Four Types of Happiness
Most people want to be happy. That’s not news. And, in the search process, we tend to gravitate towards certain types of happiness. We might
Chess in Italian (Week 11) Deep Dive in the French Defense
At the beginning of this skill building project, Andrea (my chess coach during these months) suggested I picked one opening to play with Black versus
Chess in Italian (Week 10) Humor in Chess
Perhaps the most important trait a player needs is a warped sense of humor.GM Tony Miles The first time I read there was humor in
Chess in Italian (Week 9) The Art of Unlearning
A good part of how to learn something is unlearning our old ways. This is especially true with skills you learned many years (or even
Chess in Italian (Week 8) Talking to Your Pieces
How do we know what to play next in a chess game? How can we tell which ones are the good movements? An interesting idea
Chess in Italian (Week 7) Emotional Thinking in Chess
I always knew that chess is not a purely intellectual game, even though it looks like that: patterns, positions, variants, technical skills, etc. But there’s
Chess in Italian (Week 6) Chess Psychology & Dvoretsky Endings
A couple weeks ago Andrea recommended me the book ‘The Seven Deadly Chess Sins’, by Jonathan Rowson. It’s mostly about chess psychology. Here’s an except