One guy, one blog,
and a methodical obsession for chess.
I'm 19 years old. I'm left-handed, not metaphorically, actually. That's where the site's name comes from.
- age
- 19
- Rapid Elo
- 1 600
- playing chess
- 3 years
- writing
- solo
- based in
- Gosier, Guadeloupe
Why this blog exists
At 16, I was asked to lead a chess club. Problem : I didn't have the level to do it. So I learned fast (very fast) absorbing everything I could about the game, the strategies, the psychology behind it.
That pattern-based learning, I found it everywhere in my life since. I solve equations mentally. I read situations quickly. Chess didn't make me smarter , it gave me a method.
Later, I was writing articles on Chess.com. At least 1,000 views per article, without ever appearing in the official recommendations. The best unranked French-language blogger on the platform, in a way. I ended up deleting everything to avoid plagiarism and to build something that truly belonged to me.
This site is that.
Who am I to talk technique to people who've been playing for thirty years? On the other hand, crossing chess with what research actually says: about memory, the brain, the psychology of the player , that I can do rigorously.
What you'll find here
I'm not a grandmaster. I'm not a neuroscience researcher. I'm a guy who reads the studies, checks the sources, and makes them accessible to everyone.
The articles here are long. The summaries are detailed. The sources are cited. It's not an accident : it's an editorial line. You come here for an answer, you leave with an answer.
How I work
Every article starts with serious research:
- research Google Scholar, Google Academic, scientific databases accessible via my university license.
- filtering Consensus AI to identify robust studies and rule out isolated conclusions.
- writing I proofread myself. I correct. I cite my sources at the bottom of every article.
- team One person, from start to finish. No freelancing, no ghostwriting.
What this blog is not
- × A classical chess lesson site.
- × A chess.com / chess24 news blog.
- × A place where I'll tell you what you want to hear, if a study is nuanced, I say so.
- × An aggregator of angles already covered a hundred times. I look for what no one has seriously tackled.
Le_Gaucher Gosier, Guadeloupe
For questions, exchanges, or to disagree: contact@blogdungaucher.com
And if you want to play or see how I play: chess.com/member/le_gaucher