Game science, competitive mindset, chess and society, personal analyses.
Every player reasons in terms of possibilities and necessities: 'he can force mate,' 'I must defend this square.' This type of reasoning has a name in formal logic: modal logic. And it changes everything about how to think about a position.
Chess seems to be a game of order and pure logic. Yet chaos theory reveals that complex positions have real chaotic properties. A small error can have catastrophic consequences.
Working memory, chunks, openings, games forgotten or etched in mind: what cognitive psychology and neuroscience really say about chess and memory, and how to train so it counts.
Playing less to progress more: it sounds absurd, and yet cognitive recovery science explains why regular breaks are one of the most underestimated practices of the serious chess player.
Minimax is the fundamental algorithm of strategic reflection in chess. From modern engines to your own thinking at the board, here's how this mathematical tool structures every decision.
Magnus Carlsen is the greatest player in history. He's earned around $2 million in prize money over his entire career. An average Top 100 tennis player earns that in a single year. What's really going on in chess economics?
Why do some openings last decades without being refuted? The Nash equilibrium explains the stability of theoretical variations and the deep logic of chess openings.
Figures from recent literature: meta-analyses, cohorts, and trials on board games, cognitive stimulation, and dementia risk, with statistical limits and what chess can (really) bring.
Chess has a mathematical truth no one knows. Zermelo proved it in 1913: the result under perfect play is determined in advance. But this theoretical certainty hides a fascinating practical vertigo.
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