Mind 20 min
The 40-40-20 Rule: How to Really Structure Your Chess Training
Most players spend 80% of their time on openings. The 40-40-20 rule says the opposite: 40% tactics, 40% endgames, 20% openings. Why? And does it actually work?
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Science 18 min
Game Theory in Chess: Why Every Move is a Strategic Decision
Chess is the founding ground of game theory. Minimax, Nash equilibrium, perfect information: a mathematical breakdown of what is really happening when you play.
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Science 20 min
Why Chess is a (Nearly) Impossible Mathematical Problem - and How AI Solves it Anyway
The game tree explodes, Shannon's number is staggering, yet an engine corrects you in seconds. Is chess really 'unsolvable'? Here's what maths, computer science and AI actually do under the hood.
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Mind 16 min
The Psychology of the Chess Player: What's Really Happening Inside Your Head
Chess isn't just played on the board. It's played first in your head, before your hand ever touches a piece. A psychological portrait of a player facing themselves.
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Science 22 min
Chess and the Brain: What Science Really Reveals
A grandmaster isn't a born genius: they have a trained brain. Structural MRI, functional connectivity, chronnectome, executive functions: here is what neuroscience research actually measures about chess players' brains.
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Society 25 min
Chess and Women: Why So Few, and Is That Changing?
40 women among 1,700 Grandmasters. The gap isn't biological: it's mathematical, historical and psychological. What the data really says, and why the 'female brain' argument doesn't hold.
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Society 22 min
Chess and Addiction: When the Game Becomes a Drug
It's 3am. You promised yourself it was the last game, but you're launching another one. Can you really be addicted to chess? A breakdown of a silent addiction.
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Science 19 min
Does Chess Make You Better at Maths? The Scientific Truth
Playing chess makes you good at maths? The answer isn't what you'd expect - and it radically changes what you should do with a chessboard.
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Society 22 min
Chess and Autism: Why the Chessboard Becomes a Refuge
For a brain that struggles with social ambiguity, the chessboard is one of the few spaces where rules truly hold. What research actually says about autism and chess, without romanticism or oversimplification.
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