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WRITINGS ON CHESS
The Solved Game — A short work of science fiction about chess.
Chess, Surrealism, & Games — What it says on the tin. Content Warning for a simple/unrealistic line drawing of two human characters stabbing the hell out of each other in a sword fight.
The "Nightrider" Chess Piece and Crypto-Racism — Speculation on the most common and very questionable name of a fairy chess piece.
On "Draw Death" in the Game of [Dead] Kings — Patreon locked; a short thing about clinging to chess vs. getting freaky with it.
Chess in Hell (cont.) — Process on a W.I.P. team chess variant where White and Black play against a nasty Adversary piece.
HAL 9000 & Chess — Some fairly straightforward chess/film-historical writing breaking down the widespread misconception that HAL cheats at chess in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Also happens to be about AI.
Let's Talk About Chi Chi Chess — Chess variant polemics; an exhumation and appreciation of "Chi Chi Chess," a chess fad of 1968. Plus a short follow-up post.
Chense (Chess) Concepts Vol. I — My favorite dubiously chess -strategic/-thematic things.
The Ruin — A small exploration of a certain kind of underutilized fairy chess piece.
Some notes — on Stefan Zweig's "The Royal Game: A Chess Story," on trauma, addiction, and obsession.
On "Blitz" — Some silly thoughts about a silly name for a fast chess time control. Surprise appearance by horses.
WRITINGS ON
Cats Pt. I: Trains — Something I wrote about Cats before I knew anything else about T. S. Eliot.
Cats Pt. II: Umberto Eco — Something I wrote about Cats after learning some more things about T. S. Eliot.
The Milgram Experiment [Hopeful] — Light reexamination of a pet-peeve pop-sci sociology factoid.
blam — Short word barf on the surprising humanism ofTsutomu Nihei's Blame!.
Aniara (1956) / (2018) — Review / thematic overview of some of the things I most appreciated about a movie and its textual basis.