Writing

Fiction

■ The Solved Game

A short story about what happens when you try to solve chess and everything else. Clarkesworld didn't want it, Cohost is going down, now it lives here. Read →︎

Non-fiction

■ 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. Read →︎

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■ Let's Talk About Chi Chi Chess

Chess variant polemics; exhumation and appreciation of “Chi Chi Chess,” a chess fad of 1968. Read →︎

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■ Impromptu: Chess, Surrealism, & Games

What it says on the tin. Content Warning for a simple/unrealistic Max Ernst line drawing of two human characters stabbing the hell out of each other in a sword fight. Read →︎

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■ On “Draw Death” in the Game of [Dead] Kings

 patreon

Patreon locked; a short thing about clinging to chess vs. getting freaky with it. Read →︎