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Pushing pawns in the Frozen North. Aspiring chess writer focusing on the intersection of chess and cognitive science: lichess.org/@/NDpatzer/blog

USCF rating: 1230

Fargo, ND

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Science of Chess: Networks for expertise in the chess player's brain

Chess can be an important way of investigating how learning and expertise are manifest in the nervou…

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Science of Chess: Thanks for a great 2025!

Just a brief post to say thanks to my readers and send best wishes for what 2026 may bring.

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Science of Chess: Seeing the board "holistically."

Better players may read a chessboard in the same ways we recognize faces.

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