NDpatzer's Blog
Science of Chess - Spatial Cognition and Calculation
How do spatial reasoning abilities impact chess performance? What is spatial cognition anyways?
5-minute game: More like Wilhelm SteinBLITZ!
The Queen goes to war early in the Scotch Game with 4. ... Qh4!?
Science of Chess - Candidate Moves, David Marr, and why it's so hard to be good.
A bird's-eye view of the cognitive and perceptual factors that make chess so tough.
Rating Quest - Ep. 2: Two Steps Back
Some days you win, some days you lose - twice.
Rating Quest - Ep. 1: London Calling
On the road to try and improve my rating, I face an opening I dread with some new ideas in hand.
Being On Tilt
You can't get better at chess without occasionally worrying that you're getting worse.
Short Fiction: The Destroyer of Kings
A short speculative story about the origin of one of our greatest AI enemies and how we may be to bl…
Short fiction: A Worthy Opponent
A short story about chess, AI, and personalities.
Science of Chess: A Bout of Confirmation Bias Over the Board in Fargo, ND
A return to OTB play with the Fargo Chess Club: Some wins, but some blunders too!
Science of Chess - How visual crowding can hide what's right in front of you.
The limits of your visual system can get in the way of reading board positions. Here's how.
Science of Chess: Think Like a Grandmaster (Kotov's connections to Cog. Sci.)
What does a classic chess book have to say about chess cognition?