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datajunkie
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22 Jul 2026
What do I even work on now?
You had a bad tournament. The next day, what do you actually do?
29 Oct 2026
Our 64 most memorable moves
Share a move you'll never forget for our community chess collection
26 Oct 2026
Chess players remember too much
Losing and the weight of experience in your chess
13 Oct 2026
What most improvers are missing (a new GM explains)
Interview Part 2/2: how Rishi Sardana got from 1800 to IM, and advice for improvers
6 Oct 2026
He became an IM at 16. 12 years later, he became a GM.
Australia’s newest GM-elect, Rishi Sardana on what it took to make the jump
29 Sept 2026
The 4 types of chess improvers
And the missing piece that keeps each one stuck
22 Sept 2026
How to build a chess training plan that works
You need to connect these three things to improve
15 Sept 2026
Play openings you actually like
A chess lesson from Fantasy Premier League
9 Sept 2026
Why you should play interesting moves
The compass that helps me make decisions in my games
21 Aug 2026
Where my 60 minutes actually went
And what it told me about my own chess
14 Aug 2026
Deciding to play
What I tell myself before a tournament
18 Jul 2026
What the scoreboard never tells you
Why results are the worst judge of your chess
11 Jul 2026
The best non-chess book I’ve read for chess improvement
The Will to Keep Winning by Daigo Umehara
4 Jul 2026
10 chess books that changed how I see the game
Are chess books still relevant?
27 Jun 2026
Why most game reviews don't make you better
And what to do instead
20 Jun 2026
Why most players study hard and still don’t improve
And the system I built to fix this
13 Jun 2026
Igor Zaitsev's Attacking the Strongpoint
A philosophy of chess from a man who chose the shadows
6 Jun 2026
40 Good (Enough) Moves
Why it can be helpful to lower the bar from 'good' to 'good enough'
31 May 2026
Why most chess players never learn from their games
What a fighter pilot coaching a Norwegian soccer team can teach you
24 May 2026
"I Knew I Wasn't Going to Be a Normal Person"
A grandmaster's reflection after our game
17 May 2026
The Upstream Problem
How studying endgames changed my middlegame without me trying
9 May 2026
How to think like a master in quiet positions
The 3CE method
3 May 2026
What your self-talk says about your chess
What you tell yourself shapes your focus
21 Apr 2026
5 benefits of OTB tournaments
There's nothing like 9 rounds of 90+30
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