Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
Gukesh opens up to Susan Ninan: "I can’t say I’m fully there. I’m focusing on just having fun, waking up every day and trying to learn something new about chess…Because I simply don’t know anything else that I want to spend my whole day with."
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New metaphor just dropped
I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...
80% decisive games from the first two rounds of the #UzChessCup is pretty impressive stuff for such a strong event. Still possible to get classical paced violence if you have the right group of maniacs.