A Defeating Defeat

A Defeating Defeat

This post is about about responding to failure. Last night was round 3 of the NPCC August chess tournament. Round 1 – I played a 16 year old and lost a close game which I was totally fine with. Round 2 – I played a 7 year old and beat him because he was...
My First Chess Tournament

My First Chess Tournament

On Friday I played in my first ever chess tournament! After years of online chess, I decided it was time to play in a live tournament of classical chess. Here are the details of it, the experience, and the game itself. The Deets The tournament is taking place in the...
Would I Actually Vote For Trump??

Would I Actually Vote For Trump??

Click bait title! Two political posts in a row! What can I say, it’s pretty captivating at the moment. This is a little ramble-y, but feels relevant. In my last post about Biden’s age I wrote that I couldn’t see myself voting for Trump despite Biden...