Voice-to-Post

Voice-to-Post

This post is a SplittingTens first. For the last year (or two (six)) I have not been posting frequently. Part of that is simply due to my lack of unique content, which is a post unto itself. But another part of that is that writing a blog post takes time. A post that...
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...