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  • On finally achieving the US National Master chess title at age 45: part 1 · chessPittsburgh Chess Club · Jan 22, 2016
  • Clever chess tactics that were not what they seemed · Pittsburgh Chess Clubchesspsychology · Nov 30, 2015
  • Report on my second day of Stoic Week 2014: mindfulness · philosophyStoicismStoic WeekexercisemeditationmindfulnesspsychologychessPittsburgh Chess Club · Nov 25, 2014
  • The Chess Improver: The strange pleasure of drawing a lost game · chessPittsburgh Chess Club · Oct 18, 2013
  • The Chess Improver: the difference between accepting reality and making excuses · chessPittsburgh Chess Club · Oct 10, 2013
  • 9 things you could be doing in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 5 · PittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubchessprogrammingPerlPittsburgh Perl WorkshopRun ShadysiderunningukuleleSteel City UkulelesEcofestmusicragtimeLatin musicRegent SquarePodCamp PittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh Step TrekSouth Side Slopes · Oct 4, 2013
  • The Chess Improver: the psychology of losing a drawn game · chessPittsburgh Chess Club · Oct 3, 2013
  • The Chess Improver: the psychology of not winning the won game · chessPittsburgh Chess Club · Sep 26, 2013
  • The Chess Improver: remember the importance of development · chessPittsburgh Chess Club · Sep 19, 2013
  • Saying No: on not playing in the Pittsburgh Chess League this season for the CMU Tartans · chessPittsburgh Chess LeagueCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Sep 15, 2013
  • My first post on The Chess Improver: The Value of Thematic Complete Games Against a Weaker Opponent · chesslearningPittsburgh Chess Club · Sep 12, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 6: Winning as Black like a madman! · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Feb 20, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 5: Surprised at move 4 of the opening! · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Feb 14, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 4: fascinating attacking-defending game!! · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubDutch Defense · Feb 5, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 3: attack, defense, and sacrifices · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Feb 3, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 2: surviving time trouble · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubpsychologySicilian Defense · Jan 23, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 1: the art of swindling · chessPittsburgh Chess ClubPittsburghNimzo-Indian Defense · Jan 16, 2013
  • How the best player won the last Pittsburgh Chess Club Tuesday night tournament · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Clubpsychology · Jan 15, 2013
  • Round 6 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: playing pragmatically · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubpsychologyNimzo-Indian Defensesick · Dec 18, 2012
  • Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: psychology of losing another won game · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubpsychologySicilian Defense · Dec 11, 2012
  • Round 4 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the agony of losing a won game against the difficult opponent · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Dec 4, 2012
  • Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the difficult opponent, and revenge of the Bishop · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubVeresov Opening · Nov 27, 2012
  • Round 2 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: Very short game with a note on psychology · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubGrünfeld Defense · Nov 20, 2012
  • Round 1 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: revenge of the Knight · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian Defense · Nov 13, 2012
  • Pittsburgh Chess League Round 3: back to chess after a month off · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess LeaguePittsburgh Chess Club · Nov 11, 2012
  • Final round of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: clawing back from a terrible position to draw and tie for first · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubPhilidor Defense · Oct 9, 2012
  • Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: On Benoni "Emasculation" and Learning · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian DefenseEnglish OpeningMaróczy BindBenonilearning · Oct 2, 2012
  • Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: another approach against the Sicilian: squeezing with the Bind · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian DefenseMaróczy Bind · Sep 19, 2012
  • Déja vu in chess: recognize this Sicilian pattern? · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian Defensepsychology · Sep 15, 2012
  • Round 2 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: winning in the Sicilian Defense; the philosophy and psychology of struggle · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess ClubSicilian Defense · Sep 12, 2012
  • Round 1 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the Greek gift sacrifice · chessPittsburghPittsburgh Chess Club · Sep 4, 2012
  • Why I do not play chess online: chess as a human activity · chessPittsburgh Chess ClubPittsburghfatherchildhood · Aug 30, 2012