I had a blast talking to @drscull.bsky.social for the Chess Journeys podcast about my chess journey so far, how I think about my chess training (and, by extension, everything else), and why I'm writing my Substack podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Position from my OTB game last night, Black to move. I knew something SHOULD be wrong — White had already moved his knight three times — but I couldn't figure out how to punish him. And yet... there is a way, and it's connected to the other big problem I was aware of, which is that I'm lacking space

Wrote about the difference between the very best and the very good — i.e. what makes Magnus, Tom Brady, Stephen Curry et al stand out even among the most elite performers makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/what-separ...

Wrote about a crucial part of competitive chess this week: learning to love the pain of losing makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/learn-to-l... #chesspunks

For the latest edition of GOOD MOVES, I rued a missed opportunity over the board and wrote about how to know when you should take a risk and when should play it safe open.substack.com/pub/makegood...

If you find the entertainment business to be absolutely crazy-making, know that you are not alone!! Sharing my thoughts on how to avoid being driven mad by The Biz over at Hollyweird. #scriptsky #filmsky open.substack.com/pub/colbyday...

When you're terrible at chess but also brilliant

Just published this week's GOOD MOVES newsletter, which is about how we should *actually* learn from our mistakes. My approach: telling stories about them, which can be applied not just to chess, but to... pretty much anything you want to improve at! open.substack.com/pub/makegood... #chesspunks

I feel an immense amount of pride in this checkmate

The horror, the horrrror #chesspunks

K. Lincoln on human connection and hobbies makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/on-chess-c...

The church where my chess club meets burned down just hours after we were supposed to play. Considering the tragedy of the Los Angeles fires, I tried to reflect on what my club means to me and why I think organizations like this are essential #chesspunks makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/on-chess-c...

Just crossed 1700 rapid for the first time on chess.com and the game that got me there hinged on a very simple tactical motif that my opponent could've dodged if he'd seen it. Good reminder of just how much tactics matter even as the ratings get higher #chesspunks

Written by my brilliant wife!!! variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Happy new year! Allow me to welcome you back with a newsletter about the ONE COOL TRICK that will help you beat your friends at chess, arrived at with the help of the Pareto Principle. makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/how-to-bea...

Thought this was a really fun conversation — even if you don’t care about chess.

This week's newsletter is a conversation with the LEGEND @rwohan.bsky.social about how you should *actually* protect a lead, in chess and every other sport — plus, world chess champions: they're just like us! makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/how-should...

Position from my OTB game last night (White to move) after a mistake by my opponent put me a pawn up. I'm planning to write about it for my newsletter this week, but I'm curious if chess folks would debate what to do here or whether the right response is actually pretty obvious

The focus of my newsletter this week: when you don't know what to do, what do you do? In chess or anything else? What other heuristics can we apply to minimize the chance of unforced errors? makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...

Issue #2 of Good Moves is out! This week, we explore the question of what to do when you don't know what to do, i.e. how the hell should we make decisions. Also, I try not to lose to another child. makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...

Crucial position from last night's OTB game that I'll be writing about in my next newsletter. Did I respond with poise and mastery? Or did I panic and go down in flames? Flames, right? You're guessing flames. Well, what would YOU have done, if you think it's so darn easy?

I have another OTB game tonight, so now's your chance (and, like, all week) to catch up with Good Moves — a newsletter about chess and what we can learn from the things we love to do — before issue #2 arrives! makegoodmoves.substack.com/p/good-moves...

This is what we like to call "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory"

My favorite writer just started a newsletter about getting humiliated by 12 year olds at chess. Subscribe!

For those of you who wanted a show about UFO, UAP and other unexplained phenomena with a POV that is equal parts Mulder and Scully — we made this one for you.

I started a newsletter about chess and what it can teach us about performance in other parts of our lives. Read about me leaving my wife and four-month-old at home to spend two and a half hours getting destroyed by a 12-year-old and trying to learn something from it here!