Excellent essay and accompanying video from @jenshahade.bsky.social about the challenges of using machine learning to look for beautiful mating patterns in #chess puzzles! I quite like the connection to the "tells" of LLM-generated text in particular.
30.11.2025 23:46 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The Smothered Test: Chess Beauty in the Age of AI
Some beautiful chess positions cooked up by DeepMind and what it means for the rest of us
jenshahade.substack.com/p/the-smothe...
My latest piece on DeepMind's new AI generated chess puzzles, why so many of their early creations revolved around the smothered mate, and what this means for the rest of us.
30.11.2025 23:32 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
The cost of Trump's immigration surge: Stalled investigations into child sexual abuse, Iranian oil smuggling and human trafficking, among others. My latest piece is a big team effort on how DHS has been transformed into the Department of Deportation.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
16.11.2025 18:35 β π 270 π 139 π¬ 3 π 15
Bronze in Vegas
I recount my biggest poker score yet, a third-place finish at the North American Poker Tour in Las Vegas
In my latest, I go over the ups and downs that led me to a career-best finish at the North American Poker Tour in Las Vegas!
jennifershahade.com/stack/bronze...
17.11.2025 14:37 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
I made day FIVE of the North American Poker Tour event! 16 remain! Updates here: www.pokernews.com/tours/napt/2...
11.11.2025 17:14 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
October Review: A Banana at the Art Museum
A round-up of October's content from anime and art to banana and books
My October in Review: Poker in Baltimore, a Banana at the Art Museum, DeepReads on Man Ray & Confirmation Bias, a Thinking Sideways update, and lots and lots of videosπ
jennifershahade.com/stack/octobe...
05.11.2025 16:44 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Jen dressed as a banana, with duct tape against the wall of the Philadelphia Art Museum
Todayβs costume: a six million dollar banana
Tomorrow: tens of millions of Americans at risk of losing access to SNAP benefits/food stamps π
31.10.2025 23:27 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
New video! Learn how to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat! jenshahade.substack.com/p/never-resi...
31.10.2025 12:30 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Good question: I think it's OK as long as the opening study is tied to strategy and tactics!
25.10.2025 15:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Daniel Naroditsky, 1995-2025
A wordsmith, a chess genius, and most importantly a kind person
A very sad day. RIP to a wordsmith, a chess genius, and most importantly a kind person.
jenshahade.substack.com/p/daniel-nar...
21.10.2025 03:20 β π 66 π 12 π¬ 2 π 0
Thanks for sharing!! And for the many great insights on your substack!
20.10.2025 14:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
DeepReads #1: Prove Your Move Wrong
A new series where I dig into a book, study or article for insights on decision making, writing & happiness
Many thanks to @jenshahade.bsky.social for linking to my lichess blog in her most recent substack post! Check out her piece about the role of falsification in #chess here.
19.10.2025 22:34 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Jennifer's new book Thinking Sideways, and a Waterstones promo for 25% off through October 17th.
Speaking of which-- Thinking Sideways pre-orders are now 25% at Waterstones in UK! Great deal for anyone ordering from across the pond! www.waterstones.com/book/thinkin...
15.10.2025 13:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The Art of Chess Variants
A show at the World Chess Hall of Fame and the joy of mixing it up
My latest piece: jennifershahade.com/stack/the-ar...
"Many chess (and poker!) players prefer to play well on an absolute scale, not just a relative scale. They want to make fewer mistakes and blunders, even if it means winning less often."
21.09.2025 16:32 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Iβm gonna be crass and say, preorder *my* book!
Kiese Laymon calls it βthe most politically audacious book Iβve read in decadesβ
and
Moiya McTier calls it βdeft weave of quantum physics and cultural wisdomβ
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#BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
16.09.2025 01:44 β π 275 π 56 π¬ 13 π 0
YouTube video by hololive English
Advent VS Justice: Chess Battleγ#AdVSJusγ
Fun chess match I'm a coach for: Advent vs. Justice: starts at 8 PM ET:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aum...
Yesterday's coaching session (soooo much fun)
www.youtube.com/live/4g9JyWS...
14.09.2025 23:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Involuntary lethal injection??? Has he apologized yet? So horrifying :(
13.09.2025 16:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Wow! Age 2?
Re: Netherlands, The blue and orange covers do look good together eh?
13.09.2025 14:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Physics Prof @ U of MS. Sloan Fellow. Black holes, gravitational waves, general relativity & beyond. Formerly Caltech MIT Cornell. Need thin pizza + fruity coffee. He/him
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art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
An independent publisher of books that stimulate the intellect & the imagination.
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New York, NY
Tech founder of a small startup. 2.2m raised so far. Don't worry I also hate Tech right now.
Developer of @boostblue.bsky.social
Download: https://onelink.to/jaxon-boost-blue
I post about my side projects, Flutter, F1, music, and books.
Vision Scientist, Dad, Would-be artist & dreadful chess player. Check out my new #visionscience textbook here: https://www.routledge.com/Practical-Vision-Science-Learning-Through-Experimentation/Balas/p/book/9781032691121 All opinions my own.
archaeologist | web dev & LaTeX | proofreader
DH, gameshistory & chesshistory
chess player, arbiter, coach
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Holger Hank - #schach #chess #echecs - Position 518
Bridgy Fed - @seitenschach.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
Fighter. Neo-Swoletariat.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
History professor. CNY resident. Philadelphia sports fan. Books: The Racketeerβs Progress (2004) and Contraband (2015).
A daily celebration of chess marginalia. Author of this book about Alexander Alekhine: https://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Chess-Villain/
Networking to build a better tomorrow.
Trust your gut. You know yourself best.
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adult chess improver, fauvist, plant parent, video game enjoyer, aspiring avid reader, scented candle stoner art gay. god damn it, you've got to be kind. π mdni
Psychologist, psychoanalyst, researcher, activist. Boston.
The Freedom Writers Collaborative is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grass roots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://freedomwriterscollaborative.org
We run the J4NCL-Division-1-winning Rogue Rooks and organise casual (First Wednesday) and FIDE-rated inclusive chess events - play at our FIDE Classical December 13-14th. Please share your ideas for us to run people-centred tournaments. #peoplecentredchess
American living in Sweden.
Cis He/Him
He/him. Manchester, UK.
Chess arbiter, teacher and Dungeon Master. Got out of The Bad Place a long time ago and am trying not to be feral online for financial reasons.
