Benji Portheault @benjiportheault

The FT longread about Disco Elysium last weekend was amazing

05.08.2025 19:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The life hack big chess doesn't want you to know

04.07.2025 14:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

London Chess Classic and the Cambridge Open

03.07.2025 10:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Looks like a great book, beautiful photo of my local tube station (Canary Wharf). Drop by my neck of the woods if you visit London!

02.07.2025 10:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Amaya

17.05.2025 20:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

With the dynamic duo of 1) hard to find schedule and round time starts 2) out of date pairings and results

26.04.2025 05:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I wonder is people will always "prompt engineer" their way ... "please make my essay sound like a student and not like ai"

19.04.2025 11:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is sat in person with no documents or computer allowed, so every exam in this fashion in gpt-proof

19.04.2025 11:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

F1 & sports adding current standings to tv broadcast ... eval bar debate anyone?

19.04.2025 10:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aling the same line, check out "Clairette de Die"

02.04.2025 18:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You are not your rating Stop treating yourself only as improvement project

It's second of April so I can dop a post today 😅
mindcreaser.substack.com/p/you-are-no...

02.04.2025 07:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh so that's what "thinking during your opponent's turn" means

20.03.2025 07:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not actively harmful advice ... but nothing genuine or insightful. Rehashed bullet points - slowly crowding quirky genuine voices

10.03.2025 09:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The flood of chess AI slop content is already there

10.03.2025 08:53 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Thanks John!

18.02.2025 22:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Cleomina, your praise is deeply felt 🙏

18.02.2025 21:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The War on Attention I’m done consuming chess content

I'm tired of the chess drama, and tired of everything being packaged in short-form video, and tried of aglorithms shaping content. None of these things are acting for your wellbeing. My latest blog post:

open.substack.com/pub/mindcrea...

18.02.2025 20:52 — 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0

Playing in a chess tournament and being afraid for your rating

11.02.2025 09:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Go Jen!

04.02.2025 08:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dr. Benji Portheault joined the podcast to discuss the mental side of chess— rating anxiety, nerves, and building confidence.

Thank you so much, @benjiportheault.bsky.social for sharing your valuable insights! #chess #chesspunks #psychology #mindset

Video below.

25.01.2025 09:15 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Classical time controls football has a draw problem. Five-a-side is the way forward

15.01.2025 08:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You guys definitely built up the expectations, I'd better deliver now

11.01.2025 19:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Throwback to Ian complaining of FIDE splitting title between Russia and India at the 2020 Online #chess Olympiad after global internet outage. Bad for fans and other players indeed!!! #SelectiveNobleness

01.01.2025 10:29 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0