About

Avoiding failure is 80% of chess mastery. The other 20% is a messy combo of luck, memorization, and obsessive-competitive drive.

This project / newsletter is a wide-ranging search for similar ideas. It was hard to name it. The name needed to jive with the battery of interrelated things I write about: safety, technology, protocol theory, competition, chess, fitness, forestry.

A blundercheck is a quick mental list to consider before making a move in chess.

It’s the make or break between noobs and strong amateur – in chess and real life.

I’m publishing chapters of my book, Images of Indirection, as a I draft them, and might occasionally post other stuff. Expect no more than 1 email a month. If I get a book deal I might need to stop posting draft chapters publicly – but we’ll cross that bridge.

If you want to connect with me, Timber (it’s my real name), find on me on LinkedIn or Lichess!