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A blundercheck is a quick mental list of factors to consider before making a move in chess. It’s the make or break between total noobs and relatively strong amateur players. Avoiding failure is 80% of chess mastery. The other 20% is a messy combination of luck, rote memorization, and obsessive-competitive drive.

You can expect pieces here about work, management theory, safety, health, family, risk, protocol theory, chess, and more. I post about once a week, depending on the chaos level of my main gig (coordinating the Summer of Protocols research program).

I love family, hiking, soccer, chess, dogs, music, coffee, forestry, craft beer, and all of the good stuff. This more wholesome content leaks into my writing sometimes. It’s not all weird technical analysis. More about me → https://linktr.ee/timberss

You can find more of my work over at Protocolized, which I help with as an editor. Also, if you’re on the app: fair warning that my Notes section is all over the place.

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