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A good move to master maths? Check out these chess puzzles

Adrian Dudek's PhD is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and an ANU Supplementary Scholarship. The two activities have plenty in common. In either, one’s success relies strongly on the ...
Psychology Today

The Enduring Appeal of Chessboard-Based Puzzles

The chessboard has been the source of many ingenious puzzles that involve spatial reasoning and insight thinking. The seven ...
The New York Times

The Christian McCaffrey you don’t know: A puzzle-solving, wordsmithing chess nerd

Christian McCaffrey’s many talents extend well beyond the football field. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images Share Skate Take Eat There’s a rule inside the San Francisco 49ers locker room … Teak Stake Seat That ...
The New York Times

Chess Replay: You Versus Gurgenidze

Take on Bukhuti Gurgenidze in a recreation of a 24th U.S.S.R. Championship game in Moscow, 1957. Solve for the best series of moves. By Daniel Naroditsky Perfect! mistakes made. Come back tomorrow for ...
The New York Times

Chess Replay: You Versus Suetin

Take on Alexey Suetin in a recreation of a Goglidze Memorial Tournament game in Tbilisi, 1970. Solve for the best series of moves. By Daniel Naroditsky Perfect! mistakes made. Come back tomorrow for ...