Corey Butler
@jcoreybutler.bsky.social
I play a lot of board games. I also write for American Chess Magazine. Sometimes I'm a psychology professor.
A wonderful tribute to GM Daniel Naroditsky in the latest issue of American Chess Magazine. Rest in peace, Danya.
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A wonderful tribute to GM Daniel Naroditsky in the latest issue of American Chess Magazine. Rest in peace, Danya.
Freestyle chess jumps the shark
Chess-Niemann dives to victory as Freestyle Chess Finals start with underwater exhibition
Chess-Niemann dives to victory as Freestyle Chess Finals start with underwater exhibition
Dec 4 : Hans Niemann quite literally made a splash on Wednesday, winning an underwater chess exhibition as festivities opened for the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals in Cape Town, where the world’s elite players gathered ahead of the main competition.The so-called "Diving Chess" format was devised in 2012
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December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Freestyle chess jumps the shark
Interesting article... over a third of the class used AI to write their papers for them. It's rather depressing for those of us who would like our students to actually think about things. #PhDlife #ai
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
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December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Barb and I have now played 20+ games of Trajan, mostly 2-player. It's a fun, complex, point salad of a game with a thin Roman theme. The +2 extra action is a great opening tile, especially when (frequently) combined with a useful extra action tile from the forum. #boardgames
Trajan
Manage and rule all aspects of Ancient Rome with a clever action selection mancala.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Barb and I have now played 20+ games of Trajan, mostly 2-player. It's a fun, complex, point salad of a game with a thin Roman theme. The +2 extra action is a great opening tile, especially when (frequently) combined with a useful extra action tile from the forum. #boardgames
Mate in 3. Bonus points for knowing what this checkmate is called… 🦋 #chesspuzzles #chesspunks
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Mate in 3. Bonus points for knowing what this checkmate is called… 🦋 #chesspuzzles #chesspunks
What is the secret to improving at chess? Quite a lot of effort actually... In particular, you should play a lot of games, read and study chess books, and solve a lot of puzzles. #chess #chesspunks
How I Accidentally Went from 0-2000 in Chess in 2 Years
YouTube video by Kamryn
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December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What is the secret to improving at chess? Quite a lot of effort actually... In particular, you should play a lot of games, read and study chess books, and solve a lot of puzzles. #chess #chesspunks
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November was a good month for gaming. In addition to a lot of chess, I got a chance to play Antiquity for the first time. I really like these old style, heavy, highly thematic board games. #boardgames #bgstats
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
November was a good month for gaming. In addition to a lot of chess, I got a chance to play Antiquity for the first time. I really like these old style, heavy, highly thematic board games. #boardgames #bgstats
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld, first published in 1955. An essential training manual for several generations of chess players, until online puzzles became widely available in the early 2000s. #chesshistory
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld, first published in 1955. An essential training manual for several generations of chess players, until online puzzles became widely available in the early 2000s. #chesshistory
American Chess Magazine issue #47 is now available at ACMchess.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
American Chess Magazine issue #47 is now available at ACMchess.com
White to play #chess #tacticstuesday
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
White to play #chess #tacticstuesday
I just started reading the first book of a new epic fantasy series, Malice by John Gwynne. Slightly reminiscent of Game of Thrones, with its multiple points of view, but not derivative. Really good so far! 🪐📚
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I just started reading the first book of a new epic fantasy series, Malice by John Gwynne. Slightly reminiscent of Game of Thrones, with its multiple points of view, but not derivative. Really good so far! 🪐📚
I got a chance to play Oceans this month. Very nice. Probably the best game in the Evolution series. #boardgames #bgstats
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I got a chance to play Oceans this month. Very nice. Probably the best game in the Evolution series. #boardgames #bgstats
The latest issue of American Chess Magazine is now available at ACMchess.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The latest issue of American Chess Magazine is now available at ACMchess.com
August was a good month for board gaming. We got a chance to try the new game, Nature and played several old favorites as well #boardgames #bgstats
September 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
August was a good month for board gaming. We got a chance to try the new game, Nature and played several old favorites as well #boardgames #bgstats
Languishing in the stone tier while all my friends zoom past me @chess.com #chesspuzzles
August 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Languishing in the stone tier while all my friends zoom past me @chess.com #chesspuzzles
The new app doesn’t look that different at first glance, but it’s a big improvement over the old one. I especially like all the new options for fine tuning your puzzle training. #chess #chesspuzzles
We're thrilled to announce the official public release of our new mobile app! Read about it on our blog: lichess.org/@/lichess/bl...
Mobile App: Official Release!
Now available on both Google Play and the App Store.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The new app doesn’t look that different at first glance, but it’s a big improvement over the old one. I especially like all the new options for fine tuning your puzzle training. #chess #chesspuzzles
Video of GM Patrick Wolff doing De Groot's chess memory task in 1998. He makes almost no mistakes for a typical chess position, but has poor memory for a position in which the pieces were randomly placed. It's a nice demonstration of the power and limitations of expertise. #chess #psychology
Memory for chess positions (featuring grandmaster Patrick Wolff)
YouTube video by Daniel Simons
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August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Video of GM Patrick Wolff doing De Groot's chess memory task in 1998. He makes almost no mistakes for a typical chess position, but has poor memory for a position in which the pieces were randomly placed. It's a nice demonstration of the power and limitations of expertise. #chess #psychology
This month I played chess, Wingspan, and some oldies, including Condottiere and Saint Petersburg. #boardgames #bgstats
July 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This month I played chess, Wingspan, and some oldies, including Condottiere and Saint Petersburg. #boardgames #bgstats
I’ve been doing a lot of chess puzzles lately and managed to get my rating to 3000.
July 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve been doing a lot of chess puzzles lately and managed to get my rating to 3000.