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Notes on chess puzzles, slow practice, and what's new around here.
- New Chess puzzles for everyone, not just tablet owners Remarkable Chess started as puzzle sets for one tablet. Now it is printable chess puzzles for anyone with a pencil, a printer or any tablet. Here is why. Read it →
- New Chess puzzles for kids, on paper A calm, screen-free activity for children who know how the pieces move. Where to start, and how to keep it fun. Read it →
- New Why our chess puzzles use belts instead of ratings We swapped chess ratings for karate belts, White to Black. Here is why, which belt to start with, and how the belts map to puzzle ratings. Read it →
- Chess puzzles on e-ink: reMarkable, Boox, Scribe and more A device-by-device look at how standard chess puzzle PDFs behave on reMarkable tablets, Boox, the Kindle Scribe, Supernote, the Daylight Computer, and other e-ink devices. Read it →
- Quiet chess: no ratings, no timers, no paywalls Modern chess apps are optimised for engagement. Here is the case for solving puzzles slowly, without a rating, without a clock, and without a subscription prompt. Read it →
- Learning chess on a reMarkable Print works fine. Here is where a reMarkable earns its keep for chess: unlimited pages, bigger boards, no eye strain, and none of the printing waste. Read it →
- Do chess puzzles make you better? What they really do A grounded look at what chess puzzles actually do for you, what the research says, and how to build a practice that doesn't feel like homework. Read it →