"What Are the Best Poker Training Sites in 2020?"
July 08, 2020
An annotated list, according to "Beasts of Poker".
Games
"The Greatest Chess Move Of All Time!"
April 10, 2020
It may not be the "greatest," but he has an argument.
Related:
"One Of The Greatest Moves Ever Played".
"The Greatest Queen Sacrifice in Chess History".
"Magnus Carlsen's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves".
(All these links are to videos.)
"Does Chess Make Kids Smarter, or Do Smart Kids Play Chess?"
October 02, 2019
I don't know. Can I vote for "Both"?
"Breaking Down Jeopardy Champ James Holzhauer by the Numbers"
May 30, 2019
Mr. Holzhauer is quite the sight to see.
"Why Human Chess Survives"
December 19, 2018
I remember when lots of people warned after Kasparov lost to AI that nobody, but nobody, would be interested in chess anymore.
Oops.
"Fortnite Is Poised to Rule the Summer. Are Parents Prepared?"
July 21, 2018
Not for the first time I'm glad I'm not bringing up kids now.
The media is awash in stories of parents enrolling their children in Fortnite therapy sessions and temper tantrums by youths asked to curtail their Fortnite consumption.
"The Greatest Queen Sacrifice in Chess History"
May 11, 2018
Not the famous Fischer-Byrne game, another one that is really cool.
"Google Deep Mind Alpha Zero Sacs a Piece Without 'Thinking' Twice"
April 07, 2018
Nine-minute video of a cool attack in chess.
See also "AlphaZero crushes Stockfish 2017 Game 10 - Attack".
"Bobby Fischer's 21-move brilliancy"
February 22, 2018
Amazing game by young Bobby at the U.S. Championship against Robert Byrne. No, not the famous queen sacrifice. That's this one.
"Gambler Phil Ivey Can’t Get His Millions Because Casinos Are Too Big To Fail"
February 23, 2017
When you gamble at a casino you're not just trying to beat the house--difficult enough--you're also trying to beat the government. Lots of luck.
Governments acquiesce in this unfairness because it also profits them. The industry paid more than $300 million in taxes to Atlantic City and the state of New Jersey in 2015. Since gambling was legalized there in 1978, they have paid $12 billion in total. That gives Trenton a lot of reasons to keep things operating in the casinos’ favor.