The Samurai Mind
Five centuries after Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, its lessons on strategy, discipline and decision-making remain startlingly relevant. Grandmaster…
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Milton’s Cosmic Game of Chess
Some games determine kingdoms. Milton imagined one that determined the destiny of mankind.
The Art of the Draw
Not every deadlock is a stalemate, and not every defeat is a checkmate. Chess teaches us the difference.
Go and the Atomic Bomb
As Hiroshima vanished in the first atomic explosion of war, two Go masters calmly reset their scattered stones and continued their game.
Draughts, also known as Checkers
Before computers conquered chess, one extraordinary mathematician proved that human intuition could still outthink silicon.
How a mediaeval thinker out of the box: Stupor Mundi, helped me to solve a Chinese puzzle
Inspiration often comes from unlikely sources.