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The Great Eval Bar Debate: Chess.com's Broadcasting Style
Welcome to Say Chess! This newsletter is about chess improvement, chess book publishing, and the chess world. Join 4,400 other subscribers and receive…
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Martin B. Justesen
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500 Insanely Hard Mate in Two Chess Puzzles Out on Amazon!
Hi! I’m happy to announce that you can now get your hands on my latest book and challenge yourself with solving some insanely hard mate in two problems…
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500 Insanely Hard Mate in Two Chess Puzzles eBook
I’m happy to share that the PDF version of ‘500 Insanely Hard Mate in Two Chess Puzzles’ is now ready for paid members of Say Chess to download (see…
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March 2024

Normalized Popularity Scores of Selected Chess Puzzle Themes + Special Offer!
First, I would like to say that 500 Insanely Hard Mate in Two Puzzles will soon be out. Most likely in the first half of April. Since I’m only 4 paid…
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Martin B. Justesen
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Insanely Hard...
It has now been a little over a week since we hosted a session with GM Ramesh at The Chess Gym. It was an inspiring talk about calculation. Nate Solon…
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Martin B. Justesen
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Am I Allowed to Have an Opinion About Chess Improvement?
I have noticed something on chess-twitter and in the chesspunks community. It can feel as if there is a vigilante rating police who check if you have…
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Martin B. Justesen
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Why You Need a Table of Contents ?!
I strive for simplicity in my chess books, avoiding unnecessary text that distractions from the diagrams. I applied this approach to The Tactics Ladder…
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Martin B. Justesen
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February 2024

The Flawed 1%-Method for Exponential Chess Growth
Welcome to this week’s newsletter of Say Chess. The newsletter now goes out to 4,348 subscribers. If you have not yet subscribed consider doing it if…
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Chess Calculation Insights From GM RB Ramesh
A review of the core teachings of Improve Your Calculation
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🧩 THE TACTICS LADDER IS OUT! 🧩
All 10 books in The Tactics Ladder are now published on Amazon! You can also find the series in your local Amazon store if you live outside the US. I’m…
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Martin B. Justesen
What Squares Do Stockfish And Leela Focus On?
Before we go to this week’s newsletter I will just let you know that I have created a newsletter for The Chess Gym this week. We will share updates…
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Martin B. Justesen

January 2024

My impressions of The Chess Gym
A new chess community
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