Strategy

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…

Why The Future Belongs to Players

Beginning with Terence Tao's provocative observation, Grandmaster Raymond Keene OBE examines how chess, football, philosophy, and modern competition reveal a profound shift…

Draughts, also known as Checkers

Before computers conquered chess, one extraordinary mathematician proved that human intuition could still outthink silicon.

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.

Survival of the Fattest

From Darwin to Nietzsche, from giraffes to grandmasters, the battle for survival has shaped far more than the natural world.

The Art of the Draw

Not every deadlock is a stalemate, and not every defeat is a checkmate. Chess teaches us the difference.

Tony's and Ray's Mind Maps

Tony Buzan’s prime invention was the Mind Map.