Corey Butler
@jcoreybutler.bsky.social
I play board games, especially chess. I also write for American Chess Magazine. Sometimes I'm a psychology professor.
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld, first published in 1955. An essential training manual for several generations of chess players, until online puzzles became widely available in the early 2000s. #chesshistory
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld, first published in 1955. An essential training manual for several generations of chess players, until online puzzles became widely available in the early 2000s. #chesshistory
American Chess Magazine issue #47 is now available at ACMchess.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
American Chess Magazine issue #47 is now available at ACMchess.com
White to play #chess #tacticstuesday
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
White to play #chess #tacticstuesday
I just started reading the first book of a new epic fantasy series, Malice by John Gwynne. Slightly reminiscent of Game of Thrones, with its multiple points of view, but not derivative. Really good so far! 🪐📚
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I just started reading the first book of a new epic fantasy series, Malice by John Gwynne. Slightly reminiscent of Game of Thrones, with its multiple points of view, but not derivative. Really good so far! 🪐📚
I got a chance to play Oceans this month. Very nice. Probably the best game in the Evolution series. #boardgames #bgstats
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I got a chance to play Oceans this month. Very nice. Probably the best game in the Evolution series. #boardgames #bgstats
The latest issue of American Chess Magazine is now available at ACMchess.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The latest issue of American Chess Magazine is now available at ACMchess.com
August was a good month for board gaming. We got a chance to try the new game, Nature and played several old favorites as well #boardgames #bgstats
September 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
August was a good month for board gaming. We got a chance to try the new game, Nature and played several old favorites as well #boardgames #bgstats
Languishing in the stone tier while all my friends zoom past me @chess.com #chesspuzzles
August 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Languishing in the stone tier while all my friends zoom past me @chess.com #chesspuzzles
The new app doesn’t look that different at first glance, but it’s a big improvement over the old one. I especially like all the new options for fine tuning your puzzle training. #chess #chesspuzzles
We're thrilled to announce the official public release of our new mobile app! Read about it on our blog: lichess.org/@/lichess/bl...
Mobile App: Official Release!
Now available on both Google Play and the App Store.
lichess.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The new app doesn’t look that different at first glance, but it’s a big improvement over the old one. I especially like all the new options for fine tuning your puzzle training. #chess #chesspuzzles
Video of GM Patrick Wolff doing De Groot's chess memory task in 1998. He makes almost no mistakes for a typical chess position, but has poor memory for a position in which the pieces were randomly placed. It's a nice demonstration of the power and limitations of expertise. #chess #psychology
Memory for chess positions (featuring grandmaster Patrick Wolff)
YouTube video by Daniel Simons
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August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Video of GM Patrick Wolff doing De Groot's chess memory task in 1998. He makes almost no mistakes for a typical chess position, but has poor memory for a position in which the pieces were randomly placed. It's a nice demonstration of the power and limitations of expertise. #chess #psychology
This month I played chess, Wingspan, and some oldies, including Condottiere and Saint Petersburg. #boardgames #bgstats
July 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This month I played chess, Wingspan, and some oldies, including Condottiere and Saint Petersburg. #boardgames #bgstats
I’ve been doing a lot of chess puzzles lately and managed to get my rating to 3000.
July 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve been doing a lot of chess puzzles lately and managed to get my rating to 3000.
American Chess Magazine, Issue #45 is now available at ACMchess.com. Read about the greatest queen sacrifices of all time, and also my column, “Risk and Beauty” about the psychology of sacrifice in chess.
July 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
American Chess Magazine, Issue #45 is now available at ACMchess.com. Read about the greatest queen sacrifices of all time, and also my column, “Risk and Beauty” about the psychology of sacrifice in chess.
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NEW VIDEO out now on Nebula!!
A deep dive into chess's paranoia epidemic: the scandal that broke the internet, former champions gone full conspiracy theorist, and why the entire structure of modern chess basically guarantees this will keep happening.
Also: yogurt drama
nebula.tv/videos/sarah...
A deep dive into chess's paranoia epidemic: the scandal that broke the internet, former champions gone full conspiracy theorist, and why the entire structure of modern chess basically guarantees this will keep happening.
Also: yogurt drama
nebula.tv/videos/sarah...
SarahZ — Everyone's Cheating At Chess (Allegedly)
How a board game became a perfect case study in perverse incentives, technological anxiety, and the content-industrial complex. (Includes: Soviet yogurt codes, bathroom stall photography, and one very...
nebula.tv
July 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
NEW VIDEO out now on Nebula!!
A deep dive into chess's paranoia epidemic: the scandal that broke the internet, former champions gone full conspiracy theorist, and why the entire structure of modern chess basically guarantees this will keep happening.
Also: yogurt drama
nebula.tv/videos/sarah...
A deep dive into chess's paranoia epidemic: the scandal that broke the internet, former champions gone full conspiracy theorist, and why the entire structure of modern chess basically guarantees this will keep happening.
Also: yogurt drama
nebula.tv/videos/sarah...
Reposted by Corey Butler
19-Year-Old Brooklyn Teen Makes History as Youngest Black Female Chess Master
19-Year-Old Brooklyn Teen Makes History as Youngest Black Female Chess Master
Nationwide — Meet Jessica Hyatt, the highest-rated African American female chess player ever and the youngest African-American woman to earn the National Master title. At just 19, she’s already rewriting […]
The post 19-Year-Old Brooklyn Teen Makes History as Youngest Black Female Chess Master first appeared on BlackNews.com.
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July 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
19-Year-Old Brooklyn Teen Makes History as Youngest Black Female Chess Master
Light month for gaming, except for chess #boardgames #bgstats
July 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Light month for gaming, except for chess #boardgames #bgstats
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Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT is Weirdly Bad at Chess
When a good story trumps good moves
jenshahade.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Last month we tried the Viking themed Karvi. This month’s new game was Rats of Wistar, a completely different rondel game of gathering resources, converting them into other resources, and placing workers on a central board while developing your personal board. Wait a minute… 💙🎲
May 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Last month we tried the Viking themed Karvi. This month’s new game was Rats of Wistar, a completely different rondel game of gathering resources, converting them into other resources, and placing workers on a central board while developing your personal board. Wait a minute… 💙🎲