Blog

Hi everyone, this is my blog. It’s going to be lots of weird and wild ideas.

• About Tarsiers - Jun 30, 2025

  This summer break, I’m going all in on intentional practice and learning about different areas. I’ve always wanted my vacation periods to be full of learning and focus, but for some reason or other I never really had the chance to execute. So I’m making up for lots of past summers gone by and working the hardest I’ve ever worked in my time in university.

• On Birthdays - Jun 29, 2025

  So I recently turned 24. Generally I prefer to skip the big celebrations wherever possible – this is the case for most things I’ve done: skip the post-event parties, go home, get ready for the next day of work. If I wanted to celebrate, I’d add in some small treats in my cooking. This doesn’t mean I don’t celebrate the wins in my life: I’ve added these small treats so many times that I’ve ended up with a different problem about spending too much on food. This is not any different for my birthday.

• Stagnation and Growth - Jun 20, 2025

  This is a topic that has taken up a lot of real estate in my mind this year. I’m coming to the end of my university life and I’ve been thinking a lot about the ways in which I have grown over the past three years.

• Playing the System - Apr 15, 2025

  I’m thankful for my old chess teacher for this one. When I was nine, the national chess federation in my country had a programme where they taught everyone in development groups the Open Sicilian (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6/d6/e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 … ). Every week was dedicated to teaching a main line of the Sicilian – Scheveningen, Dragon, Najdorf – and we’d then play against each other for a rated match. This was also seen in competitive play throughout the age-group championships and school championships.