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Essays
Hurricane
Author: Femi Oyekan
Description: The second in Femi’s essay series details his experiences in New Orleans as a chess player just before Katrina.
Chess from the Middle
Author: Petros Karagianis
Description: A series I did some time ago for the chess-live server. Includes an annotated game (Andre Tcherepanov vs. Me) as well as some color commentary.
Art on the Board
Author: Petros Karagianis
Description: a philosophical discussion of the “canons” of chess. In other words, if chess is an art form, how can we distinguish it as such? Are there genres of chess?
Fiction
Backwards Pawns
Author: Petros Karagianis
Description: “Partially fictitious creative non-fcition I wrote for a fiction course my sophomore year of college about teaching chess. And if you can follow that then you just might enjoy it!”
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Road Warrior Concept Art
Artist: Matt Campbell
[Pete:] If I ever compile my Road Warrior episodes into a series of some kind, I will most likely use this. Until then, however, it remains simply lead and parchment.
