<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><id>https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog.atom" /><title>matstc's Blog</title><updated>2025-12-21T09:32:57.335Z</updated><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/exploring-the-narrative-arcs-of-chess-games/gAInESOs</id><published>2025-12-21T09:32:57.335Z</published><updated>2025-12-21T09:32:57.335Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/exploring-the-narrative-arcs-of-chess-games/gAInESOs" /><title>Exploring the Narrative Arcs of Chess Games</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Chess_engine" label="Chess engine" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_engine"></category><category term="Software_Development" label="Software Development" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Software_Development"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=Yy3VFgZNXlkX.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=d467cc9c0cdfb0b2067a9928df1b900528fe9988&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using engine evaluations to find representative story arcs from a player’s history.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=Yy3VFgZNXlkX.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=d467cc9c0cdfb0b2067a9928df1b900528fe9988"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matstc</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/my-post-game-analysis-checklist/BTyFNZ3S</id><published>2025-12-17T11:24:31.961Z</published><updated>2025-12-17T11:24:31.961Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/my-post-game-analysis-checklist/BTyFNZ3S" /><title>My Post-Game Analysis Checklist</title><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:BTyFNZ3S:J9aAFd8L.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=27ecc00b58cd00a53348b5226a9234eb52e78cbf&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A method that has served me well for reviewing games.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:BTyFNZ3S:J9aAFd8L.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=27ecc00b58cd00a53348b5226a9234eb52e78cbf"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matstc</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/a-chess-metric-ease-for-humans/dIqTm3AJ</id><published>2025-11-07T14:36:06.878Z</published><updated>2025-11-07T14:36:06.878Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/a-chess-metric-ease-for-humans/dIqTm3AJ" /><title>A Chess Metric: Ease (for Humans)</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Software_Development" label="Software Development" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Software_Development"></category><category term="Chess_engine" label="Chess engine" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_engine"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; alt=&quot;The equation for the ease metric&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:dIqTm3AJ:S2ZA6btG.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=07bdac5338eec46a3d52e389d5ddeeb6a000c62b&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I know the engine evaluation but how easy to play is this position, really?”</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:dIqTm3AJ:S2ZA6btG.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=07bdac5338eec46a3d52e389d5ddeeb6a000c62b"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matstc</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/review-your-best-games-of-2025/kgWaFwns</id><published>2025-12-28T10:45:24.308Z</published><updated>2025-12-28T10:45:24.308Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/review-your-best-games-of-2025/kgWaFwns" /><title>Review Your Best Games of 2025</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Software_Development" label="Software Development" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Software_Development"></category><category term="Lichess" label="Lichess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Lichess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=oNOmXZaEKHWi.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=4f01a7af73fdc7807760a4171195475d0265451f&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tool to view your most accurate games.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=oNOmXZaEKHWi.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=4f01a7af73fdc7807760a4171195475d0265451f"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matstc</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/more-puzzle-themes/W4pAtG2l</id><published>2025-09-08T13:41:42.424Z</published><updated>2025-09-08T13:41:42.424Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/more-puzzle-themes/W4pAtG2l" /><title>More Puzzle Themes!</title><category term="Tactics" label="Tactics" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tactics"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:W4pAtG2l:i1DReG6a.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=dd0e24be6436de0b9e612f6d1ae6857232a60bf5&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fancy tactics categories that are elegant and maybe helpful.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:W4pAtG2l:i1DReG6a.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=dd0e24be6436de0b9e612f6d1ae6857232a60bf5"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matstc</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/training-counting-material/zWdDbH7O</id><published>2025-07-17T13:40:25.173Z</published><updated>2025-07-17T13:40:25.173Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matstc/blog/training-counting-material/zWdDbH7O" /><title>Training Counting Material</title><category term="Tactics" label="Tactics" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tactics"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; 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