Sam Trenholme’s blog

• My blog

• Refuting Incel myths about female behavior

• Chess
  • The Chess opening

  • Anderssen v. Kieseritzky 1851

  • A game I remember fondly from 1994 (Sam T v. NN 1994)

  • Kasparov v. Topalov 1999

  • J. Polgar v. Carlsen 2022

  • Playing the Sicilian Grand Prix (Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa v. Anish Giri, Candidates 2026)

  • Chess variant research

  • Two free public domain Chess books (Mate in 1 puzzles; all from real games played on Lichess)

  • A deep look in to the Capablanca family of Chess variants