The Chess Mind

May we all flourish this year, first and foremost in the things that matter, and secondarily in the trivial but beautiful things like chess. And here's hoping we're all faithful to our (good) resolutions for the New Year, and return to them even if we slip. Resilience with respect to one's resolutions is itself a worthwhile resolution - or at least seems to be. (There appear to be some paradoxical implications of this resolution when applied to itself; consider working them out as this blog's first puzzle of the new year.)