Every Castle is a Prison, Every Prison is a Castle

The movie “The Last Castle” tells the story of an army prison, and how a disgraced general joins the ranks of the prisoners only to lift their spirits and bring them to believe in themselves and their honor again. In the very first words spoken by the hero, played by Robert Redford, I found aContinue reading “Every Castle is a Prison, Every Prison is a Castle”

The MTS-5, or: Balancing Challenge and Fun in games

Over the past year, Max (he’s 10 years old now! how time flies) has become very fond of chess. He’s a huge fan of games of all sorts – he’s also in Little League, which is not very common in Israel – but chess has become one of his favorites as of late. For me,Continue reading “The MTS-5, or: Balancing Challenge and Fun in games”