Hi Friends, Hope all is well. It's no secret that I love food. It's also no secret that I can be a tough critic. That said, one of my favorite foods is sub sandwiches. They're everywhere. They can be super healthy. They're affordable. They're amazing. Today, I'm going to give you my overview of five popular sub sandwich shops and compare and contrast elements I love (or don't like so much) about each of them. Let's get to it! Formatted with ChatGPT As you can see from my #TLD

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. Sports Wednesdays came a few hours early because of a busy day tomorrow! Hope you don't mind. In case you missed it, our Sports Wednesday series launched last week with Championship DNA, a recap of the Golden State Valkyries WNBA title and Milwaukee Brewers MLB title and how they built their championship squads the right way. Today we have two special guests who'll be doing an NBA Team Mock Draft with me, snake style like in fantasy, four t

Hi Friends! Hope you’re doing well. Welcome to the fifth edition of Music Mondays! In case you missed it, we started a new series on Prodigy Strats, a month ago called Music Mondays where we deep dive into a CD’s (Don’t know what that is? Look it up! They’re awesome!) worth of music in a specific category with analysis of the songs spanning different genres and eras! On 10/12 we explored Current Country Music, on 10/19 The Four Seasons, on 10/26 2000s Rap, on 11/2 Indigo Drea

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well! Today I'm super excited to tell you about my new favorite chess variant, a truly beautiful game called Paco Ŝako (pronounced Paco Shako). It was a cool autumn morning in October and I was enjoying a breakfast sandwich and herbal tea at halftime of my morning walk at my absolute favorite coffee shop: SKOG Haus Coffee. I got a message from Dad with some links about Paco Ŝako and a message saying he'd ordered it and wants to try it out! The re

Hi Friends! Hope you’re doing well. We are starting a new series on Prodigy Strats! We already have Music Mondays, but we now have a series on Wednesdays! What is it? Drumroll please… Badabadabadabadabada– Boom! Sports Wednesdays! On Sports Wednesdays, look forward to the latest recaps from all your favorite sports as well as deep dives into positions and stats! It’s gonna be a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy! Today, I present to you Championship DNA: a deep dive into the Gol

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. In case you missed it, the newest feature on Sarang's Blog | Prodigy Strats is Music Mondays, where I'll share a playlist of music I love with analysis of the songs, spanning a spectrum of genres and eras! On 10/12 we explored Current Country Music, on 10/19 The Four Seasons, on 10/26 2000s Rap, and today, 11/2, Disco and Funk! Give this playlist a listen as you're reading this blog and whenever you want to groove to some legendary music fr

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. Happy Halloween! Today I'm going to teach you about a spooooooky chess opening: The HALLOWEEN GAMBIT! Before that, check out my little bro's pumpkin! Do you see the spooky punchline? Let me explain. BOO is the famous scare word... O-O means to castle Kingside, or short castle in chess, switching the King and Rook. The Os are basketballs because Vivi loves basketball and just won his first u10 title with Dad coaching! The carved chess pieces

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. In case you missed it, check out Pokémon TCG 101, where I talked about the card types in the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG). Today I present to you Pokémon TCG 102! You already know the basics of Pokémon cards from Pokémon TCG 101 so today we will talk about setup. Before you start playing, you’ll need to set up your play area and get your cards ready. This guide will walk you through the setup step by step so you can jump into your first

Hi Friends! Guess what? This is my 50th blog post here on Sarang's Blog | Prodigy Strats. Continuing my Monday music series (Current Country Music and The Four Seasons the last two Mondays), today we're going to explore one of my favorite genres of music: 2000s Rap! Please note, a lot of these songs are explicit in lyrics and content, but that’s part of what makes rap great! It’s raw, emotional, rhythmic genius at play and that’s what makes it hit so hard get you hyped up! Th

Hi Friends! Hope you’re doing well. Today I’m going to teach you a bit about one of the most important techniques in chess: CANDIDATE MOVES! One of the hardest things in chess is figuring out what to move when. Luckily candidate moves offer us a method to address this challenge. Candidate moves are the moves in a position that look promising enough to calculate seriously. Instead of trying to analyze every legal move, you make a shortlist, work out your opponent’s strongest r

Hi Friends! Hope you’re doing well. Today I’m going to share a bit about arguably the most underrated American football position out there, the PUNTER. For those unfamiliar, a punter is a player on special teams, not offense, not defense. Great punters can change the game by controlling the field-position battle. They have to kick the football with power, precision, and pin-point direction. Say it’s 4th and 10 at midfield. It’s too long for a field goal (unless you’re Cam Lit

Hi Friends, Hope you’re doing well. In case you missed it, last week we debuted our Monday music series with Current Country Music. The idea is that each week, on Monday, I’ll post about some music I enjoy, share some history and why I love it, and include a playlist for you to enjoy. Today’s selection is Le Quattro Stagioni, or The Four Seasons. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi is one of the greatest composers of all time. He lived between 1678 and 1741 and was the heart of the Baroque

Hi Friends, Hope you're doing well. The Sound Transit Link Light Rail is the main light rail rapid transit system for the Seattle area. I use it regularly and awesomely, as a thirteen-year-old, I can use it for free! Look, I get that most of you probably drive. That’s fine. I probably will too once I’m 16 and get my license. Then again, this is electric, eco-friendly, connects many places, and I can be independent with it right now! It's also a lot more cost-effective than re

Hi Friends, Hope you’re doing well. Today I’m coming to you with another one of my passions, related to sports, music, and life in general: SHOES! Look, we are a standing species and what we wear on our feet is critical to stay standing, stay sporting, and stay performing, comfortably, stylishly, and safely. Today I’ll share some different types of shoes for different situations that are part of my life and the lives of many of those around me. Let’s get to it. Created with

Hi Friends! Hope you’re doing well. After reading my Training Perfect Pitch and Rhythm (over 1,100 views, thank you so much!), and that “I’ve listened to an average of 10 hours of music per day”, many have asked what I listen to. That motivated what will be a now weekly series, for my posts each Monday, highlighting a specific genre and timeline of music I enjoy, and roughly a CDs worth of songs to listen to. Of course, I’ll include some explanation as to the history and wh

Hi Friends! Hope you’re doing well. Today I want to share an awesome initiative that my buddy Aayan Hetamsaria designed that I got to play with, ideate, and beta test a bit: ChessMasti.com! It started with a dream to provide valuable chess coaching and tips to anyone in the world with access to the internet, free of charge. It’s evolved into an amazing dynamic AI designed coach who personalizes the chess experience to exactly what you need and provides an accountability buddy

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. I'm 13 today and what better time to preview the 2026-2027 NBA season. The season begins October 20th with a triple-header where Joe Mazzulla’s Celtics travel to Detroit to play against a reigning Eastern Conference #1 seed Pistons at 12pm PDT, the most hyped offseason team 76ers with newly added LeBron James and Jaylen Brown head to the Garden to play Jalen Brunson’s reigning champ NY Knicks at 4pm PDT, and a Western Conference Finals reve

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. As you know music and neuroscience are two of my favorite subjects. In my most viewed blog (over 1,200 views) Music x Yoga, I began exploring this intersection. Today we're going to dive a bit deeper into two musical aspects I have, which are super rare, how they work in the brain, and how you can train your brain to develop them: Perfect pitch and perfect rhythm. My goal in this blog, as someone with both, is to explain what they are, how

Hi Friends! Hope you’re doing well. Do you know that awesome Jo Dee Messina country song Heads Carolina, Tails California, from 1996 or maybe the Cole Swindell 2022 version? "Heads Carolina, tails California; Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer; Up in the mountains, down by the ocean; Where it don't matter, long as we're goin'; Somewhere together, I've got a quarter; Heads Carolina, tails California." This past weekend, our quarter landed heads and we took a trip to North Car

Hi Friends! The final five rounds (Rounds 7–11) turned both sections into real medal races: Uzbekistan recovered from its only Open loss to win at home, while China built and then protected a narrow lead to take the Women’s title, as predicted in Chess Olympiad Part I. For our #TLDR readers, the final podiums were Open: Uzbekistan, India, Germany; Women: China, Kazakhstan, India. There were tons of great stories from the second half of the tournament, and we'll share a few of