START YOUR DAY RIGHT WITH US
The Morning Move is a free daily newsletter that pairs a chess puzzle with genuinely good news — delivered to your inbox every morning before your coffee gets cold.
We started with a simple question: what if the first thing you read each day actually made you sharper, not more anxious? Most mornings start the same way. You grab your phone, scroll through a feed of bad news and other people's opinions, and arrive at your desk already drained.
Research shows that what your brain processes in those first few minutes shapes your mood, focus, and decision-making for the rest of the day.
So we built something different.
One puzzle. One dose of good news. Every morning.
Each edition of The Morning Move includes a daily chess puzzle from enPuzzant.com — designed to wake up your brain and give you a small win before the day even starts. Alongside it, we curate stories of real people doing remarkable things: scientific breakthroughs, community wins, and progress that doesn't make the algorithm-driven front page.
Why chess?
Chess isn't just a board game. It's a 1,500-year-old training ground for focus, patience, and decision-making under pressure. Studies show that regular puzzle-solving improves memory, sharpens attention, and builds the kind of deep thinking that scrolling a feed can never replicate. You don't need to be a grandmaster. You just need two minutes and a willingness to think.
What we write about
Our articles cover six topics: chess improvement, mindset and mental game, morning routines, positive living, daily habits, and chess culture. Every piece is grounded in research — not recycled advice from productivity influencers. We write for people who want to get better at thinking, not just busier at doing.
Who's behind this?
The Morning Move is written by Aaron Heienickle — a chess enthusiast, entrepreneur, morning routine believer, and someone who got tired of starting every day with doom-scrolling. The newsletter and blog exist because mornings deserve better than what algorithms serve you.
Start your morning right
Join thousands of readers who begin their day with a puzzle and a reason to feel optimistic. Subscribe free at themorningmove.com, or solve today's puzzle at enPuzzant.com.