Switching Openings & Defeating Rating Plateaus with Daniel Lona
021 This week’s format is different. Every few months, I’ll create a solo episode where I update you on my own chess journey: The top challenges I’m having, the best insights I’ve gained, and the late...
14 Jun 202229min
Tournament Advice & Building a Strong Chess Culture with WGM Irene Sukandar
020 You may have first heard of WGM Irene Sukandar in 2021, when her popularity soared after defeating Dewa Kipas, a man who infamously cheated in an online game against IM Levy Rozman. But, in this i...
7 Jun 20221h 10min
Beat the Rating Slump Blues with WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian
019 With so many hours put into our chess practice. The experience of a long-term rating decline or plateau can be frustrating. Even painful. Shouldn’t we see positive rating results if it’s been X nu...
24 Mai 202257min
How to Analyze Your Games with WGM Katerina Nemcova
018 You just finished a Rapid or Classical game. Now it’s time to pluck some hard-earned lessons from the experience. But wait: should you turn on the engine? Annotate the game with notes? Review it i...
17 Mai 20221h 7min
How to Study Annotated Game Books w/ IM Kostya Kavutskiy
017 Kostya is one of the co-founders of the incredible Chess Dojo. It's a channel and business designed to help chess improvers (most of whom are adults.) In this episode: Why you should bother readi...
10 Mai 20221h 20min
The Journey of a World-Class Chess Commentator w/ WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili
0016 Offering live commentary of world-class chess is no easy task. Your audience is often club-level players and beginners. So, you'll have to strike a balance between explaining obscure GM strategy…...
3 Mai 20221h 11min
Common Mistakes Made By Adult Improvers (& How To Fix Them) With FM Peter Giannatos
015 All chess players struggle to improve. But there are some mistakes made along the way that are unique to adults. Thankfully, there are easy solutions that’ll remove these roadblocks and get you ba...
26 Apr 20221h 9min
WGM Jennifer Shahade: Unstoppable Chess Queens & Rare Tips to Improve
014 Today you get a 2-topic episode: 1) Adult chess improvement tips from WGM Jennifer Shahade; and 2) A discussion on her new book, Chess Queens, about the celebration & deeper understanding of women...
19 Apr 202254min
