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The Adult Improver Chess Life with Sam Canciobello Jan 30, 2024

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078 Dedicating three years of your life to chess as an adult is huge. Especially when it includes OTB classical tournaments and running a chess YouTube channel. That’s been the story of Sam Canciobello.
Inspired by the Queen’s Gambit, her passion for chess - now in its fourth year - has been consistent and impressive.
In this episode, we cover the different stages of her chess life, her long-term goals, and lessons she’s learned along the way. We also discuss:

Was it worthwhile for her to spend a large volume of time on openings at the beginning of her journey?
What factors have helped her improve the most?
Why great women players had a big impact on her chess life.

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Essential Chess Tips From 6 Books By NM Dan Heisman Jan 09, 2024

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075 NM Dan Heisman is a world-renowned chess coach and author. He’s on the verge of publishing his thirteenth, and perhaps final, chess improvement book. In this episode, we take a retrospective of some of Dan’s best books and offer improvement advice relevant to each book.
It’s an honor to celebrate Dan’s amazing multi-decade career as a chess author and his third appearance on the podcast.
Some tips we discuss:

Surprising advice from Dan on the #1 principle that should guide your study plan.
How to avoid a common mistake club players make when choosing annotated game books.
Three key categories of what to study to improve your chess - and how much time to focus on each one.

Later this year (2024), Dan will publish a book based on his ongoing “Chess Tip of the Day” series that he’s posted daily for years on Twitter. Look for that soon!
In the meantime, here are links to all of Dan’s fantastic books, his YouTube channel, and his website.
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>>Support this pod by grabbing a chess.com membership which will help you improve your chess & defeat your enemies. A small portion will fund this pod - and every bit helps! Just click this link.

>> Neither? How about checking out Daniel's chess.com profile? Witness his countless, embarrassing blitz losses. He even accepts some friend requests. (Ad)

Elevating Your Chess With Great Women Players w/ WIM Luciana Morales Jan 02, 2024

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074 Many great women players deserve more attention. Consider that even the games of women's world champions are rarely studied. This shouldn't be the case any longer since their chess is instructive, and their personal lives are rich and inspired.
Thankfully, WIM Luciana Morales (along with co-author NM Bryan Tillis) shines a light on the first five women world champions in a new and unique course.
Not only does it contain a hefty dose of chess improvement lessons for club players...
But it’s also an important work that brings more attention to women and their impact on the chess community.

In this interview, we dive into the surprising stories & lessons of these great women world champions, as well as some behind-the-scenes making of Luciana’s course. We also discuss Luciana’s unique upbringing as a rising talent in Peru.
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>>Support this pod by grabbing a chess.com membership which will help you improve your chess & defeat your enemies. A small portion will fund this pod - and every bit helps! Just click this link.

>> Neither? How about checking out Daniel's chess.com profile? Witness his countless, embarrassing blitz losses. He even accepts some friend requests. (Ad)

Positional Play for Club Players w/ FM Nate Solon Dec 19, 2023

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A second visit to the pod from chess coach & author, FM Nate Solon! In recent years, Nate has become a well-known chess educator.
He’s co-authored the highly-praised book, Evaluate Like a Grandmaster.
In 2023, he released his first Chessable course on the Reti opening for White.
Plus, Nate regularly publishes a popular e-newsletter on improvement advice called, Zwischenzug. (Links to all these are below!)
In this interview, we discuss:

Preparation and performance lessons learned from Nate’s victory at the adults-only, classical tournament, called ALTO, at the Charlotte Chess Center.
Why should you study positional play as a club player when everything is supposedly tactics and more tactics?
How does playing the Reti (1.Nf3) - Nate’s new course! - give a club player a helpful advantage over 1.e4?

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