This week we're covering the Freestyle tournament that's happening right now. We also give an update on all of our courses.
0:00 Freestyle
12:08 UFC
13:40 Courses Updates
22:36 Freestyle Tactic
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This week we go over the American Cup, Hans/Dubov and an interesting reddit post.0:00 American Cup
4:30 Live Ratings
7:15 Women’s American Cup
8:30 American Cup Blitz
9:45 Hans/Dubov Match
12:50 Interesting Reddit Post
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Sam Copeland joins the podcast to share his best tips, his GOAT and his work at chess.com
0:50 How Sam Got His Start
7:00 Sam’s Training Plan to make NM
11:00 Did you use engines to improve?
18:50 Sam’s PHD and Chess Club
25:50 Sam’s roles at chess.com
30:20 Tips for adult improvers
43:10 Who is Sam’s GOAT?
52:50 Who is next in line?
55:40 Hans’s legacy
1:03:40 Sam’s fitness routine
1:09:05 Favorite books
1:16:40 Upcoming Projects
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This week Matt and I try to beat Levy Rozman.0:00 Hans7:21 Magnus’s Jeans14:01 Chessgoals v Gothamchess41:48 Analysis
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This week we answer your questions and give away a few courses.
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This week we create a chess grid with some of your favorite chess players.
0:00 Intro + Freestyle Underdogs
1:28 CHESS GRID
15:48 Fixing the empty box
18:15 Adding ourselves
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0:00 Welcome
2:05 NEW COURSE
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9:20 Puzzle Rush Survival
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Matt gives us his best dentist hacks. Oh and we go over Tata Steel and top-level chess.
0:00 Dentist Hacks
2:27 Tata Steel
6:59 Updated Ratings
11:40 Freestyle Odds
14:35 Nate Solon recap
22:25 The Gap in the Gain
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This week Nate Solon gives us his unconventional advice for how to improve in chess. He talks us through his courses and how to build an opening repertoire.
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0:00 Intro & Openings
1:45 How many lines should we study?
7:12 Value of surprises
8:10 How good is 1. Nf3?
9:27 New chess engine?
10:00 1. Nf3 scores very well
11:22 Nate uses his repertoire OTB
14:12 Playing vs Strongchess
16:40 Improve with Blitz
18:38 OBIT explained
22:49 Playing vs Studying
24:40 How to study chess
25:28 Building a study plan
28:10 4 Principles of chess improvement
30:40 Chess Habits for Improvement
34:28 Seriously, play blitz
35:20 Nate’s live course
38:52 Nate’s semislav chessable course
43:21 Coming up with move recommendations
46:55 Future of top level chess
51:55 How to market chess
52:52 New kinds of tournaments
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This week we discuss IM Levy Rozman's difficult tournament and Tata Steel.
0:00 GM Levy?!!
6:23 Hans coaches Levy?
8:48 Tata Steel
12:30 Betting Lines
14:22 Leon Luke Mendoca
18:30 UFC (of course)
21:10 Win a course
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This week we go over the top 2024 prize winners and Danny's new memoir.
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0:00 Intro
0:34 Biggest Prize Winners 2024
6:01 Danny’s new book
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This week we go over the top 2024 OTB performers as well as award 5 Goalie awards for 2024.
0:00 2024 Performance Ratings
10:48 Goalie Awards
12:10 Tournament of the Year
16:55 Best Content Creator
19:30 Best Year of Chess
21:05 Villain of the Year
26:45 Upcomer of the Year
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In this episode we review our 2024. Including our best courses, best podcast episodes and upcoming courses. We also discuss the recent drama at the world rapid and blitz.
0:00 Top Podcast Episodes
4:45 Courses
9:10 Upcoming Courses
17:40 Rapid & Blitz Drama
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Merry Christmas from ChessGoals!
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This week we answer your questions and reflect on our first 50 episodes. Guess the eval
How to meet b6 in the nimzo: 0:00 Intro
1:56 Audio-only listeners
3:48 e4 or d4?
6:03 What is an NM and IM
8:36 50 years from now
9:46 How to reach 2200
11:05 Improving middle and endgames
12:50 Nimzo w/ early b6
15:10 $50k giveaway
15:45 More middlegame courses
16:40 Chessgoals courses
21:40 Patterns or original thoughts
23:20 Stalemate
24:50 Avoiding fatigue
26:45 Next world champion
28:55 Gukesh's max rating
29:50 Endgame courses
30:40 Firouzja and Naka
31:48 Live tournament rating
33:09 Beating titled players
33:50 Nepo and Hans
34:20 Taking on students
35:25 Best way to drill openings
36:10 Strategy books
37:45 Underrated GOAT candidates
39:50 Beginner opening
40:30 Play like capablanca
41:50 How far from NM
43:20 Amateur's Mind
43:40 Pawn strategy course
44:02 100 Endgames you must know
44:40 GIVEAWAY
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This week Matt and Jesse go over our favorite moments from the WCC, how to improve the format, and our favorite courses. 0:00 Opening + 2024 Podcast
3:25 WCC Chat
11:50 Psychology & match strategy
15:42 Is magnus still world champ
18:12 WCC format suggestions
21:56 Favorite courses
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Ben Johnson is the host of the Perpetual Chess Podcast and a great chess player as well. Today he talks to us about the WCC match, his chess upbringing and his favorite books. We are begging you to sign up for his newsletter. 0:00 WCC 14:03 Ben’s Chess Journey 21:12 Ben’s improvement tips 27:24 Poker 34:29 Book recommendations
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Matt will be doing recaps for every round of the world championship. Tune in to episode 47 to see how Matt thinks the World Chess Championship will go down.
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NM Todd Bryant gives us his best lifting tips, and teaches us his secret method to learning openings.
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