Ono (@TheOnoZone) talks to NM Ben Johnson about the Adult Improver endeavour of perpetual chess improvement against the backdrop of a busy adult life. Ben is the host of the legendary Perpetual Chess Podcast, creator of the weekly Perpetual Chess Linkfest + the author of the recently published book Perpetual Chess Improvement, among other things.
On this episode:
(01:56) The chess communities Ben belongs to
(05:00) The state of Ben’s chess in 2023
(05:58) The importance of playing OTB
(07:40) The writing of Ben’s new book
(09:17) Ben as a writer
(11:13) Success of Ben’s guests outside of chess
(13:13) What drives Adult Improvers to improve
(17:10) Unecessary vs Necessary Fallibility
(21:40) Knowledge vs Decision Making resources
(25:15) Can you acquire all the chess knowledge?
(27:15) Ben’s frustration with memory
(28:31) Ben’s last year of chess improvement
(30:11) Ben’s future projects
(31:05) Personality reflected on the chess board
(33:48) Luck in chess
(38:09) Ben’s chess ambitions
(41:57) When is the audio book available?
(43:25) Linkfest: Ben’s Blog
(45:42) Chess news sources
(50:20) Linkfest; adult improvement blogs
(54:58) Where can you get Ben's book?
Come talk with NM Ben Johnson + Ono in the Zoom Hangout on Friday, December 15th @19:00 UTC! Sign up for the free 7-day trial on www.patreon.com/TheOnoZone to get the Zoom link.
Episode links:
NM Todd Bryant’s chess improvement article
NM Todd Bryant on Perpetual Chess ep. 346
Wordy Chess Book List for Adult Improvers (free download TheOnoZone)
Ben Johnson Came To My (Chess) Birthday Party (TheOnoZone blog)
How To Chess podcast S3: How I forced myself to love endgames (Ben Johnson interviews TheOnoZone)
Follow NM Ben Johnson:
Twitter/X @Bennyficial1
Perpetual Chess Improvement book
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