Positional Play for Club Players w/ FM Nate Solon

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?

More From Nate:

• Nate’s e-newsletter on chess improvement: Zwischenzug
• Nate’s new Chessable opening course: Reti (1.Nf3)
• Nate’s book: Evaluate Like a Grandmaster
• Nate’s Twitter

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