This week we return with another “Chess Improvement Q & A” episode with another top trainer. Our returning guest is 2019 Swiss National Champion, turned trainer and blogger, GM Noel Studer. Noel is always insightful on everything related to chess improvement and answers a wide range of questions from the online chess community. Topics discussed include: how to diagnose weaknesses, what to look for in a chess trainer, limiting blunders, improving tactics as well as Noel’s helpful advice for dealing with various common psychological pitfalls that chess players face. After 75 minutes of chess improvement talk, we turn our attention to Noel’s new course, Beginner Chess Mastery. It is a comprehensive guide for newer chess players designed to take you up to about the 1200 level. If this describes you or someone you know, you will want to stay tuned until the end of the pod.
If you or someone you know is below 1200 and looking to improve their games, check out Noel’s course. (on sale for a limited time)
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Course link- Beginner Chess Mastery
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Prior Noel Studer appearances on episodes 248 and 312
04:30- Chess improvement Q and A! Is it possible that an amateur player would be a better teacher for a beginner than a Grandmaster?
Mentioned: Nate Solon’s Tweet:
https://x.com/natesolon/status/1765044706885468204?s=20
Also Mentioned: GM Jacob Aagaard
18:00- Patreon mailbag question: How does Noel diagnose what a student needs to do to improve? How does he know when a weakness has been sufficiently addressed?
22:00- Advice for limiting blunders
25:00- Patreon mailbag question: What is Noel’s advice for someone who struggles at rapid compared to slower time controls?
31:00- Advice for improving at tactics
Mentioned: 600 Practical Chess Exercises
36;30- Is it more effective to have a coach then to use online training courses?
38:00- Noel’s excellent advice for avoiding making impulsive moves.
45:00- Noel’s advice for a player that struggles to embrace complications when short on time
51;00- Is one better off studying the games of lower level masters compared to those of Super GMs and the all-time greats?
56:00- What does Noel think of solitaire chess/guess the move?
1:00:00- Patreon mailbag question: Diet and weight loss are known as the keys to losing weights, what are the chess improvement analogs to diet and weight loss?
1:03:00- Patreon mailbag question: What are some ways to evaluate improvement besides rating?
1:05:00- Patreon mailbag question: What is Noel’s favorite chess book on the middlegame?
Mentioned: Chess Structures by GM Mauricio Flores Rios
1:07:00- Does Noel think its better to repeat tactical puzzles a la the Woodpecker method, or to solve new ones?
1:09:00- Noel’s tips for avoiding burnout
1:13:00- What is the best time control to practice online?
1:15:30- We discuss Noel’s new course, Beginner Chess Mastery
1:19:50- Who is the target audience for this course?
Thanks to Noel for joining me again!
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EP 351- Steffen Nielsen: The author and award-winning endgame study composer on what makes a good chess puzzle, and whether endgame studies are good for your chess calculation.
EP.350- CM Can Kabadayi: A self-taught Candidate Master and Cognitive Scientist on Calculation, The Chess Aging Curve and his Favorite Chess Books
EP 349- Dr. Anique de Bruin: Deliberate Practice and the Science of Chess Learning
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EP 348- ALTO Tournament Report- Two Participants on What they learned and Experienced at an Adult Only Weekend Tournament in Charlotte
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EP 346- NM Todd Bryant Shares his Data on the Most Accomplished Adult Improvers in recent US Chess History, plus Discusses his Own Approach to Chess Enjoyment & Improvement
EP 345- WFM Maaike Keetman on The Best Open Tournaments in Europe, The Chess Steps Method & Chessable's Create Your Own Course Contest
EP 344- GM Melik Khachiyan on How Staying Active OTB and Emphasizing Physical Fitness helped him Finally win his First National Title!
Bonus Pod- FIDE World Cup Update- Magnus and Fabiano on a Collision Course? Featuring CM Vjekoslav Nemec and IM Michael Rahal reporting from the tournament in Baku.
EP 343- Rating Deflation Roundtable- Statistician Jeff Sonas and Data Scientist FM Nate Solon discuss FIDE’s Proposed Changes to their Rating System, Plus Historical Chess Nuggets from Jeff’s Grea
EP 342- GM Simen Agdestein: The Norwegian Chess Legend on Coaching Young Magnus, Life as a Pro Footballer, and What he Learned from Career-Altering Injuries
Book Recap #32- GM Rowson's Chess for Zebras a classic book that tackles the challenges of adult improvement, and the differences between playing White and Black (with guest co-host, Professor David
EP 341-Double Episode! GM Levon Aronian on The Global Chess League, How to Better Promote Chess, and Reflections on his Bumpy Ride to the Chess Elite + Global Chess League Chairperson Jagdish Mitra on
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EP 340- FIDE World Cup Preview with Mr. Dodgy- The Best Tournament of the Chess Year starts Sunday! Magnus looks for his first World Cup Win, and Hikaru, Fabiano, and a host of Challengers hope to Ear
EP 339- WGM Anna Zatonskih: The Four-Time US Women’s Champion Shares the Story Behind Earning Her First GM Norm at age 44!
Bonus Pod- The FIDE Women's World Championship is at the Halfway Point: American Chess Olympian WGM Begim Tokhirjonova joins to discuss it
EP 338- Dr. Daniel Simons and Dr. Christopher Chabris- Two Award Winning co-authors and Professors on Growth Mindset, Cheating in Chess, Chess Improvement & Much more!
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