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 293- Olympiad Trip reports with Lula Roberts aka "LulaRobs" and Team USA captain, IM John Donaldson
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Bonus Pod - Dispatches from the Chennai Olympiad with GM Axel Bachmann and Mr. Dodgy of Chessable
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EP 289- Tony Ballard- A Convicted Felon on How Chess has Changed His Life
Bonus Pod- GM Andrii Baryshpolets on Why He is Running For FIDE President
Breaking News Bonus Pod- Chess24 Reporter Tarjei Svensen on Magnus' Decision not to Defend his Title
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EP 287- GM David Howell joins for a FIDE Candidates Wrap Up plus World Championship Match Scuttlebutt, and his 2022 OTB and Commentating Plans
Book Recap #27 - GM Yasser Seirawan's Play Winning Chess
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FIDE Candidates Round 12 Update- IM Christof Sielecki on Nepo's Dominance, Alireza's Struggles and the Tight Battle For 2nd Place
EP 285- IM Irina Bulmaga on her New Chess Training Regimen, the best Open Tournaments in Europe, and her Current Chess Goals
FIDE Candidates Round 6 Update- GM Jonathan Tisdall on the tournament so far
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EP 283- Top Trainer GM R.B. Ramesh on How to Improve Your Chess Calculation, and the keys to GM Praggnanandhaa’'s success
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