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Perpetual Chess Podcast
GM Andy Soltis is an award winning journalist,World ...
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Nov 16 2021 1h 27m
Chapter 1 12 mins
We begin by getting Andy’s chess improvement advice, including a Patreon question about whether Andy thinks chess books are superior to online learning tools as means for improving your gameChapter 2 2 mins
What is the proper mix between studying and playing?Chapter 3 1 min
What most helped Andy improve at chess?Chapter 4 4 mins
How did GM Yefim Geller go from Candidate Master to World Class player in his early 20s?Chapter 5 3 mins
What was Andy’s most memorable win in the Marshall Chess Club Championship win?Chapter 6 29 sec
Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. Check out what's new from them here: New Chess Courses Online For All Levels- Chessable.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the How to Chess podcast as well!Chapter 7 29 sec
Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. ACT NOW to enter their free Magnus-Nepo challenge on this siteChapter 8 5 mins
We discuss a bit about each player in GM Soltis’ beautiful new book, Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh starting with former World Champion GM Vassily SmyslovChapter 9 8 mins
What should we know about GM David Bronstein? Was his Candidates match with Boleslavsky in 1950 really fixed?Chapter 10 1 min
What should we know about legendary Ukrainian GM, Yefim Geller?Chapter 11 8 mins
Mark Taimanov was a world class pianist and chess player both. What else distinguished him from his chess contemporaries?Chapter 12 5 mins
What should we know about GM Yuriy Averbakh?Chapter 13 59 sec
Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessmood.com. They offer a huge video library with instruction on every phase of the gameChapter 14 2 mins
Patreon mailbag question: “What book would Andy love to write that he hasn’t written yet?”Chapter 15 8 mins
What does Andy think are the most important factors in which of his books sell the best?Chapter 16 6 mins
Patreon mailbag question: What does Andy think of the World Championship match? Has Magnus been out of form recently?Chapter 17 8 mins
Thanks as always to Andy for sharing his immense chess knowledge. You can check out his latest books here