Matt gives us his best dentist hacks. Oh and we go over Tata Steel and top-level chess.
0:00 Dentist Hacks
2:27 Tata Steel
6:59 Updated Ratings
11:40 Freestyle Odds
14:35 Nate Solon recap
22:25 The Gap in the Gain
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This week Nate Solon gives us his unconventional advice for how to improve in chess. He talks us through his courses and how to build an opening repertoire.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro & Openings
1:45 How many lines should we study?
7:12 Value of surprises
8:10 How good is 1. Nf3?
9:27 New chess engine?
10:00 1. Nf3 scores very well
11:22 Nate uses his repertoire OTB
14:12 Playing vs Strongchess
16:40 Improve with Blitz
18:38 OBIT explained
22:49 Playing vs Studying
24:40 How to study chess
25:28 Building a study plan
28:10 4 Principles of chess improvement
30:40 Chess Habits for Improvement
34:28 Seriously, play blitz
35:20 Nate’s live course
38:52 Nate’s semislav chessable course
43:21 Coming up with move recommendations
46:55 Future of top level chess
51:55 How to market chess
52:52 New kinds of tournaments
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Intro music is Action Stylish Rock - Dedication by Alex Grohl
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56:22
#55 Gotham's Nightmare Tournament
This week we discuss IM Levy Rozman's difficult tournament and Tata Steel.
0:00 GM Levy?!!
6:23 Hans coaches Levy?
8:48 Tata Steel
12:30 Betting Lines
14:22 Leon Luke Mendoca
18:30 UFC (of course)
21:10 Win a course
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Intro music is Action Stylish Rock - Dedication by Alex Grohl
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#54 Danny's New Book
This week we go over the top 2024 prize winners and Danny's new memoir.
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Top Prize Winners
Levy's new tournament
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Biggest Prize Winners 2024
6:01 Danny’s new book
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Intro music is Action Stylish Rock - Dedication by Alex Grohl
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#53 2024 Goalie Awards
This week we go over the top 2024 OTB performers as well as award 5 Goalie awards for 2024.
0:00 2024 Performance Ratings
10:48 Goalie Awards
12:10 Tournament of the Year
16:55 Best Content Creator
19:30 Best Year of Chess
21:05 Villain of the Year
26:45 Upcomer of the Year
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Intro music is Action Stylish Rock - Dedication by Alex Grohl