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b'I am joined this week by renowned trainer, author, and 2006 Swedish National Champion, GM Johan Hellsten. Johan is best known for his excellent book/Chessable course Mastering Chess Strategy, and its successors Mastering Opening Strategy, and Mastering Endgame Strategy. These courses are highly regarded by chess trainers and students alike, and are packed with educational puzzles. In our conversation, we got into the origins of these voluminous projects, plus Johan answered a ton of chess improvement related questions from listeners to the podcast. Lastly, Johan told some fun stories from his time playing on the Swedish Olympiad Team, and shared the names of some authors that were formative in his own chess development. Please read on for timestamps and relevant links.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\n0:00- How was Johan influenced by the work of legendary trainer, IM Mark Dvoretsky?\\xa0\\nMentioned:Sergey Dolmatov, GM Artur Yusupov,\\xa064 Chess Magazine\\n\\n08:25- What was the vision behind Mastering Chess Strategy and Johan\\u2019s Mastering series?\\xa0\\n\\n15:00- What are some books one could do that aren\\u2019t as challenging as Johan\\u2019s fantastic books?\\xa0\\nMentioned: Simple Chess by Michael Stean, Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan (also on Chessable) , Silman\\u2019s Reassess Your Chess Workbook\\nEpisode 272- \\u201cPositional Puzzle Book Championship\\u201d with Neal Bruce\\xa0\\nShane Taulbut, chess books, GM Arthur Yusupov, IM Mark Dvoretsky, GM Yasser Seirawan, John Nunn\\u2019s Understanding Chess Move by Move\\xa0\\n\\n18:45- How does Johan find so many instructive positions?\\xa0\\nMentioned: Follow Chess App, Chessbomb, Chess24.com, Mark Crowther\\u2019s The Week in Chess\\n\\n29:00- Patreon mailbag question from Neal Bruce! Should players at different rating levels approach Johan\\u2019s books differently?\\xa0\\n\\n39:00- Patreon mailbag question: In what order should one read Johan\\u2019s courses/books?\\nMentioned: Chess for Educators by Karel van Delft\\xa0\\n\\n45:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. In addition to GM Johan Hellsten\\u2019s series, one can find tons of courses on all phases of the chess game, check out what is new here: New Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com\\n\\n46:00- If you don\\u2019t have a coach what is the best way to identify your weaknesses that are holding you back?\\xa0\\nMentioned: GM Stellan Brynell\\xa0\\n\\n1:00:00- Johan discusses how club players can choose openings based on their styles.\\xa0\\n\\n1:06:00- What are Johan\\u2019s favorite game collection books? Do we need to study their books or just play through a great players games on a computer?\\nMentioned: GM Mickey Adams, GM Viswanthan Anand, GM Mark Taimanov, GM Svetozar Gligoric, GM Bent Larsen, GM Mikhail Botvinnik, GM Bobby Fischer\\xa0\\n\\n1:14:00- Patreon mailbag question: What are the chess cultures like in Sweden and Ecaudor? (Where Johan lives)\\xa0\\nMentioned:\\xa0GM Stellan Brynell, GM Johnny Hector, GM Jan Timman, GM Julio Granda Zuniga, IM Greg Shahade, GM Johan Hellsten\\u2019s YouTube Lectures, GM Wesley So\\n\\n1:22:00- Patreon mailbag question: How was Johan influenced by legendary Swedish player Ulf Andersson?\\xa0\\nMentioned: GM Viktor Korchnoi, GM David Anton, Hellsten-GM Viktor Kupreichik (1996), GM Andrey Kovalev, Hellsten-Kovalev 1996\\n\\n1:35:00- Thanks so much to GM Hellsten for sharing his wisdom and stories!\\nYou can reach him and check out his Chess.com Series here\\nhttps://www.chess.com/member/jhellsten\\nAnd be sure to get his Chessable courses here:\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/author/jhellsten2/\\nYou can find the same material in book form, here.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'