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GM Wojciech Moranda is an insightful author, trainer, and one of the top players in Poland. He rejoins Perpetual Chess this week to do a deep dive on all things related to chess improvement. Wojciech answers questions related to memorizing and annotating games, improving at positional chess, the value of playing compared to reading, plus many more questions that can help your game and study routine. In the second half of the interview we expand our conversation to discuss Wojciech\u2019s excellent new book Supreme Chess Understanding, Wojciech discusses his experience coaching IM Levy Rozman, he shares advice for becoming a chess trainer, and of course,\xa0shares his thoughts on Nepo-Ding. I always learn a great deal when\xa0speaking with Wojciech, and this week\u2019s pod is no exception. You can find timestamps for the many topics discussed below.\xa0\n\nWojciech\u2019s Prior Appearance, Episode 203\xa0\nUniversal Chess Training\xa0\nSupreme Chess Understanding\xa0\n0:00- Check out some of my favorite Chessable courses here:\nhttps://go.chessable.com/perpetual-chess-podcast/\nStomp the Stafford Gambit\nShankland\u2019s Neo-Catalan 2\xa0\n\n03:00- Chess Improvement Q and A begins- Is it worthwhile to memorize complete games as a chess improvement method?\xa0\nMentioned: Rapid Chess Improvement, Book Recap #6- Woodpecker Method/Rapid Chess Improvement with Neal Bruce\xa0\n\n08:00- Is it worthwhile for amateurs to annotate GM games as an improvement method?\xa0\nMentioned: Zurich 1953, San Luis 2005, The Power of Defence and the Art of Counterattack in 64 Pictures, The Road to Chess Improvement\xa0\n\n18:00- Wojciech shares his thoughts on the AI revolution\xa0\n\n22:00- How should a 1600 level player with little opening knowledge approach learning them?\xa0\nMentioned: Everyman Move by Move Series\xa0\n\n27:00- Should a lower-rated player study imbalances? (The topic of Wojciech\u2019s new book)\xa0\n\n33:00- What method\xa0is the most effective for getting better at positional chess?\xa0Mentioned: GM Johan Hellsten\u2019s Mastering Chess Strategy (on Amazon) (and on Chessable)\xa0\n\n38:00- What are the traits of Wojciech\u2019s most successful students?\xa0\n\n45:00- What are the most common mistakes that Wojciech sees students making in different phases of the game? (Openings/Tactics/Endgames)\nMentioned: 100 Endgames You Must Know (on Amazon) (and on Chessable)\n\n51:00- Should Dr. Kevin Scull of Chess Journeys stop reading chess books and play more in order to improve?\xa0\n\n1:00:00- We discuss Supreme Chess Understanding.\xa0How does Wojciech find so many original and creative puzzle positions?\nMentioned: Available on Forward Chess, Free Preview of the Book via Thinker\u2019s Publishing\xa0\n\n1:08:00- What are the \u201cthree types of chess players\u201d when it comes to sacrificing material?\xa0\nMentioned: Beyond Material (on Amazon) (and on Chessable)\n\n1:12:00- What was it like to coach Gotham Chess?\xa0\n\n1:20:00- Patreon mailbag question: \u201cWhat resources would Wojciech recommend for someone thinking of becoming a chess trainer?\u201d\xa0\nMentioned: WFM Michalina Rudzi\u0144ska,\xa0Episode 201 with FM Peter Giannatos, Episode 66 with Adam Weissbarth, The Chess Instructor 2009, Chess Training for Budding Champions by IM Jesper Hall, How to Study Chess on Your Own, For Friends and Colleagues by IM Mark Dvoretsky, Thinking Inside the Box by GM Jacob Aagaard , Chess for Educators by Karel van Delft\n\xa0\n1:42:00- Wojciech\u2019s World Championship Thoughts\n\xa0Mentioned: Sean Ingle\u2019s story on Nepo\u2019s Missing Sleeping Pill, written for The Guardian\xa0\n\n1:47:00- Thanks to Wojciech for joining the pod!\xa0\nYou can contact him via his Lichess and his Chess.com Coaches Pages:\nhttps://lichess.org/coach/gmmoranda\nhttps://www.chess.com/member/gmmoranda\n\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here.\xa0\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices