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My book, Perpetual Chess Improvement,\xa0is now available from New in Chess (and should be shipping from Amazon any day now), so it was time to dedicate a podcast to discussing it in detail. Joining me for the discussion is longtime friend of the pod, cognitive scientist, author and USCF Master, Dr. Christopher Chabris. Christopher had a sneak peak at the book and shares his impressions of it and interviews me on the topics that interested him. . We discuss what I call \u201cThe Four Pillars of Chess Improvement,\u201d how the project came about, and the key lessons I derived for improvement of\xa0my own chess game from writing it. Whether or not you are interested in reading the book, I hope you find this discussion of chess improvement worthwhile. Timestamps of topics discussed are below.\xa0\n\n03:00-Thanks to our presenting chess education sponsors, Chessable.com. You can check out what is new here:\nhttps://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/\nAnd you can check out some of my favorites here:\nhttps://go.chessable.com/perpetual-chess-podcast/\n\n05:00- Book announcements\xa0\nFull info on book signings and ordering signed books here:\xa0\nhttps://www.perpetualchesspod.com/book?fbclid=IwAR0oy_PqpOhc-S7sP-mOZClmKZyhKwuWUbthSY8Um4qVp_YCJKYgL9HJiCA\n\n07:30- Book discussion with Dr. Christopher Chabris\xa0\n\n14:00- What is the target audience for the book?\xa0\n\n17:00- The importance of playing serious games\xa0\n\n25:00- Why did I write several pages about IM Levy Rozman\u2019s pursuit of the GM title?\xa0\n\n32:00- Why did I write a book? Did I ever want to quit this project?\n\n42:00- How did I decide that \u201cThe Four Pillars of Chess Improvement\u201d should be identified as these: 1) Play competitive games\xa02) Review them\xa03) Solve puzzles and 4) Find a Community?\n\n53:00- What is my next project?\nMentioned: Episode 349 with Dr. Anique de Bruin\xa0\n\n1:01:00 Patreon mailbag:\xa0Advice for Solitaire chess\xa0\nMentioned: GM Gregory Kaidanov, my video on How to Do Solitaire Chess on LiChess Studies:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8bpFF4nnPE\nGM Daniel King\u2019s How Good is Your Chess\xa0\nChess Life magazine archive with Pandolfini\u2019s Solitaire Chess:\nhttps://new.uschess.org/chess-life-digital-archives\nAlso available as a book:\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Solitaire-Chess-Bruce-Pandolfini/dp/0812936566\n\n1:05:00-\xa0Patreon mailbag question:\n\u201cWhat are some scientifically proven ways to improve at chess? What about unproven ways that Ben thinks are effective?\u201d\n\n1:13:00- Patreon mailbag question: \u201cWhich piece of advice do I think will be most helpful for my own improvement?\u201d\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices