EP 354- Perpetual Chess Improvement Book Discussion with Dr. Christopher Chabris

Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'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 megaphone.fm/adchoices'