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GM Josh Friedel is the 2013 US Open Champion and is a state champion of 3 different states! Josh has also been teaching chess for decades, and he always presents chess in a clear and instructive fashion. Here in 2024, Josh has released his first Chessable course, Beginner Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. In addition to sharing some key advice from this course, Josh also discusses common errors he sees at the intermediate level. It has been more than 5 years since my first interview with Josh, so we also catch up on his OTB career, goal-setting, and\xa0 on what he learns about chess improvement from working to improve at cooking, tennis, and his newest hobby, guitar.\xa0\n0:00- Thanks to our presenting chess education sponsor, Chessable.com. In addition to GM Friedel\u2019s course, GM Jan Gustafsson is out with a brand new course on 1. E4!\xa0 If you use the link below to sign up for Perpetual Chess, it helps to support the pod!\xa0\nhttps://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro\n0:01- What gave Josh the idea to cover the topic of Beginner Mistakes. What are some common beginner mistakes?\xa0\n0:11- Josh covers some of the most common intermediate-level (1600-2100)\xa0 mistakes he sees.\xa0\nMentioned; GM Josh Friedel\u2019s YouTube channel\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/joshfriedel\n0:22- Josh shares his thoughts on Chess960 aka Freestyle Chess\xa0\n0:27- Patreon mailbag question: What is Josh\u2019s advice for how chess players should go about setting goals?\xa0\n29- Josh\u2019s plans for an OTB comeback\xa0\n36:00- Patreon mailbag question: What has Josh learned from working with coaches like GM Kaidanov, GM Goldin, NM Hal Terrie, and GM Larry Christiansen?\xa0\nMentioned; GM Daniel Naroditsky, Lev Psakhis, Viktor Mikhalevski, Vinay Bhat\xa0\n45:00- Are Josh\u2019s abilities in his other interests, such as tennis and cooking, also\xa0 progressing?\xa0\nMentioned: GM Ray Robson, IM Eric Rosen, IM Marc Esserman\xa0\n48:00- What is the topic of the chess book Josh is working on?\xa0\nThanks to Josh for joining the pod! You can reach him via the LiChess coaches page, and be sure to check out his Chessable course!\nhttps://www.chessable.com/beginner-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them-the-opening/course/204684/\nYou can contact him via his LiChess coaches page:\xa0\nhttps://lichess.org/coach/JFriedel\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here:\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices