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For this week\u2019s (non-Candidates) podcast I am honored to be joined by Lou Hays. Lou Hays is a businessman, accomplished chess author, and the founder of Hays Publishing, which published many popular books beginning in the 1990s. Lou also is an accomplished amateur player, who began tournament chess in his 20s and made it up to near master level. Lou has had the opportunity to meet some of the true legends of the game, and shares some amazing stories about his time spent with Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky and David Bronstein. We also discuss how chess improvement has, and has not changed over the decades, as well as Hays Publishing\u2019s most successful books, and how the chess publishing industry has changed. I greatly enjoyed hearing Lou\u2019s stories, and I am confident that you will as well.\xa0\n\n0:00-\xa0\xa0Thanks to our sponsor, Chessable.com. New courses include GM Romain Eduoard\u2019s Lifetime Repertoires: King\u2019s Indian Attack.\xa0\n\xa0If you use the link below to sign up for a Chessable pro membership, it helps to support the pod!\xa0\nhttps://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro\n\nMentioned:\nWinning Chess for Juniors\xa0\n\xa0https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tactics-Juniors-Hays/dp/1880673932\n\n0:03- In 1992, Lou got to spend the weekend with Bobby Fischer. How did that come about, and what was the experience like?\nMentioned: Bobby Fischer, Complete Games of the World Champion, Zita Rajcsanyi, Ken Smith (founder of Chess Digest and the Smith-Morra Gambit), Fischer voicemail is on YouTube here:\nhttps://youtube.com/shorts/CCa15k61MLY?si=igrs2WYVuyYHbltj\n\n\n25:00- Lou shares his own chess story, including how chess improvement has, and has not changed\xa0\nMentioned: Hastings 1895 (Out of print), NM John Jacobs, Hal Bogner, IM Anatoly Lein\xa0\n\n\n37:00- What was it like to spend a weekend with Boris Spassky?\n\n\n46:00- Lou tells the story of playing legendary blitz player Israel Zelber.\xa0\n\n\n49:00- How did Lou get into the chess publishing business?\xa0\nMentioned: My System: 21st Century Edition, Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors, Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, Stuart Margulies, Yasser Seirawan\xa0\n\n55:30- Patreon mailbag question: Would Lou consider putting\xa0Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors on Chessable?\xa0\nMentioned: James Stallings\xa0\n\n1:00:00- Lou is also an accomplished improver at golf! Are there any parallels to chess improvement?\nMentioned:Lou\u2019s book Make Your Golf Dream a Reality ,\xa0\n\n1:01:00- What was it like to spend time with legendary GM David Bronstein?\nMentioned: The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein by Genna Sosonko, Mikanes Bronstein 1965\xa0\n\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here:\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices