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b"This week we feature a double attack from two of the premier chess trainers in the world! GM Jacob Aagaard is the co-founder of Quality Chess Publishing,\\xa0 is an award winning author, and has worked with many elite grandmasters including GM Boris Gelfand and GM Sam Shankland. GM R.B. Ramesh, is an award-winning trainer and author, who has coached the India National Team many times, and has worked with many young talents including GM Pragganandha. GMs Aagaard and Ramesh are both return guests\\xa0 to Perpetual Chess, as they visit to discuss their new project, 365ChessAcademy.com. This new site offers dedicated chess students worldwide the ability to access daily lectures from a cadre of high level trainers, including themselves. In addition to explaining the vision behind this new project, they fielded many chess-improvement questions from Perpetual Chess listeners and provided many insights about common issues faced over the board. As always, you can find more details and timestamps below.\\xa0\\n\\n(If embedded hyperlinks aren't visible in your podcast feed you can find them here:\\n\\nhttps://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2020/2/25/episode-166-gm-jacob-aagaard-and-gm-rb-ramesh)\\n\\n0:00-\\xa0We kick off by discussing the vision behind GM Aagaard and GM Ramesh\\u2019s new initiative, an online chess academy, called 365ChessAcademy.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Sam Shankland, GM Ivan Salgado-Lopez, GM Julen Arizmendi Martinez, IM Renier Castellanos Rodriguez, GM Sabino Brunello\\xa0\\n\\n16:00- What have been the unexpected challenges of launching this website?\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n19:30- This episode is brought to you part by Chessable.com. You can check out the first two volumes of GM Arthur Yusopov\\u2019s acclaimed Fundamental chess series on Chessable, here: https://www.chessable.com/the-fundamentals-1-build-up-your-chess/course/19145/\\n\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/the-fundamentals-2-boost-your-chess/course/14534/\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n20:30- We dive into some questions from the Patreon mailbag, beginning with Jacob and Ramesh tackling the age-old question of how to allocate one\\u2019s chess study time. Is it better to focus on improving your weaknesses or building your strengths in your game? As a baseline for club players, GM Ramesh recommends spending 60% of study time on middlegame, 20% on endgame, and 20% on opening.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Elizbar Ubilava\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n35:30- The next Patreon question relates to chess study.\\xa0 How does one know when to switch areas of focus in study, and how to draw up chess training plans.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Sam Shankland, GM Boris Gelfand, GM Viswanathan Anand, Dvoretsky\\u2019s Endgame Manual\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n45:00- Another Patreon supporter writes to ask how he can work to limit tactical oversights in his games.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Quality Chess\\u2019s Yusopov Build up Your Chess Series, 365 Chess Academy\\u2019s Youtube Channel\\xa0\\n\\n54:30- Another Patreon question: How can one structure studies such that they acquire actual chess skills instead of just chess knowledge?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Quality Chess Academy Camps: https://qualitychessacademy.com/june2020/\\n\\n1:00:00- One more question: Should we change our study approach as we get closer to a tournament?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: John Hartmann, GM Jan Gustafsson\\xa0\\n\\n1:02:00- Why is it that GM Aagaard has said that he doesn\\u2019t believe in goals?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: TheBestChessBooks.com, S.M.A.R.T. goals, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big\\n\\n1:06:00- Would GM Ramesh or GM Aagaard be interested in working on a World Championship prep team if an opportunity presented itself?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Boris Gelfand, The Anand Files, IM Christopher Yoo\\xa0\\n\\nThanks again to Jacob and Ramesh to share so much of their wisdom about chess improvement. To find out more about their academy head on over to https://365chessacademy.com/ \\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"