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This week author, teacher, YouTube presenter and philosophy Ph. D, Grandmaster Jesse Kraai is with me again to share more of his wisdom. Given his academic background, it is always fun to hear Jesse philosophize about chess and life, and this was a good time to catch up with him as we talked about the ways that tournament chess is changing and speculated about how it might continue to change due to shifts in perspective brought on by the coronavirus. Naturally we also talked about lots of chess improvement ideas, as Jesse shared his current chess goals, his approach to chess, and outlined the vision of ChessDojo.\xa0 ChessDojo is a new online chess learning community that Jesse has launched together with IMs David Pruess and Kostya Kavutskiy. As always, please read on for more details and timestamps.\xa0\n\n0:00- Jesse discusses his personal experiences with the coronavirus, something which fans of his Youtube videos saw him endure. \xa0 Jesse also discusses the ways that the coronavirus affects his chess teaching, Chessdojo, and how it might affect chess tournaments in coming years.\xa0\xa0\n\nMentioned:\xa0\n\nJesse Kraai\u2019s first appearance on Perpetual Chess in October of 2017:\xa0\n\nhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-chess-podcast/id1185023674?i=1000393634256\n\nGM Jesse Kraai\u2019s Road Back to 2500 series\n\nIM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, GM Jesse Kraai\xa0\n\nChess Dojo YouTube channel \xa0\xa0 Chess Dojo discord\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n22:00- This episode is brought to you in part by Chessable!\xa0\n\nCheck out the excellent book Chess Structures with Chessable's MoveTrainer capability here: https://www.chessable.com/chess-structures-a-grandmaster-guide/course/14540/\n\n24:00- What are Jesse\u2019s core beliefs about how to improve at chess?\xa0\n\nMentioned:\xa0\n\nJesse\u2019s video- The True Path to Chess Improvement\xa0\n\nThe Road to Chess Improvement by GM Alex Yermolinksy\xa0, Chess24\u2019s Magnus Invitational\xa0\n\nIM Greg Shahade,GM Garry Kasparov\xa0\n\n34:30- We discuss Chess.com\u2019s fun ongoing tournament, The \u201cI\u2019m Not a GM Speed Chess Invitational\u201d.\xa0\n\nMentioned: IM Danny Rensch, IM Greg Shahade, IM Christof Sielecki, IM Lawrence Trent, IM David Pruess, IM John Bartholomew, WGM Anna Zatonskih\n\n38:30- How can club players go about learning structures rather than lines in openings?\xa0\xa0\n\nThe London System, The Colle, The Zukertort\xa0\n\n45:45- A question from a Patreon supporter of the podcast asks Jesse if his background as a student of\xa0 philosophy shapes his views on chess.\xa0\n\nMentioned: GM Emanuel Lasker, Martin aka Saychess on Twitter, GM Capablanca, Chess for Life by Mathew Sadler and Natasha Regan, The Scandanavian expert whose name I was forgetting is GM Sergei Tiviakov\xa0\n\n1:00:00- Our conversation transitions to a discussion of whether chess books are decreasing in popularity. Mentioned: GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez, IM Cyrus Lakdawala\n\n1:06:15- A Patreon supporter writes to ask Jesse\u2019s opinion of the TV show Stranger Things.\xa0\n\n1:11:00- Thanks to Jesse for re-joining us!\xa0\n\nKeep up with GM Jesse Kraai here:\xa0\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/JesseKraai\n\nWebsite: http://jessekraai.org/\n\nFollow ChessDojo here:\xa0\n\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4liTXRJ-XknH6OtKz-tOuw\n\nTwitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive\xa0\n\nDiscord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD\xa0\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo\n\n\xa0\n\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can so here:\n\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess\n\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices