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An Adult Improver - Day 27 - I Started a Podcast?!?!

An Adult Improver - Day 27 - I Started a Podcast?!?!

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Day 27 - 3 Hours

Yesterday was an exciting day. For the last 7 months I have resisted making a podcast about chess. For anyone that knows me, this was a real challenge at times. But yesterday my resolve finally broke, and I started a chess podcast. I think it’s a useful topic and the first episode’s guest provided a lot of great information. The Journey: Adult Chess Improvement focuses on the different journeys that we all take with our chess. Some have great success while others plug away for years with no ratings progress. My goal is to have conservations with a wide range of dedicated chess players and gain glimpses into a variety of approaches. Hopefully, the cast will shed light on what works, what seems to hinder people, and how to fight through the walls and hurdles facing us. I didn’t count the many hours put into recording, editing, and publishing as chess improvement time. It should be on all the podcast apps soon enough, but for now it’s available on Spotify and anchor.

https://anchor.fm/dr-kevin-scull/episodes/Episode-1---Jim-1400-Lichess-Rapid-e14et1e

Regarding my own chess work, I continued working on the Caro-Kann. Today I focused on the fantasy variation. I think I found a line that turns white’s fantasy into a nightmare. (See what I did there, pretty hilarious huh). I continued working on Small Steps to Giant Improvement. I also saw some slight gains in my tactics effectiveness and rating. Is this the beginning of a turnaround or just a good day?

26 Chess.com puzzles - 15 right 11 wrong. Turning it around?

2 Puzzle Rush - 20

1 Rapid Game - Minimal Analysis. I lost to a tactic.

1 Rapid Game - No analysis (part of lesson but ran out of time)

1 The Best Move - I saw the line, but not the entire line.

Caro-Kann work - Fantasy variation. Found a line that I like.

3 Pages Small Steps

2 Practical Chess Puzzles.

Recorded a podcast: The Journey: Adult Chess Improvement - took a lot of time to record and edit, but not including it in my chess improvement hours.