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Late 2 Chess
by Paul "The Doctor" Rebelo and Bill Fischer
Interested in playing chess but always hear how it is difficult to learn especially if you are an adult? There is no better time to start playing chess than today, especially with all the resources available now!!! Let's learn this game together and prove that while we may never become a grandmaster, we can still have fun. We can have a great time learning the game and progress to whatever level we can get to and until someone invents a time machine, today is still the best day to start. My personal goal is to see how high I can get my rating, while being a parent and holding two jobs, and two podcasts etc. etc. just like many of you. My goal is currently 1,500 USCF and my stretch goal is 2,000 USCF. Lets see where we all can get to!
Episodes
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L2C 068: Getting Better vs Winning vs Elo Pursuit - and some of the hazards of each
L2C 068: Getting Better vs Winning vs Elo Pursuit - and some of the hazards of each Bill surprises The Doctor with one of his weird soapbox issues. It starts with a discussion of chess improvement versus Elo increases versus an obsession with winning. As always, we bounce around and discuss…
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L2C 074: Emergency Episode - Bill's Latest Tournament (Debacle)
L2C 074: Emergency Episode - Bill's Latest Tournament (Debacle) Bill played in a tournament this weekend, as some of you may know from our Instagram posts. It did not go well. He did not play well. It was a tough one and we discuss it on the pod and what the plan of attack will be for the coming...
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L2C 071: Emergency Episode - Our 2026 Gift Bag Contest
L2C 071: Emergency Episode - Our 2026 Gift Bag Contest With the recent popularity of The Doctor's grab bags, we have sold out (for zero dollars so is it really a sale?) of The Doctor's current book stash, but we wanted to go out with a bang so here are the details of our year end, holiday gift…
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L2C 070: NM Robert Ramirez - Chess Coaching Deep Dive - Part 1 of...
L2C 070: NM Robert Ramirez - Chess Coaching Deep Dive - Part 1 of... We were very happy to have Robert Ramirez on the podcast and we had so many topics to discuss with him and then he started a whole new website and a structure to his chess paying and instruction. So we ended up with about 5...
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L2C 067: Prescription for Chess Improvement - Listener Code Name Grasshopper
L2C 067: Prescription for Chess Improvement - Listener Code Name Grasshopper To the surprise of many, a listener took advantage of our offer to review their game and suggest a few things to work on. Thank you to codename "Grasshopper" for their games and details. If you ever want to have us look…
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L2C 066: How to Study Puzzles and tactics to Actually Improve Your Chess Game
L2C 066: How to Study Puzzles and tactics to Actually Improve Your Chess Game If you have ever listened to any chess improvement advisors, you have undoubtably heard that to improve at chess you need to improve your tactics, especially early on in your chess journey. Some have even said that…
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L2C 064: Our Chess Prescriptions For Each Other
L2C 064: Our Chess Prescriptions For Each Other It is here, the episode where The Doctor gets to tell Bill what to do to improve his chess game. And, Bill gets to tell the Doctor what he has to do to improve his. The best part about it is that they both have to do what the other says. Since we…
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L2C 065: Listener Emails and Bill's Latest OTB Tournament at Marywood
L2C 065: Listener Emails and Bill's Latest OTB Tournament at Marywood The Doctor (and I) love nothing more than emails from our listeners. This episode starts off we a few of our more recent emails, including one from our first listener prescription request. We then go into a quick review of…
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L2C 063: Dr Can Kabadayi on Learning Chess
L2C 063: Dr Can Kabadayi on Learning Chess World Class Chess Instructor and prolific author of multiple award winning Chessable Courses Dr Can Kabadayi joins the podcast and we discuss a few of the more important aspects of learning chess by applying Dr Can's background in cognitive science and...
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L2C 062: Our Top Ten Things That Did Not Help Our Chess - Yet
L2C 062: Our Top Ten Things That Did Not Help Our Chess - Yet Top ten lists seem to be popular, so we decided to list the Top 10 Activities that we all have heard and likely tried that have not helped our chess game or helped our chess game the least to this point. This may not be the case as we...
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L2C 061: Patience in Chess
L2C 061: Patience in Chess Bill gets up onto his soapbox for this one and tried to explain why patience in chess is so important but often overlooked in most chess areas of chess learning. The Doctor is underwhelmed initially and you will have to listen to find out if he eventually comes across…
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L2C 060: Tao of Chess and Bill's Latest OTB Tournament
L2C 060: Tao of Chess and Bill's Latest OTB Tournament On this week's episode, we try to squeeze in a double shot. We cover the chapter in the Tao of Chess on tempo. Then we go into the latest OTB tournament for Bill. Plus there is a few surprise items and Bill continues to lobby for The Doctor…
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L2C 059: IM Kostya Kavutskiy
L2C 059: IM Kostya Kavutskiy We were honored to have International Master Kostya Kavutskiy on the podcast. We talked all things chess and the ChessDojo, as well as our usual digressions. Hopefully this will be a great introduction to Kostya and part one of many to come. Did we miss something or…
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L2C 058: AI Assistance in Chess Improvement and Listener Questions
L2C 058: AI Assistance in Chess Improvement and Listener Questions The Doctor has been hard at work on his game and has become a big fan of working with AI to review his paly. He is primarily using a new to us website called ChesSigma and we he has found to be helpful to improve his game....
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L2C 057: Chess Camp with the Chess Dojo
L2C 057: Chess Camp with the Chess Dojo The Chess Dojo announced that they would be holding a camp helping players chess games. We were immediately interested but life schedules led to Bill being the only one of us to be able to attend. He had such a good time and learned so much, we had a need…
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L2C 056: Visualization and Mental Processing with Aiden Rayner
L2C 056: Visualization and Mental Processing with Aiden Rayner All chess players can agree that thinking is a large of our game and a key component in our success at the board. What if there was a way to optimize not only what we think but how we think? Do you think that your game would improve?...
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L2C 055: Welcome Back - To The Doctor and OTB Chess for Bill
L2C 055: Welcome Back - To The Doctor and OTB Chess for Bill Summer is rapidly coming to a close and The Doctor has returned to the podcast from his sabbatical, lol. In addition, we cover an OTB tournament after a long layoff for Bill. What has The Doctor been up to and how has his game been...
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L2C 054: How to Annotate and Analyze Your Game (101) with Claude Fried
L2C 054: How to Annotate and Analyze Your Game (101) with Claude Fried It is often said that in chess one of the best ways to improve is to study your games, often annotating them is the method suggested. But what exactly does that mean exactly. Claude Fried returns to help Bill walk through a...
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L2C 053: Bill on the Sofa - State of the Union Update as of July 2026
L2C 053: Bill on the Sofa - State of the Union Update as of July 2026 Bill reviews what he has been up to and how his chess game and study have been progressing over the past few months. Has his Elo gone up? Has it gone down? What has he been spending his time doing? Studying vs playing. Plus a…
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L2C 052: Claude Fried Returns to Answer (Some) of Bill's Dumb Questions
L2C 052: Claude Fried Returns to Answer (Some) of Bill's Dumb Questions Many/Most/All(?) chess players seem to be obsessed over chess openings. In an effort to help, Claude Fried returns to offer some very good advice to us about what to do when looking to start a new to you opening. In addition,...
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L2C 051: Space: Our Tao of Chess Book Series Continues
L2C 051: Space: Our Tao of Chess Book Series Continues Our Tao of Chess series continues with this episode focused on the importance of space when playing chess. Don't worry, this is not the final frontier of the series. We have a long way to go. Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were…
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L2C 050: Non-Chess Factors to Improve Your Game
L2C 050: Non-Chess Factors to Improve Your Game We started off with a simple listener question: What do you think are things that are not directly related to chess playing and studying that could help your chess game, especially for a tournament. Bill thought it was a 5 minute pre-episode...
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L2C 049: Speed Runs / Slow Runs
L2C 049: Speed Runs / Slow Runs One of Bill's favorite soft learning activities is to watch slow runs/speed runs and we go into several that he has found to be most helpful and how he tries to get the most value from them. The Doctor then goes through a similar process that he uses to actually...
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L2C 048: Hanging Pawns
L2C 048: Hanging Pawns An awesome conversation with Stjepan Tomic about a ton of topics including his chess progress and what he has found to be the best ways to improve as a player. He is was further down the road to above and beyond being a DCP, but shares our pain in the journey. Hopefully…
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L2C 047: The Tao of Chess - Pawn Structures
L2C 047: The Tao of Chess - Pawn Structures This week, we discuss various aspects of the pawn structure and how we perceive this area to apply to our games at our current level of play. This is an area that will likely need to be revisited as we progress. Did we miss something or get anything...
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L2C 046: Freestyle Chess, Fischer Random, and Chess 960 - part 1
L2C 046: Freestyle Chess, Fischer Random, and Chess 960 Is Freestyle chess good for beginner and intermediate players? Does it help you improve your chess game? Do we know how to play this? do we know how to play game this well? The answers vary and that is the topic for this week's podcast. Plus...
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L2C 045: Blitz and Bullet for Chess improvement
L2C 045: Blitz and Bullet for Chess improvement One of the hot topics on the internet seems to be whether or not to play blitz and bullet early in your chess improvement cycle. In this episode, we share our thoughts and a few details to help make bullet and blitz (really more blitz but also for...
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L2C 044: All About the ChessNoteR
L2C 044: All About the ChessNoteR One of the bigger transition when playing over the board, live, in person chess from playing online is that keeping track of the moves during the game. It sounds trivial, but is not as natural as you think it would be to do, especially early on. The ChessNoteR...
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L2C 043: All About the Chess Dojo
L2C 043: All About the Chess Dojo We are always talking about the Chess Dojo and it is largely because it has helped both of us so much. We then decided to talk about how it has helped us. We had a bit of trouble coming up with a good way of describing it when we decided "hey, lets just give a…
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L2C 042: Best Books and Courses - Volume 1
L2C 042: Best Books and Courses - Volume 1 We go through the best books and courses we have used to date so far. Unsurprisingly, our picks differed, lol. This is a constantly evolving list and offers our perspectives. We expect this list to be updated in the future because it does not only…
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L2C 041: Chess Etiquette
L2C 041: Chess Etiquette One thing that keeps many people from starting a hobby is the intimidation of not knowing what to do. We think everyone can and should play chess, so we began a discussion on the etiquette of chess to help assuage any trepidation on anyone's part. Did we get something...
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L2C 040: The Candidates Tournament 2026 - Our Wrap-up
L2C 040: The Candidates Tournament 2026 - Our Wrap-up The tournament is complete. We have two new players who will compete for the world championship. We cover what happened that last few rounds, what we think about the tournament overall, and a bit early prognostication for the world...
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L2C 039: The Tao of Chess - Chapter 7 - Material
L2C 039: The Tao of Chess - Chapter 7 - Material We return to our Tao of Chess series and discus the next chapter on Material. Of primary importance to you initial improvement as a chess player is taking care of you pieces (and pawns) and capitalizing on the opportunities that your opponent...
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L2C 038: Days 8-10 of This Year's Candidates Tournament
L2C 038: Days 8-10 of This Year's Candidates Tournament The 2026 Candidates Tournament is nearing its end. The open contest is pretty close ot mathematically over. The ladies event is FANTASTIC. We cover both and predict the next round. Please do not wager the mortgage on our thoughts, lol. Did…
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L2C 037: Claude Fried
L2C 037: Claude Fried Bill welcomes Claude to the podcast. He is over qualified for our DCP title and has a USCF rating of over 2,000 at this point. We talked quite a bit about his past and even more about what he learned that helped him the most. We also discussed a ton of options that are…
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L2C 036: Days 5-7 of This Year's Candidates Tournament
L2C 036: Days 5-7 of This Year's Candidates Tournament The 2026 Candidates Tournament has reached the halfway point and the Women's championship battle almost could not be closer. The open championship has had lots of surprises in terms of each of the games played, but it has developed into a big...
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L2C 035: Days 1-4 of This Year's Candidates Tournament
L2C 035: Days 1-4 of This Year's Candidates Tournament The Doctor and Bill discuss this years Candidates Tournament days 1-4. Usually, this tournament starts slowly due to the high stakes of playing for the World Championship with lots of draws. Not so much this year as many matches have ended…
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L2C 034: Learning Chess "Chessable"-type Instruction vs Book Learning - Advantages & Disadvantages
L2C 034: Learning Chess "Chessable"-type Instruction vs Book Learning - Advantages & Disadvantages The Doctor and Bill discuss the pro's and con's of using online resources in the style of Chessable vs the old school methods of learning with books. What is best? What works for us? Are there any...
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L2C 033: Our Picks for The Fantasy 2026 Candidates Chess Tournament
L2C 033: Our Picks for The Fantasy 2026 Candidates Chess Tournament With the 2026 Candidates Tournament about to begin, The Doctor and Bill reveal their picks for the Late 2 Chess Fantasy Chess Candidates Championship. We hope you enjoy the tournament and good luck going for the win! And don't...
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L2C 032: The Tao of Chess - 3 More Chapters
L2C 032: The Tao of Chess - 3 More Chapters We return to our Tao of Chess series and discus the next three chapters as they belong in one bag. The first chapter is on Development. The second chapter is on Controlling the Center. The third chapter we cover here is on King Safety. These three...
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L2C 031: Our Views on Chessiverse.com - So Far
L2C 031: Our Views on Chessiverse.com - So Far A few weeks ago The Doctor was talking to me about this new website that he was trying out and said it looked good so far. I was on the road for a 4 week work travel trip and checked out the website. We both found it to be be very helpful to us...
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L2C 030: Our 2026 Candidates Tournament Player intro and Fantasy Tournament Intro
L2C 030: Our 2026 Candidates Tournament Player intro and Fantasy Tournament Intro In this episode, we introduce the 8 contestants in the 2026 Candidates Tournament. The winner will get the chance to play for the World Championship of Chess later this year against the current World Champion…
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L2C 029: Our First Annual Chessy Awards for 2025 Performance
L2C 029: Our First Annual Chessy Awards for 2025 Performance It is awards season and we thought it would be great fun to start the annual tradition we nicknamed the Cheesy's. Never one to leave a bad idea alone, we did it. So with no further introduction, here are the Chessy Awards for 2025. Let...
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L2C 028: Our Chess Inspirations and Aspirations
L2C 028: Our Chess Inspirations and Aspirations With the upcoming 2026 Candidates Tournament that will decide who will compete against Gukesh to win the Chess World Championship later this year, we thought we would go into some of the players that we find to be inspirational to our games, some of...
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L2C 027: Our 2026 Candidates Fantasy Chess League - plus a bit more
L2C 027: Our 2026 Candidates Fantasy Chess League - plus a bit more Since we had a shorter episode this week, we wanted to give you a double dose of chess content this week and exceed our weekly goal of 1 hour of podcast goodness. Bill introduces the good Doctor to one of his favorite books that...
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L2C 026: How to Improve in Chess - And Many Other Areas of Life/Work
L2C 026: How to Improve in Chess - And Many Other Areas of Life/Work Since we had a shorter episode this week, we wanted to give you a double dose of chess content this week and exceed our weekly goal of 1 hour of podcast goodness. Bill introduces the good Doctor to one of his favorite books that...
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L2C 025: Listener Questions - Ep. 1
L2C 025: Listener Questions - Ep. 1 On this terribly fun episode, we discuss a recent series of listener questions. If you want your questions to be the subject of an upcoming episode, please let us know. These episodes are great fun. Did we get something wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a...
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L2C 024: LadyBug Joins us From the ChessDojo
L2C 024: LadyBug Joins us From the ChessDojo We are joined by another adult learner from the ChessDojo for this episode. She played when she was younger and she resumed playing again last year and has progressed steadily since then. We cover her story and wander around aimlessly throughout the...
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L2C 023: Sofa Time with The Doctor ep. 1a?
L2C 023: Sofa Time with The Doctor ep. 1? We often work together on our games and thinking about chess. Here is a sample of what we do with (to) each other. If you like it, we can even start this as an ongoing mini-series. Did we get something wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or...
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L2C 022: Sweatgland - A True DCP
L2C 022: Sweatgland - A True DCP Sweatgland from the Chess Dojo joins us for a great episode. We talk about his chess history and his road to where he is currently We also meander around (to the surprise of no one) and discuss wide variety of chess training, growth of players, methods, etc. And…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Interested in playing chess but always hear how it is difficult to learn especially if you are an adult? There is no better time to start playing chess than today, especially with all the resources available now!!! Let's learn this game together and prove that while we may never become a grandmaster, we can still have fun. We can have a great time learning the game and progress to whatever level we can get to and until someone invents a time machine, today is still the best day to start. My personal goal is to see how high I can get my rating, while being a parent and holding two jobs, and two podcasts etc. etc. just like many of you. My goal is currently 1,500 USCF and my stretch goal is 2,000 USCF. Lets see where we all can get to!
HOSTED BY
Paul "The Doctor" Rebelo and Bill Fischer
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Interested in playing chess but always hear how it is difficult to learn especially if you are an adult? There is no better time to start playing chess than today, especially with all the resources available now!!! Let's learn this game together and prove that while we may never become a...
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