All Episodes
Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast — 100 episodes
EP 204 | Long Think, Wrong Think?
EP 203 | 2026 Junior Draft
EP 202 | Who Will Win The 2026 FIDE Olympiad?
EP 201 | Summer Update + FIDE Elections
EP 200 | 2026 FIDE Election w/ Peter Heine Nielsen
EP 199 | Jacob Aagaard Talks Books And The Future Of Chess Training
EP 198 | Is The Queen Worth 10?
EP 197 | Slumps
EP 196 | Chess and AI
EP 195 | Who Will Be Top 10 in 2027?
EP 194 | Should I Play Up?
EP 193 | The Opening Revolution
EP 192 | The Next Generation
EP 191 | The New ChessDojo Rating Converter
EP 190 | Who Won The War? Magnus, Hans, & Chess.com
EP 189 | Is Sindarov The Real Deal? 2026 FIDE Candidates Recap
EP 188 | Will Sindarov Win the 2026 FIDE Candidates?
EP 187 | Blitz Quests w/ NM Jeremy Kane
EP 186 | 2026 Candidates Predictions
EP 185 | Do Kids Ruin Your Chess?
EP 184 | Chessboxing and the Dreams of James Canty
EP 183 | Should Draw Offers Be Banned?
EP 182 | Being a Chess Professional ft. GM Felix Blohberger
EP 181 | Queen of Chess
EP 180 | Inside the Mind of Bobby Fischer ft. IM John Donaldson
EP 179 | Modern Chess Training Methods
EP 178 | The Top-10 Greatest Chess Tournaments Ever
EP 177 | GM Yusupov on Women in Chess
EP 176 | Gauri's Path to IM
EP 175 | 2025 FIDE World Cup
EP 174 | Dark Squares: How Chess Saved Danny Rensch's Life
EP 173 | The State of US Chess 2025
EP 172 | Justice for Daniel Naroditsky
EP 171 | Nootropics
EP 170 | Remembering Daniel Naroditsky
EP 169 | Total Chess World Championship Tour
EP 168 | 2025 Junior Draft Update
EP 166 | 2025 Grand Swiss
EP 167 | What Does 3700 ELO Mean?
EP 165 | 2025 Maia Open Recap
EP 164 | Hikaru Goes To The Farm
EP 163 | Blitz Specialists
EP 162 | Underdog Story: How GM Fishbein Became the U.S. Senior Chess Champion
EP 161 | Ranking the Top 10 Chess Countries
EP 160 | Jesse's Heresy
EP 159 | How To Turbo Charge Your Tactics w/ GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko
EP 158 | Do Chess and Philosophy Mix?
EP 157 | Will Hans Niemann Become World Champion?
EP 156 | Who Will Be Top -10 in June 2026?
EP 155 | What Made Norway Chess So Good?
EP 154 | Is Chess an eSport?
EP 153 | How To Improve Your Positional Play w/ GM Aagaard
EP 152 | Visualization and Aphantasia
EP 151 | Teaching Chess To Kids
EP 150 | DOJOVERSARY 5 - Origin Story
EP 149 | The Chess Revolution w/ Peter Doggers
EP 148 | State of Scholastic Chess with WFM Elizabeth Spiegel
EP 147 | FIDE Ratings & The Stats of Cheating (ft. Dr. Kenneth Regan)
EP 146 | Is Chess 99% Tactics?
EP 145 | Does Freestyle Chess Have A Future?
EP 144 | Online vs. OTB Chess
EP 143 | Who Will Qualify for the 2026 FIDE Candidates?
EP 142 | Kostya's Heresy
EP 141 | The Psychology of Goals w/ Dr. Joel Sneed
EP 140 | Should There Be A SuperGM Title
EP 139 | Who Decides The World Championship? ft. GM Jacob Aagaard
EP 138 | Top 5 Chess Authors
EP 137 | Should Beginners Study Openings w/ GM Hammer
EP 136 | 2024 World Rapid & Blitz w/ GM Hammer
EP 135 | Denimgate
EP 134 | FIDE vs. Freestyle Drama
EP 133 | 2024 World Chess Championship Recap
EP 132 | Who Will Win the 2024 World Chess Championship?
EP 131 | The Top 5 World Chess Championship Matches Of All-Time
EP 130 | Every World Chess Championship Match Ranked | Part 3: Modern Era (1993-2023)
EP 129 | Every World Chess Championship Match Ranked | Part 2: Soviet Era (1951-1990)
EP 128 | Every World Chess Championship Match Ranked | Part 1: pre-FIDE (1834-1937)
EP 127 | Should Draws Be Scored Differently?
EP 126 | Ranking The Top 10 U.S. Players of All Time
EP 125 | The 2024 Junior Draft
EP 124 | The Kramnik-Danya Situation
EP 123 | October Chess Drama
EP 122 | How To Structure Your Training
EP 121 | Most Influential Chess Books
EP 120 | 2024 Olympiad Recap
EP 119 | What Does it Take to Succeed in Senior Chess
EP 118 | Advice for Young Chess Professionals ft. GM Sam Shankland
EP 117 | Who Will Be Top 10 in 2025?
EP 116 | Do World Champions Lose Their Minds?
EP 115 | 2026 FIDE Cycle Drama
EP 114 | 2024 FIDE Candidates Recap
EP 113 | The Great Eval Bar Debate (feat. GM Hammer)
BONUS Episode: 2024 FIDE Women's Candidates
EP 112 | Ranking the 2024 FIDE Candidates
EP 111 | Openings
EP 110 | The FIDE Rating Boost ft. ChessNumbers
EP 109 | Ranking the Best Money Spent on Chess
EP 108 | Spaced Repetition
EP 107 | The Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge
EP 106 | Once Great Chess Companies