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Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast — 110 episodes

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EP 200 | 2026 FIDE Election w/ Peter Heine Nielsen

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EP 199 | Jacob Aagaard Talks Books And The Future Of Chess Training

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EP 198 | Is The Queen Worth 10?

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EP 197 | Slumps

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EP 196 | Chess and AI

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EP 195 | Who Will Be Top 10 in 2027?

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EP 194 | Should I Play Up?

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EP 193 | The Opening Revolution

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EP 192 | The Next Generation

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EP 191 | The New ChessDojo Rating Converter

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EP 190 | Who Won The War? Magnus, Hans, & Chess.com

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EP 189 | Is Sindarov The Real Deal? 2026 FIDE Candidates Recap

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EP 188 | Will Sindarov Win the 2026 FIDE Candidates?

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EP 187 | Blitz Quests w/ NM Jeremy Kane

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EP 186 | 2026 Candidates Predictions

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EP 185 | Do Kids Ruin Your Chess?

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EP 184 | Chessboxing and the Dreams of James Canty

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EP 183 | Should Draw Offers Be Banned?

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EP 182 | Being a Chess Professional ft. GM Felix Blohberger

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EP 181 | Queen of Chess

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EP 180 | Inside the Mind of Bobby Fischer ft. IM John Donaldson

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EP 179 | Modern Chess Training Methods

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EP 178 | The Top-10 Greatest Chess Tournaments Ever

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EP 177 | GM Yusupov on Women in Chess

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EP 176 | Gauri's Path to IM

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EP 175 | 2025 FIDE World Cup

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EP 174 | Dark Squares: How Chess Saved Danny Rensch's Life

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EP 173 | The State of US Chess 2025

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EP 172 | Justice for Daniel Naroditsky

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EP 171 | Nootropics

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EP 170 | Remembering Daniel Naroditsky

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EP 169 | Total Chess World Championship Tour

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EP 168 | 2025 Junior Draft Update

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EP 166 | 2025 Grand Swiss

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EP 167 | What Does 3700 ELO Mean?

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EP 165 | 2025 Maia Open Recap

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EP 164 | Hikaru Goes To The Farm

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EP 163 | Blitz Specialists

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EP 162 | Underdog Story: How GM Fishbein Became the U.S. Senior Chess Champion

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EP 161 | Ranking the Top 10 Chess Countries

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EP 160 | Jesse's Heresy

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EP 159 | How To Turbo Charge Your Tactics w/ GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko

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EP 158 | Do Chess and Philosophy Mix?

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EP 157 | Will Hans Niemann Become World Champion?

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EP 156 | Who Will Be Top -10 in June 2026?

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EP 155 | What Made Norway Chess So Good?

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EP 154 | Is Chess an eSport?

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EP 153 | How To Improve Your Positional Play w/ GM Aagaard

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EP 152 | Visualization and Aphantasia

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EP 151 | Teaching Chess To Kids

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EP 150 | DOJOVERSARY 5 - Origin Story

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EP 149 | The Chess Revolution w/ Peter Doggers

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EP 148 | State of Scholastic Chess with WFM Elizabeth Spiegel

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EP 147 | FIDE Ratings & The Stats of Cheating (ft. Dr. Kenneth Regan)

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EP 146 | Is Chess 99% Tactics?

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EP 145 | Does Freestyle Chess Have A Future?

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EP 144 | Online vs. OTB Chess

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EP 143 | Who Will Qualify for the 2026 FIDE Candidates?

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EP 142 | Kostya's Heresy

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EP 141 | The Psychology of Goals w/ Dr. Joel Sneed

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EP 140 | Should There Be A SuperGM Title

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EP 139 | Who Decides The World Championship? ft. GM Jacob Aagaard

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EP 138 | Top 5 Chess Authors

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EP 137 | Should Beginners Study Openings w/ GM Hammer

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EP 136 | 2024 World Rapid & Blitz w/ GM Hammer

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EP 135 | Denimgate

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EP 134 | FIDE vs. Freestyle Drama

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EP 133 | 2024 World Chess Championship Recap

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EP 132 | Who Will Win the 2024 World Chess Championship?

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EP 131 | The Top 5 World Chess Championship Matches Of All-Time

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EP 130 | Every World Chess Championship Match Ranked | Part 3: Modern Era (1993-2023)

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EP 129 | Every World Chess Championship Match Ranked | Part 2: Soviet Era (1951-1990)

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EP 128 | Every World Chess Championship Match Ranked | Part 1: pre-FIDE (1834-1937)

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EP 127 | Should Draws Be Scored Differently?

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EP 126 | Ranking The Top 10 U.S. Players of All Time

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EP 125 | The 2024 Junior Draft

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EP 124 | The Kramnik-Danya Situation

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EP 123 | October Chess Drama

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EP 122 | How To Structure Your Training

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EP 121 | Most Influential Chess Books

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EP 120 | 2024 Olympiad Recap

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EP 119 | What Does it Take to Succeed in Senior Chess

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EP 118 | Advice for Young Chess Professionals ft. GM Sam Shankland

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EP 117 | Who Will Be Top 10 in 2025?

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EP 116 | Do World Champions Lose Their Minds?

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EP 115 | 2026 FIDE Cycle Drama

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EP 114 | 2024 FIDE Candidates Recap

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EP 113 | The Great Eval Bar Debate (feat. GM Hammer)

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BONUS Episode: 2024 FIDE Women's Candidates

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EP 112 | Ranking the 2024 FIDE Candidates

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EP 111 | Openings

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EP 110 | The FIDE Rating Boost ft. ChessNumbers

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EP 109 | Ranking the Best Money Spent on Chess

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EP 108 | Spaced Repetition

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EP 107 | The Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge

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EP 106 | Once Great Chess Companies

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EP 105 | How Much is Enough?

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EP 104 | Handshakes

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EP 103 | Can Neal Bruce Make Master?

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EP 102 | 2024 FIDE Candidates Drama

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EP 101 | Vladimir Kramnik on Cheating

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EP 100 | Ranking The Best Podcast Episodes

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EP 99 | GM Hikaru on The Chess Economy

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EP 98 | Endgames

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EP 97 | 2023 Junior Draft

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EP 96 | 2023 U.S. Championship Recap

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EP 95 | Are Quick Draws A Serious Problem In Chess?

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EP 94 | The Airing of Grievances: Differences in Training Philosophy

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EP 93 | Does FIDE Want to Ban Transgender Players?

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EP 92 | Remembering Jeremy Silman