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NextLevelChess — 112 episodes · page 1 of 2
Episode 110: What is holding you back
Episode 109: How to learn to play any positions better
Episode 108: How to deal with pain in chess
Episode 107: What I changed on my mind recently
Episode 106: Killed by your own preperation
Episode 105: The weight of what you know
Episode 104: You already know more than you can use
Episode 103: The difficulty (in training) is the point
Episode 102: Trying harder makes you play worse
Episode 101: You Don't Need To Calculate Everything
Episode 100: What Students Misunderstand About Focus
Episode 99: The Most Exciting Way To Quit
Episode 98: The Feeling to Focus on
Episode 97: Your Last Rating Jump Wasn't What You Think
Episode 96: You Can't Outsource Chess Improvement
Episode 95: Challenge Your Assumptions
Episode 94: The Worst Advice I Ever Got
Episode 93: I stopped checking my numbers for 6 months
Episode 92: Just don't fight
Episode 91: Why Planning Can Be So Frustrating (But Important)
Episode 90: 6 lessons from 6 weeks of Real Chess Training
Episode 89: The messy truth about getting better
Episode 88: Why Hoping to Get Lucky is Ruining Your Chess
Episode 87: The (chess) skill nobody talks about
Episode 86: Stop Waiting for Perfect Focus (And Just Play)
Episode 85: Mainstream Content Is For The Lazy Ones
Episode 84: Real Chess Training
Episode 83: Why Real Chess Improvement Looks Like Cheating
Episode 82: The Price of Admission: How to Achieve Results You Are Truly Proud Of
Episode 81: Are You a Chess Player or a Gambler?
Episode 80: What Triggers You?
Episode 79: This is what makes or breaks chess improvemen
Episode 78: More is not always better (often actually worse!)
Episode 77: My one goal for 2026
Episode 76: The One Lesson I learned in 2025
Episode 75: The Stories That Create Anxiety
Episode 74: Don't be disciplined - build systems that work
Episode 73: Sometimes There Is No Takeaway
Episode 72: Make a Mistake? Do This.
Episode 71: The right mindset for game analysis
Episode 70: The key to right calcuation in chess
Episode 69: Ratings Are Great (Only our interpretation not)
Episode 68: How much can you improve in 6 months?
Episode 67: Sequential Learning
Episode 66: Just Do It - And Thank Me Later
Episode 65: The Four Stages of Chess Improvement
Episode 64: Annoyed by Clickbait Videos? Do this.
Episode 63: How to Train Chess When Real Life Things Happen
Episode 62: Use Technology - Don't Let It Use You
Episode 61: Why You Shouldn't Copy Random Success Stories
Episode 60: The Best Books for Chess Improvement (That Aren’t About Chess)
Episode 59: What If Being Smart Was The Problem?
Episode 58: Why Playing Many Different Openings Won't Work For You
Episode 57: The Reason Chess Training Is So Confusing
Episode 56: The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves
Episode 55: You Are Not Your Rating
Episode 54: How to improve your thinking (not with AI)
Episode 53: Good vs Bad Mistakes
Episode 52: This Might Work in Business - But Destroys Your Chess
GM Title After 10 000 hours of Practice?
Episode 50: What Golf Taught Me About Getting Better at Chess
Episode 49: The Simplified Thought Process
Episode 48: The Hard Way Is the Only Way
Episode 47: How to Make Confident Chess Decisions Under Pressure
Episode 46: How to Actually do the things that improve your Chess
Episode 45: Consistency Over Heroics: Why Winning is Surprisingly Simple
Episode 44: How To Make Better Decisions in Chess
How to get out of a losing streak
Episode 42: The Role of Pain in Improvement
Episode 41: How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess
Episode 40: Re Framing Mistakes as a Useful Learning Tool
Episode 39: How I Tricked Myself Into Living The Life I Want
Episode 38: The Solution to Bad Times? A Plan
Episode 37: Knowing Too Much Slows Your Improvement
Episode 36: The Simplified Chess Improvement System Explained
Episode 35: You Can Achieve More Than You Think!
Episode 34: The Price I Paid for Doing too Much
Episode 33: The Super Secret Way To Improve Your Chess
Episode 32: Forget About Accuracy Scores, Do This Instead
Episode 31: Fix Your Leaking Roof
Episode 30: How To Turn Plateau's Into Big Successes
Episode 29: Let’s Make Chess Improvement Simple Again
Episode 28: The Three Key Ingredients For Smart Chess Training
Episode 27: From Bullied Kid To Grandmaster - How Chess Saved My Life
Chess Improvement Equation Part 5
Episode 25: Chess Improvement Equation Part 4 - How To Be More Consistent
Episode 24: Chess Improvement Equation Part 3 - How To Study With Better Focus And Study Techniques
Episode 23: Chess Improvement Equation Part 2 - What You Should do to improve your Chess
Episode 22: Chess Improvement Equation - Part 1
Episode 21: The Secret to Loving Chess Even During a Plateau
Episode 20: The Simple Path to 1500 Lessons From My Dad’s Chess Journey
Episode 19: My 3 Favorite Chess Improvement Resources
Episode 18: How Focus Can Transform Your Chess and Life
How a Good Plan Can Solve your Chess Problems
The reason for most plateaus
Why CEOs Have a Hard Time Improving at Chess
How to get personalized Chess Coaching
I won 200 points with this simple challenge
A subscriber beat me - here is how
Why your tactics rating is so much higher than your normal rating