Explore every episode of the podcast NextLevelChess
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 112: Resources to improve your skills (like RCT) | 29 Sep 2026 | 00:31:16 | |
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| Episode 111: How to fix your skill gap | 22 Sep 2026 | 00:17:42 | |
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| Episode 110: What is holding you back | 15 Sep 2026 | 00:09:04 | |
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| Episode 109: How to learn to play any positions better | 08 Sep 2026 | 00:19:10 | |
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| Episode 108: How to deal with pain in chess | 01 Sep 2026 | 00:09:25 | |
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| Episode 107: What I changed on my mind recently | 29 Aug 2026 | 00:13:24 | |
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| Episode 106: Killed by your own preperation | 28 Aug 2026 | 00:12:32 | |
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| Episode 105: The weight of what you know | 12 Aug 2026 | 00:07:13 | |
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| Episode 104: You already know more than you can use | 05 Aug 2026 | 00:06:22 | |
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| Episode 103: The difficulty (in training) is the point | 27 Jul 2026 | 00:09:19 | |
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| Episode 102: Trying harder makes you play worse | 15 Jul 2026 | 00:10:59 | |
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| Episode 101: You Don't Need To Calculate Everything | 08 Jul 2026 | 00:09:18 | |
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| Episode 100: What Students Misunderstand About Focus | 03 Jul 2026 | 00:07:06 | |
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| Episode 99: The Most Exciting Way To Quit | 26 Jun 2026 | 00:08:32 | |
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| Episode 98: The Feeling to Focus on | 17 Jun 2026 | 00:11:25 | |
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| Episode 97: Your Last Rating Jump Wasn't What You Think | 10 Jun 2026 | 00:07:42 | |
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| Episode 96: You Can't Outsource Chess Improvement | 03 Jun 2026 | 00:11:01 | |
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| Episode 95: Challenge Your Assumptions | 27 May 2026 | 00:07:41 | |
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| Episode 94: The Worst Advice I Ever Got | 20 May 2026 | 00:09:00 | |
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| Episode 93: I stopped checking my numbers for 6 months | 13 May 2026 | 00:14:42 | |
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| Episode 92: Just don't fight | 07 May 2026 | 00:08:51 | |
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| Episode 91: Why Planning Can Be So Frustrating (But Important) | 29 Apr 2026 | 00:13:54 | |
The book mentioned: 4000 weeks by Oliver Burkeman. Check it out here: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/fourthousandweeks Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/ Additional Free Content: Check out my courses: | |||
| Episode 90: 6 lessons from 6 weeks of Real Chess Training | 23 Apr 2026 | 00:17:06 | |
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| Episode 89: The messy truth about getting better | 17 Apr 2026 | 00:12:44 | |
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| Episode 88: Why Hoping to Get Lucky is Ruining Your Chess | 08 Apr 2026 | 00:15:44 | |
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| Episode 87: The (chess) skill nobody talks about | 04 Apr 2026 | 00:19:56 | |
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| Episode 86: Stop Waiting for Perfect Focus (And Just Play) | 25 Mar 2026 | 00:14:23 | |
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| Episode 85: Mainstream Content Is For The Lazy Ones | 20 Mar 2026 | 00:17:38 | |
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| Episode 84: Real Chess Training | 11 Mar 2026 | 00:20:50 | |
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| Episode 83: Why Real Chess Improvement Looks Like Cheating | 04 Mar 2026 | 00:13:23 | |
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| Episode 82: The Price of Admission: How to Achieve Results You Are Truly Proud Of | 25 Feb 2026 | 00:09:12 | |
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| Episode 81: Are You a Chess Player or a Gambler? | 18 Feb 2026 | 00:10:11 | |
This episode briefly refers to the article “You Are Not Your Rating”, which reminds us that our worth isn’t tied to a number. Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/ Additional Free Content: Check out my courses: | |||
| Episode 80: What Triggers You? | 11 Feb 2026 | 00:14:38 | |
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| Episode 79: This is what makes or breaks chess improvemen | 04 Feb 2026 | 00:15:57 | |
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| Episode 78: More is not always better (often actually worse!) | 28 Jan 2026 | 00:23:58 | |
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| Episode 77: My one goal for 2026 | 21 Jan 2026 | 00:28:51 | |
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| Episode 76: The One Lesson I learned in 2025 | 14 Jan 2026 | 00:15:20 | |
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| Episode 75: The Stories That Create Anxiety | 09 Jan 2026 | 00:17:43 | |
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| Episode 74: Don't be disciplined - build systems that work | 31 Dec 2025 | 00:13:24 | |
Check out "Atomic Habits" by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits The Freedom App helps you build the systems that work: https://freedom.to/ Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/ Additional Free Content: Check out my courses: | |||
| Episode 73: Sometimes There Is No Takeaway | 24 Dec 2025 | 00:15:42 | |
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| Episode 72: Make a Mistake? Do This. | 17 Dec 2025 | 00:08:52 | |
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| Episode 71: The right mindset for game analysis | 10 Dec 2025 | 00:15:54 | |
"How To Analyze Your Chess Games (the simple way)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shma5hsckww Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/ Additional Free Content: Check out my courses: | |||
| Episode 70: The key to right calcuation in chess | 05 Dec 2025 | 00:15:47 | |
If you want to get a deeper insight into this topic, check out my YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY7vMJw_T8k Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/ Additional Free Content: Check out my courses: | |||
| Episode 69: Ratings Are Great (Only our interpretation not) | 26 Nov 2025 | 00:13:00 | |
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| Episode 68: How much can you improve in 6 months? | 19 Nov 2025 | 00:15:04 | |
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| Episode 67: Sequential Learning | 12 Nov 2025 | 00:25:11 | |
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| Episode 66: Just Do It - And Thank Me Later | 05 Nov 2025 | 00:17:19 | |
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| Episode 65: The Four Stages of Chess Improvement | 22 Oct 2025 | 00:23:59 | |
"Mastery", by George Leonard: https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Keys-Success-Long-Term-Fulfillment/dp/0452267560 Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/ Additional Free Content: Check out my courses: | |||
| Episode 64: Annoyed by Clickbait Videos? Do this. | 15 Oct 2025 | 00:09:25 | |
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| Episode 63: How to Train Chess When Real Life Things Happen | 08 Oct 2025 | 00:14:11 | |
Link to the blog post "How to Stick to Your Goals When Life Gets Crazy" by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/plan-for-chaos If you haven't read it already, here is his book "Atomic Habits": https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299 Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/ Additional Free Content: Check out my courses: | |||