Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast

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The official podcast of ChessDojo (IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, & GM Jesse Kraai). Most episodes are streamed live to twitch.tv/chessdojolive. Interested in improving your chess? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.club/training Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.club Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

Episodes

Monday Aug 14, 2023

EP 89 | What Does It Take To Win The U.S. Senior Championship?

Monday Aug 14, 2023

What does GM Jesse Kraai need to do to win the U.S. Senior Chess Championship? How can he use the Dojo Program? The Dojo sensei GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess talk about the details of what prep Jesse needs to do to win.

Check out the full video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/6v7CYCHfrKg

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Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

0:00 If Jesse Wins...
0:14 Intro
5:21 Chess and Getting Older
14:30 Kostya and Jesse Need to Do The Program
22:36 What Jesse Needs to Work On
27:09 Jesse's Dojo Pie Chart
36:49 Sam Shankland's Advice to Jesse
38:22 Calculation and System 2 Thinking
40:27 Jesse's Big Decision
44:52 Jesse's Weaknesses
50:55 Healthy Cohort Competition
52:15 Betting on FIDE Rating
56:55 Dojo Training Program Tournaments

Monday Jul 24, 2023

EP 88 | 2023 Women’s World Chess Championship

Monday Jul 24, 2023

GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess join together to discuss the Women's World Chess Championship, women in chess, and more in today's episode of DojoTalks.

To view the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/vHyyVo-6Co8

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0:00 Intro
0:57 Following the Women's World Chess Championship
3:54 Jesse Gets Cancelled
4:50 WWCC as an Event
21:26 Promotion of the WWCC
47:25 Toxic Tournament Culture
1:05:35 Money
1:27:43 Final Thoughts

Monday Jul 17, 2023

EP 87 | Who Were The True World Chess Champions?

Monday Jul 17, 2023

GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess discuss the history of the the World Chess Championship - its many different formats, organizations, and qualifications. What makes someone the real world chess champion? Out of all the world chess champions, who are the real ones?

To view the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/Mn6D_iRdhYM

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0:00 Intro
0:07 3 Perspectives on World Champs
1:36 World Championship as Crucible
3:41 Morphy, Carlsen, and Tennis
4:40 FIDE Legalism
6:07 Champions Before FIDE
7:26 Influence of Time
12:39 Magnus, Morphy, and Others Blew It
14:04 How FiDE Blew It
15:18 Make the Championship Epic
16:56 Who Should Be Involved
18:27 Degrees of Being a Champion
18:55 The FIDE Conundrum
20:47 The Lineage of Greatness
25:27 Kostya Mortifies Jesse and David
25:47 Championship Alternatives
27:37 Importance of Tournaments and Matches
30:30 Critiques of Lineage
34:35 1948 Botvinnik
36:02 Forming the Dojo's Official List
36:38 Ding Liren
37:48 Emanuel Lasker
43:00 Discussion of Everyone Before Steinitz
59:48 David's Dark Horse
1:02:17 Post-Kasparov Troubles
1:14:36 Official Dojo World Champion List

Monday Jul 03, 2023

EP 86 | The Best Chess Players Who Never Became World Champion

Monday Jul 03, 2023

Who are the best non-World Champion chess players? GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess discuss and rate great chess players of yesterday and today who have never been world champions, but have an outstanding legacy.

To view the whole episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/-1AP4U1eEeM

0:00 Intro
3:40 Chigorin
12:24 Tarrasch
16:12 Schlechter
22:14 Nimzowitsch
25:29 Rubinstein
30:05 Fine
37:12 Keres
43:51 Bronstein
45:12 Larsen
47:49 Korchnoi
52:04 Andersson
55:55 Timman
59:07 Ivanchuk
1:02:59 Aronian
1:07:23 Topalov
1:15:10 Nakamura
1:18:55 Caruana
1:24:00 Nepomniachtchi

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Thursday Jun 08, 2023

EP 85 | The Best Chess Puzzle Books Ever

Thursday Jun 08, 2023

The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess) rank the top 10 chess puzzle books of all time, with a help from bibliophile Ben Johnson, the creator and host of the Perpetual Chess Podcast (https://www.perpetualchesspod.com) .

0:00 Intro
0:12 How and Why Books Were Chosen
8:50 Puzzle Book Rankings

All books linked below (these are Amazon links which are no extra cost and help Dojo keep the lights on! win/win)

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The Dojo List!
1. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
2. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
3. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
4. Mastering Chess Strategy Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
5. Combinative Motifs, Blokh https://amzn.to/3WPbLLB
6. Winning Exercises for Kids, Coakley https://amzn.to/3OPFwu1
7. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko https://amzn.to/45GOHTn
8. Practical Chess Exercises, Cheng https://amzn.to/3MRydiP
9. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
10. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl

Ben's List
1. Winning Exercises for Kids, Coakley https://amzn.to/3OPFwu1
2. Practical Chess Exercises, Cheng https://amzn.to/3MRydiP
3. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
4. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
5. Chess Tactics from Scratch, Weteschnik https://amzn.to/43mHMNN
6. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
7. Forcing Chess Moves, Hertan https://amzn.to/3MGvjNK
8. Mastering Chess Strategy Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
9. Chess Steps, Brunia https://amzn.to/43HZkU3
10. 300 Chess Positions, Alburt https://amzn.to/3WMZmrC

Kraai's List
1. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko https://amzn.to/45GOHTn
2. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
3. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
4. The Best Move, Jansa/Hort https://amzn.to/3ITUQSo
5. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
6. Endgame Tactics, Van Perlo https://amzn.to/3WQ3XJu
7. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
8. Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations https://amzn.to/42gvh4Y
9. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl
10. Calculation, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3oCCtuB

Kostya's List
1. Combinative Motifs, Blokh https://amzn.to/3WPbLLB
2. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
3. Mastering Chess Strategy, Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
4. Woodpecker Method, Smith/Tikkanen https://amzn.to/45IzelS
5. Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources, Dvoretsky https://amzn.to/3Ccbjxw
6. Manual of Chess Combinations, Ivaschenko https://amzn.to/3NaEcR2
7. Imagination in Chess, Gaprindashvili https://amzn.to/3C7z0ai
8. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl
9. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
10. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4

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Tuesday May 30, 2023

EP 84 | Will AI Replace Chess Coaching?

Tuesday May 30, 2023

AI, the invisible grandmaster, is changing the game of chess. Join the ChessDojo sensei - IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, and GM Jesse Kraai - in talking about the impact of artificial intelligence in chess and life.

0:00 Intro
4:15 Can AI give meaningful chess feedback?
21:45 Could AI be a chess coach?
35:20 Personalized AI chess coaches and the Dojo
39:33 Impact of AI on society

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Monday May 15, 2023

EP 83 | Inside The First Year of ChessDojo’s Training Program, & What’s Next in 2.0

Monday May 15, 2023

The Dojo reflect on their first year of running the Dojo Training Program, what's new in 2.0, and their plans for the future.

0:00 Intro
2:13 Launching the Dojo Training Program 2.0
9:13 "10x" Thought Experiment
39:33 Should Dojo offer discounts?
57:40 Future Dojo plans

Join the Dojo Training Program 2.0 here: chessdojo.club/training

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Monday May 08, 2023

EP 82 | A New World Champion? | Nepomniachtchi - Ding: Final Recap

Monday May 08, 2023

The Dojo discusses the end of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match between Ding Liren & Ian Nepomniachtchi, as well as some future considerations.

Check out the full episode on YouTube

0:00 - Intro
0:09 - Brief recap
5:53 Who's the World Champion?
20:22 Carlsen's interests
36:59 Will there be a Chinese chess boom?

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Friday Apr 21, 2023

EP 81 | Best World Championship Ever? Ding - Nepo Recap 2

Friday Apr 21, 2023

The Dojo discusses the latest news and developments in the Ding Liren - Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE World Championship Match. Streamed live & recorded towards the end of Game 9, April 21, 2023.

To view the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/4XC2Ari_uhQ

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Thursday Apr 13, 2023

EP 80 | Ding’s Back! | 2023 World Chess Championship: Games 1-4 Recap

Thursday Apr 13, 2023

The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, IM Kostya Kavutskiy) break down the first four games of the 2023 FIDE World Championship match between Ding Liren & Ian Nepomniachtchi.

To view the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/gacY5vo8qpg

0:00 Intro
0:31 Quick match recap
2:01 Initial thoughts
7:42 Who will collapse first - Ding or Nepo?
13:42 Resting room Yay or Nay?
27:06 Thoughts on 4.h3
36:21 Sensei Opening Recommendations

Thumbnail photo: Courtesy of FIDE / Steve Bohnage

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