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Fixing your skill gap: step by step original ↗

19 Sept 2026

What is holding you back?original ↗

12 Sept 2026

How to learn to play any position better original ↗

5 Sept 2026

How to deal with pain in chess original ↗

29 Aug 2026

What I changed my mind on recently original ↗

24 Aug 2026

Killed by your own preparation original ↗

17 Aug 2026

The weight of what you know original ↗

8 Aug 2026

You already know more than you can use original ↗

1 Aug 2026

How To Use Strategy In A Game original ↗

25 Jul 2026

Real Growth Happens Through Discomfort original ↗

18 Jul 2026

Trying harder makes you play worse moves original ↗

11 Jul 2026

You Don’t Need To Calculate Everything original ↗

4 Jul 2026

You Can’t Force Focus original ↗

27 Jun 2026

The Most Exciting Way to Quit original ↗

20 Jun 2026

The Feeling After Training original ↗

13 Jun 2026

Why Your Last Rating Jump Wasn’t What You Think original ↗

6 Jun 2026

You Can’t Outsorce Chess Improvement original ↗

30 May 2026

I Thought I Was A Solopreneur. I Was Wrong.original ↗

23 May 2026

The Worst Advice I ever Got original ↗

16 May 2026

I Stopped Checking My Numbers For 6 Months original ↗

9 May 2026

Just Don’t Fight original ↗

2 May 2026

Why Planning Can Be So Frustrating (But Important)original ↗

25 Apr 2026

6 Lessons From 6 Weeks of Real Chess Training original ↗

18 Apr 2026

The Messy Truth About Getting Better original ↗

11 Apr 2026

Why Hoping to Get Lucky is Ruining Your Chess original ↗

4 Apr 2026

The One Chess Skill Nobody Talks About (That Changes Everything)original ↗

28 Mar 2026

Stop Waiting for Perfect Focus (And Just Play)original ↗

21 Mar 2026

Mainstream Content Isn’t For Real Chess Improvers original ↗

14 Mar 2026

The Most Important 45 Minutes of Your Chess Training original ↗

7 Mar 2026

Why Real Chess Improvement Looks Like Cheating original ↗

28 Feb 2026

The Price of Admission: How to Achieve Results You Are Truly Proud Of original ↗

21 Feb 2026

Are You a Chess Player or a Gambler?original ↗

14 Feb 2026

What Triggers You?original ↗

7 Feb 2026

This is what makes or breaks chess improvement original ↗

31 Jan 2026

This fallacy will cost you lots of money and time original ↗

24 Jan 2026

My one goal for 2026 original ↗

17 Jan 2026

I Failed all of My Goals in 2025 – But it was a great Year original ↗

10 Jan 2026

The Stories That Create Anxiety original ↗

3 Jan 2026

2025

Don’t be disciplined – build systems that work original ↗

27 Dec 2025

Sometimes There is No Takeaway original ↗

20 Dec 2025

Make A Mistake? Do This.original ↗

13 Dec 2025

The Right Mindset For Game Analysis original ↗

6 Dec 2025

The Key To Right Calculation in Chess original ↗

29 Nov 2025

Ratings Are Great (Only our interpretation not)original ↗

22 Nov 2025

How much can you really improve in 6 months?original ↗

15 Nov 2025

Sequential Learning original ↗

8 Nov 2025

Just Do It – And Thank Me Later original ↗

1 Nov 2025

The Four Stages Of Chess Improvement original ↗

18 Oct 2025

Annoyed At Clickbait Videos? Do this.original ↗

11 Oct 2025

How To Train Chess When Real Life Things Happen original ↗

4 Oct 2025

Use Technology – Don’t let it use you original ↗

27 Sept 2025

Why You Shouldn’t Copy Random Success Stories in Chess Improvement original ↗

20 Sept 2025

The Best Books for Chess Improvement (That Aren’t About Chess)original ↗

13 Sept 2025

What If Being Smart Was The Problem?original ↗

6 Sept 2025

Why Playing Many Different Openings Won’t Work For You original ↗

30 Aug 2025

The Reason Chess Training Is So Confusing original ↗

23 Aug 2025

The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves original ↗

16 Aug 2025

You Are Not Your Rating original ↗

9 Aug 2025

How AI Destroys Your Chess original ↗

2 Aug 2025

Good vs. Bad Mistakes: A Simple Guide original ↗

26 Jul 2025

This Mindset Works in Business—But Will Ruin Your Chess original ↗

19 Jul 2025

The 10,000-Hour Myth and What Really Matters original ↗

12 Jul 2025

The Simple Mindset Shift to Enjoy Chess Study Again original ↗

5 Jul 2025

Simplified Thought Process original ↗

14 Jun 2025

In Chess and in Life, You Have to Decide Without Knowing original ↗

7 Jun 2025

The 5 Steps I Use to Stop Overthinking and Start Getting Results original ↗

31 May 2025

Stop Forcing It: Let Your Opponent Create the Chances original ↗

24 May 2025

The Mistakes That Don’t Make Any Sense original ↗

17 May 2025

Why Avoiding Pain Will Never Lead to Progress original ↗

10 May 2025

How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess: The Key to Bouncing Back original ↗

3 May 2025

I Learned Italian in 30 Days—Because I Did This One Thing original ↗

26 Apr 2025

How I Tricked Myself Into Living the Life I Want original ↗

19 Apr 2025

The Solution to Bad Times? A Plan.original ↗

12 Apr 2025

The Hidden Potential in Chess: Why You Can Achieve More Than You Think original ↗

22 Mar 2025

The Dangers of Overtraining: Why Slow and Steady Wins in Running and Chess original ↗

15 Mar 2025

The Super Secret Way To Improve Your Chess original ↗

8 Mar 2025

What Accuracy Score Is Good In Chess?original ↗

1 Mar 2025

Stop Accepting Your Blunders original ↗

22 Feb 2025

How I Turned a 2.5-Year Plateau into a Career-Defining Breakthrough original ↗

15 Feb 2025

The Three Do’s Of Simplified Chess Improvement original ↗

8 Feb 2025

From 5K to 18K: How Smart Training Transforms Running—and Chess original ↗

1 Feb 2025

From Bullied Kid To Grandmaster – How Chess Saved My Life original ↗

25 Jan 2025

One of my subscribers beat me – here is how original ↗

22 Jan 2025

Chess Improvement, Simplified: My Vision for 2025 original ↗

18 Jan 2025

The simple way to learn a new opening original ↗

15 Jan 2025

What 2024 Taught Me About Chess, Life, and Growth original ↗

11 Jan 2025

How to gain 700 points in one year with a simple plan original ↗

8 Jan 2025

Why Bother? What Running Taught Me About Improving at Chess (and Life)original ↗

4 Jan 2025

2024

Supercharge Your Chess Improvement in 2025: Part 2 original ↗

21 Dec 2024

Supercharge Your Chess Improvement in 2025 original ↗

14 Dec 2024

The Secret to Loving Chess Even During a Plateau original ↗

7 Dec 2024

The Simple Path to 1500: Lessons From My Dad’s Chess Journey original ↗

30 Nov 2024

From Thinking to Doing: Your most important move original ↗

9 Nov 2024

Why CEOs have a hard time improving their chess original ↗

2 Nov 2024

The Chess Skills That Truly Matter original ↗

26 Oct 2024

I won 200 rating points with a simple challenge original ↗

19 Oct 2024

Exceptional Results – Simple Training original ↗

21 Sept 2024

Get Rid of Your Self-Limiting Beliefs original ↗

14 Sept 2024

The right people for success original ↗

7 Sept 2024

Make chess games feel like a piece of cake original ↗

31 Aug 2024