Interested in playing chess but always hear how it is difficult to learn especially if you are an adult? There is no better time to start playing chess than today, especially with all the resources available now!!! Let's learn this game together and prove that while we may never become a grandmaster, we can still have fun. We can have a great time learning the game and progress to whatever level we can get to and until someone invents a time machine, today is still the best day to start. My personal goal is to see how high I can get my rating, while being a parent and holding two jobs, and two podcasts etc. etc. just like many of you. My goal is currently 1,500 USCF and my stretch goal is 2,000 USCF. Lets see where we all can get to!
L2C 066: How to Study Puzzles and tactics to Actually Improve Your Chess Game
L2C 066: How to Study Puzzles and tactics to Actually Improve Your Chess Game
If you have ever listened to any chess improvement advisors, you have undoubtably heard that to improve at chess you need to improve your tactics, especially early on in your chess journey. Some have even said that chess is 99% tactics at this point or that tactics is all/everything you need to do to improve. We aren't sure that it is that extreme, but it is definitely one of the most important aspects of chess and critical at all levels.
One thing that is not often discussed is how best to study tactics. We have evolved over the past few years and have a pretty solid way to study tactics. Much of it is derived from the advice of coaches, grandmasters, YouTube, books etc. But we also had a few aspects that we added ourselves. While this is not definitively the best way to study tactics and puzzles, we think it is. If we ever come up with further improvements and refinements, we will add them to future episodes.
Also, remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.
Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discussing an area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com
Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know.
Welcome to the board.
We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/PuzzlesAndTactics
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29 Sept 2026
L2C 064: Our Chess Prescriptions For Each Other
L2C 064: Our Chess Prescriptions For Each Other
It is here, the episode where The Doctor gets to tell Bill what to do to improve his chess game. And, Bill gets to tell the Doctor what he has to do to improve his. The best part about it is that they both have to do what the other says. Since we both know each other's games very well, this should lead to improvement in how we paly or at least fill a few more holes in our games.
Also, remember we are currently offering this service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief, or long, summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.
Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss an area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com
Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know.
Welcome to the board.
We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/ChessRx1
Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/
#chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis #TaoofChess
23 Sept 2026
L2C 065: Listener Emails and Bill's Latest OTB Tournament at Marywood
L2C 065: Listener Emails and Bill's Latest OTB Tournament at Marywood
The Doctor (and I) love nothing more than emails from our listeners. This episode starts off we a few of our more recent emails, including one from our first listener prescription request. We then go into a quick review of Bill's latest OTB tournament at Marywood.
Also, remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.
Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss an area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com
Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know.
Welcome to the board.
We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/MarywoodSept2026
Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/
#chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis #TaoofChess
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