IM Lawrence Trent shares some memorable advice that has been imparted to him from his GM friends, plus gives an update on his GM title chase and his rivalry with IM Greg Shahade. Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1 Lawrence Trent https://twitter.com/LawrenceTrentIM Greg Shahade https://twitter.com/GregShahade/status/1430546789065658377 If you want to build your repertoire visit: www.chessable.com/free for hundreds of free starter repertoires

WIM Jesse February shares some great advice on how to analyze games, prepare and manage your energy during a tournament. Make sure to drop Jesse a follow on Twitch and keep in touch via her socials: Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/jesse_feb Twitter - https://twitter.com/jesse_feb?lang=en Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jesse_feb/?hl=en

IM Yuriy Krykun shares some tips for choosing and working with a chess coach. Check out Yuriy's Chessable courses here: https://www.chessable.com/author/YuriyKrykun/

The 8 time Russian Champion, commentator and Chessable Author, GM Peter Svidler joins the show! Check out Peter's Chessable Course here- https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-peter-svidlers-grunfeld-part-1/course/63116/ Follow Peter on Twitter here- https://twitter.com/polborta?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Follow Ben on Twitter here- https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1 Peter's US Chess School Lecture is Here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QumdJShD1QI

This week's guest, Alex Belsky (chessforlife on Chessable) is a Quantum Physics Ph.D. student, 2100 FIDE player, and prize winning Chessable course creator! Check out Alex Belsky's course of the year, The Best Chess Moves of All Time here: https://www.chessable.com/the-best-chess-moves-of-all-time/course/80952/ Free preview of the course here: https://www.chessable.com/some-of-the-best-chess-moves-of-all-time/course/86225/ UPDATE- SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 11- NOTE THAT THE FREE COURSE TRIVIA...

This week's guest is Dr. Benjamin Portheault . Benji is a data scientist and performance coach who has worked with Super GMs to help them improve their performances. Benji shares some tips for ways we can improve our own games through better lifestyle and preparation habits. Follow Benji on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/benjiportheault?lang=en

Christophe Thiéry is a programmer by day, and a chess loving Chessable Legend by night! Tune in to find out what he has learned from achieving a 2000 day Chessable streak! You can see Christoph's stalemate trick on move 53 of https://lichess.org/study/jM8j5Zl1/aqa0k1SH (this game). Here is the link to the variation where he learned the pattern: https://www.chessable.com/variation/353838/ (https://www.chessable.com/variation/353838/) it is from a famous Smyslov-Bernstein game.

Visit howtochess.com and stay in touch with the show. Episodes every Thursday. Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1 Nate https://zwischenzug.substack.com/ If you want to build your repertoire visit: www.chessable.com/free for hundreds of free starter repertoires

Visit howtochess.com and stay in touch with the show. Episodes every Thursday. Ben Johnson https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_descriptionandredir_token=QUFFLUhqa1lfTUN3YmVuMU00ZXNLcEd6VUEwRWNiQUZsQXxBQ3Jtc0trbTNIREUwYU1hRURWRzZ5cHVwdWZyWXdJb3JOWnhjektxYl9tLTQtMmVzMW9lREcwRUpGc0RxdHAyUnpqZWdWRjhvYkE3ZmJ1Wm85bjg3Z19qV3ZrVnRyTUxNVVA2Tk1OS2VnOXY1cl8tY05vZ0IxQQandq=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBennyficial1 (https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1) Davorin...

Chess Twitch Streamer and Former British Girls Youth Champion, Cleomina, has returned to chess after a 14 year hiatus. She shares tips for how to retrain your chess brain and re-acclimate oneself to the chess world. Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1 Cleomina https://twitter.com/cleominattv?lang=en Cleomina's Twitch Channel- https://t.co/BQQiRbqHtm?amp=1 If you want to build your repertoire visit: www.chessable.com/free for hundreds of free starter repertoires

Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1 Christof Sielecki https://twitter.com/chessexplained?lang=en If you want to build your repertoire visit: www.chessable.com/free for hundreds of free starter repertoires

Popular YouTube presenter and attacker extraordinaire, GM Simon Williams shares some tips about when to attack and when not to attack in a game. Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1 Simon Williams https://twitter.com/ginger_gm?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor If you want to build your repertoire visit: www.chessable.com/free for hundreds of free starter repertoires

For this week's How to Chess we bring in a popular Chessable author to answer a crowdsourced question- IM Andras Toth shares tips for the proper way to read a chess book (or course!). He touches on what types of books are best for chess improvement, whether one should review the material, and even offers a few specific book recommendations. For more from Andras, be sure to check out his awesome Chessable courses! Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1 Andras Toth...

This week on How to Chess, we are joined by software startup executive and Adult Improver Extraordinaire, Neal Bruce. With so many chess enthusiasts trying out or returning to competitive tournament chess, it is great to get some advice from about things to keep in mind when competing in a chess tournament. Chess tournaments are a unique world, with their own set of written and unwritten rules, so it was great to get the insights of someone who played his first chess tournament at age...

Visit howtochess.com and stay in touch with the show. Episodes every Thursday. Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/Bennyficial1 Braden Laughlin https://twitter.com/Braden_Laughlin If you want to build your repertoire visit: www.chessable.com/free for hundreds of free starter repertoires

Check out Hanging Pawns on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJdvwRC-oGPhRHW_XPNokg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJdvwRC-oGPhRHW_XPNokg) If you want to build your repertoire visit: www.chessable.com/free for hundreds of free starter repertoires Do you have a comment or chess improvement question you'd like answered on the show? Email HowtoChess at Chessable.com

Welcome to the How to the Chess Podcast!Do you have a comment or a chess improvement question you'd like answered on the show?Email HowtoChess at Chessable.com