On Today's Episode, our guest is NM Ben Johnson, host of the famous Perpetual Chess podcast.
Apart from chess improvement and his book about it, we discuss:
- How he built the discipline to record a new episode every week for over seven years
- What he did when his motivation waned
- How he overcame his fears
- and many other things that you’ll find helpful for your chess journey.
Navigate to a particular section of the episode:
0:00 Intro
02:39 How Ben started the Perpetual Chess podcast
05:48 Ben switching to poker
09:55 How Ben keeps his discipline
22:09 Competitiveness in chess and in life
30:55 How to deal with nervousness
47:39 “Perpetual Chess Improvement” book
1:06:07 Ben learning Russian and living in St. Petersburg
Ben’s book: https://a.co/d/6ZxcIfH
Follow Ben Johnson at:
https://www.perpetualchesspod.com
https://www.youtube.com/@perpetualchesspodcast9143
https://open.spotify.com/show/5SzyXVaBZtM8CA6dtBQj7o?si=cca67f8271d146a0
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-chess-podcast/id1185023674
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