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February 9, 2025 • 27 mins

This week we discuss a chess improvement philosophy based on the book Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes--But Some Do (Amazon) by Matthew Syed. We also cover some additional topics from our Listener Mailbag.

Chapters:

  • Intro & Listener Mailbag
  • Playing Unrated Games & Bots Online
  • Facing the London System
  • The "Black Box" Theory of Chess Improvement
  • Open vs. Closed Analysis Loops
  • Perfectionism Revisited
  • Outro

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