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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On Today's Episode the Smiley Grandmaster Bassem Amin shares:

- How he became an FM at 11, IM at 16, and GM at 18

- Why he decided to study medicine and why he returned to professional chess

- Gratitude lessons he learned from the army

- How he changed his training to reach a 2,700 rating

- How he got into the top 50 in the world and what his next goal is

- His No.1 advice for aspiring chess players

And much more…

Follow Bassem Amin here:

⁠https://www.facebook.com/GMBassemAmin⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/gm_bassem_amin⁠

⁠https://twitter.com/GMBassemAmin⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/GMBassemAmin⁠

⁠https://www.twitch.tv/bassemamin⁠

On Today's Episode, one of the most loved chess streamers - IM Eric Rosen, shares:

- How he overcame the plateau by working on his mindset and how he became an international master

- How he learned to deal with defeats

- How he fuels his journey with passion by learning new things

- Why he doesn’t set long-term goals

- How he finds the balance between being competitive and collaborative

- And much more…

Check out Eric Rosen here:

https://www.youtube.com/@eric-rosen

https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen

https://twitter.com/IM_Rosen

https://www.instagram.com/ericrosenphotography

Articles mentioned:

https://new.uschess.org/news/eric-rosen-on-final-im-norm-keys-to-success

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What can chess players learn from the world of biohacking?

In this episode of the ChessMood podcast, our host and founder GM Avetik Grigoryan interviews Ben Greenfield, one of the world’s top biohackers, to share his insights.

Ben’s also the author of thirteen bestselling books covering health, biohacking, fitness, and brain optimization. He has worked with many top athletes, CEOs, some of the top poker players, and has also been the president of a chess club!

Connect with Ben Greenfield here:

Website: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/

Get the book "Boundless" by Ben Greenfield here: https://www.amazon.com/Boundless-Upgrade-Brain-Optimize-Aging/dp/1628603976

In this episode of the ChessMood Podcast, our guest is James Altucher, a man who has turned his life around multiple times and achieved tremendous success in many fields! James is a serial entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, stand-up comedian, blogger, podcaster, and also a chess master! From building a fortune by selling his first company to hitting rock-bottom and even contemplating suicide at one point to making a comeback by achieving success across various domains, his story is a testament of resilience and fearlessness! In this episode with the host GM Avetik Grigoryan, James shares his unique strategies for success, his approach to overcoming life’s challenges, and all the lessons he learned through in his different careers that you can apply to your life and chess.Check out James Altucher here: Visit his official website: ⁠https://jamesaltucher.com/⁠Follow him on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/jaltucher⁠Listen to The James Altucher Show on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/0Tqw1AaZyrZ7kWnrNSgbNQ⁠Watch him on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQlx2klE_aNrPhz2OyKRdg⁠

Multiple times Olympic and World Champion, elite chess Grandmaster Vladimir Akopian with 2700+ peak rating, shares the stories behind his remarkable career, including the advice he got from Botvinnik before winning his 1st World Championship, his matches with Garry Kasparov and how he was arrested on his way to chess Olympiad.

If you take care of your inner being and keep it healthy, you’ll elevate not only your chess performance, but also the quality of your life. People around you will be better. The world will be better. Today’s guest is one of the brightest, smartest, deepest and happiest persons alive. He constantly wins both games — the outer game, what the society calls success, and the inner game that we need to win but often forget about. Apart from building a few successful companies in Silicon Valley, then becoming an investor and founding a VC and many other impressive things like walking 550 miles across Spain, he wrote the bestseller book “Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It,” which shaped thousands of people’s lives, including me and my Grandmaster friend. And in this interview, Kamal shares how exactly we should take care of our inner selves to have better chess and life journeys.

How to stop underperforming and play at your peak? Peak performance coach Todd Herman, who has worked with hundreds of Olympians and Elite Athletes like Kobe Bryant, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Nadal, shares how we, chess players, can enhance our performance by creating alter egos and with other techniques.