Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast

By IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, GM Jesse KraaiEducation Leisure Games Hobbies

Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast episodes

October 09, 2023 EP 94 | The Airing of Grievances: Differences in Training Philosophy
Chess Dojo sensei IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, and GM Jesse Kraai hash out their differences in chess training philosophy in today's episode of the Dojo Talks podcast!
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0:00 Intro
0:41 Saint Louis Chess Club, Chesscom, and US Chess
9:55 FIDE and USCF Rating Deflation
18:11 Differences in Chess Training Philosophies
18:23 The Airing of Grievances
1:12:57 How to Submit Questions
1 hr 14 min
October 02, 2023 EP 93 | Does FIDE Want to Ban Transgender Players?
FIDE has passed regulations that beg the question: Does FIDE want to ban transgender players? GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess discuss the latest in FIDE's regulations about transgender players and what it means for chess at large in this week's episode of the Dojo Talks podcast.
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0:00 Intro
0:47 FIDE Policy Impact
1 hr 5 min
September 25, 2023 EP 92 | Remembering Jeremy Silman
IM Jeremy Silman was one of the best known and regarded authors in the chess world. GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, and IM Kostya Kavutskiy share their memories of Silman and their thoughts on his legacy.
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53 min
September 18, 2023 EP 91 | Does U.S. Chess Need Reform?
Does U.S. Chess need to be reformed? GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess talk about the ongoing problems and controversies with the USCF and whether the organization needs serious reform in today's episode of the Dojo Talks podcast.
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0:00 Intro
2:17 Randy Bauer, Alejandro Ramirez, and US Chess Fallout
17:21 Possible US Chess Reforms
29:14 Saint Louis Chess Club, US Chess, and the Dojo
41:41 Problems in Chess Abroad
44 min
September 12, 2023 EP 90 | Hans & Chess.com Settle, U.S. Chess in Crisis
Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, and Chess.com settle? Lichess cuts ties with U.S. Chess and the St. Louis Chess Club? IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, and GM Jesse Kraai talk about the latest in the crisis of chess in the United States.
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0:00 Intro
2:41 Hans, Magnus, and Chess.com Settle Lawsuit
27:20 Lichess Cuts Ties with St. Louis and U.S. Chess
54:50 Magnus Calls For Faster Chess
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1 hr 20 min
August 14, 2023 EP 89 | What Does It Take To Win The U.S. Senior Championship?
What does GM Jesse Kraai need to do to win the U.S. Senior Chess Championship? How can he use the Dojo Program? The Dojo sensei GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess talk about the details of what prep Jesse needs to do to win.
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0:00 If Jesse Wins...
0:14 Intro
5:21 Chess and Getting Older
14:30 Kostya and Jesse Need to Do The Program
22:36 What Jesse Needs to Work On
27:09 Jesse's Dojo Pie Chart
36:49 Sam Shankland's Advice to Jesse
38:22 Calculation and System 2 Thinking
40:27 Jesse's Big Decision
44:52 Jesse's Weaknesses
50:55 Healthy Cohort Competition
52:15 Betting on FIDE Rating
56:55 Dojo Training Program Tournaments
59 min
July 24, 2023 EP 88 | 2023 Women’s World Chess Championship
GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess join together to discuss the Women's World Chess Championship, women in chess, and more in today's episode of DojoTalks.
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0:00 Intro
0:57 Following the Women's World Chess Championship
3:54 Jesse Gets Cancelled
4:50 WWCC as an Event
21:26 Promotion of the WWCC
47:25 Toxic Tournament Culture
1:05:35 Money
1:27:43 Final Thoughts
1 hr 31 min
July 17, 2023 EP 87 | Who Were The True World Chess Champions?
GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess discuss the history of the the World Chess Championship - its many different formats, organizations, and qualifications. What makes someone the real world chess champion? Out of all the world chess champions, who are the real ones?
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0:00 Intro
0:07 3 Perspectives on World Champs
1:36 World Championship as Crucible
3:41 Morphy, Carlsen, and Tennis
4:40 FIDE Legalism
6:07 Champions Before FIDE
7:26 Influence of Time
12:39 Magnus, Morphy, and Others Blew It
14:04 How FiDE Blew It
15:18 Make the Championship Epic
16:56 Who Should Be Involved
18:27 Degrees of Being a Champion
18:55 The FIDE Conundrum
20:47 The Lineage of Greatness
25:27 Kostya Mortifies Jesse and David
25:47 Championship Alternatives
27:37 Importance of Tournaments and Matches
30:30 Critiques of Lineage
34:35 1948 Botvinnik
36:02 Forming the Dojo's Official List
36:38 Ding Liren
37:48 Emanuel Lasker
43:00 Discussion of Everyone Before Steinitz
59:48 David's Dark Horse
1:02:17 Post-Kasparov Troubles
1:14:36 Official Dojo World Champion List
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1 hr 17 min
July 03, 2023 EP 86 | The Best Chess Players Who Never Became World Champion
Who are the best non-World Champion chess players? GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess discuss and rate great chess players of yesterday and today who have never been world champions, but have an outstanding legacy.
To view the whole episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/-1AP4U1eEeM
0:00 Intro
3:40 Chigorin
12:24 Tarrasch
16:12 Schlechter
22:14 Nimzowitsch
25:29 Rubinstein
30:05 Fine
37:12 Keres
43:51 Bronstein
45:12 Larsen
47:49 Korchnoi
52:04 Andersson
55:55 Timman
59:07 Ivanchuk
1:02:59 Aronian
1:07:23 Topalov
1:15:10 Nakamura
1:18:55 Caruana
1:24:00 Nepomniachtchi

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1 hr 29 min
June 08, 2023 EP 85 | The Best Chess Puzzle Books Ever
The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess) rank the top 10 chess puzzle books of all time, with a help from bibliophile Ben Johnson, the creator and host of the Perpetual Chess Podcast (https://www.perpetualchesspod.com) .
0:00 Intro
0:12 How and Why Books Were Chosen
8:50 Puzzle Book Rankings
All books linked below (these are Amazon links which are no extra cost and help Dojo keep the lights on! win/win)
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The Dojo List!
1. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
2. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
3. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
4. Mastering Chess Strategy Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
5. Combinative Motifs, Blokh https://amzn.to/3WPbLLB
6. Winning Exercises for Kids, Coakley https://amzn.to/3OPFwu1
7. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko https://amzn.to/45GOHTn
8. Practical Chess Exercises, Cheng https://amzn.to/3MRydiP
9. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
10. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl
Ben's List
1. Winning Exercises for Kids, Coakley https://amzn.to/3OPFwu1
2. Practical Chess Exercises, Cheng https://amzn.to/3MRydiP
3. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
4. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
5. Chess Tactics from Scratch, Weteschnik https://amzn.to/43mHMNN
6. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
7. Forcing Chess Moves, Hertan https://amzn.to/3MGvjNK
8. Mastering Chess Strategy Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
9. Chess Steps, Brunia https://amzn.to/43HZkU3
10. 300 Chess Positions, Alburt https://amzn.to/3WMZmrC
Kraai's List
1. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko https://amzn.to/45GOHTn
2. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
3. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
4. The Best Move, Jansa/Hort https://amzn.to/3ITUQSo
5. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
6. Endgame Tactics, Van Perlo https://amzn.to/3WQ3XJu
7. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
8. Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations https://amzn.to/42gvh4Y
9. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl
10. Calculation, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3oCCtuB
Kostya's List
1. Combinative Motifs, Blokh https://amzn.to/3WPbLLB
2. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
3. Mastering Chess Strategy, Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
4. Woodpecker Method, Smith/Tikkanen https://amzn.to/45IzelS
5. Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources, Dvoretsky https://amzn.to/3Ccbjxw
6. Manual of Chess Combinations, Ivaschenko https://amzn.to/3NaEcR2
7. Imagination in Chess, Gaprindashvili https://amzn.to/3C7z0ai
8. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl
9. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
10. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
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1 hr 30 min