Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast

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

Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast episodes

March 17, 2023 EP 74 | The Top 10 Greatest Chess Players Of All Time
The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, IM Kostya Kavutskiy) rank their top 10 greatest chess players of all-time.

0:00 Intro
0:33 Number 10
11:42 Number 9
17:00 Number 8
23:22 Number 7
30:32 Number 6
35:07 Number 5
42:44 Number 4
48:07 Number 3
56:19 Number 2
1:02:38 Number 1
1:22:16 Final Rankings
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1 hr 26 min
March 13, 2023 EP 73 | Who’s Responsible for the Chess Boom?
The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, IM Kostya Kavutskiy) discuss the recent chess boom and the reasons for it.
Chess.com article: https://www.chess.com/blog/CHESScom/chess-is-booming-and-our-servers-are-struggling
0:00 Intro
02:48 Kostya On The Chess Boom
08:19 David On The Chess Boom
17:50 Jesse On The Chess Boom
24:43 The Approachability of Chess
31:36 Youth In Chess
38:55 Mittens
43:16 Chess.com buying Play Magnus
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49 min
February 14, 2023 EP 72 | The Best Chess Books Ever Written ft. Ben Johnson (Perpetual Chess)
The Dojo debates what the best books written about chess are!
The concensus best books are:
1. My Sixty Memorable Games, Fischer. https://amzn.to/3xFfhNb
2. Test of Time, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3YmqJsB
3. New York 1924, Alekhine. https://amzn.to/3E1OcXZ
4. Tal Botvinnik 1960. https://amzn.to/3K7oC7O
5. My Great Predecessors, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3xqYWLy
6. My System/Chess Praxis, Nimzovitch. https://amzn.to/3HYnroj
7. Grandmaster Preparation, Polugayevsky. https://amzn.to/3Yt4Fwh
8. The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games, Burgess. https://amzn.to/40RHPQK
9. Endgame Strategy, Shereshevsky. https://amzn.to/3jZN68o
10. Art of Attack, Vukovic. https://amzn.to/3Yt53uJ
Ben's books that didn't make the final list:
1. Simple Chess, Stean. https://amzn.to/3XtzT5s
2. How I beat Fischer's Record, Polgar. https://amzn.to/3xmvhmX
3. Think Like a Super-GM, Adams. https://amzn.to/3YwGAot
4. Capablanca's Best Chess Endings, Chernev. https://amzn.to/3xiJmlo
5. Mastering Chess Strategy, Hellsten. https://amzn.to/3ly1Aww
6. First Book of Morphy, Rosario. https://amzn.to/3YQDTxI
7. Most Instructive Games, Chernev. https://amzn.to/3IpHQV2
8. Seven Deadly Chess Sins, Rowson. https://amzn.to/3K7kR1X
David's books that didn't make the final list:
1. My Life and Games, Tal. https://amzn.to/3xst4Gp
2. Child of Change, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3E5W8ay
3. My Best Games, Alehkine. https://amzn.to/3jZORT2
4. Modern Ideas in Chess, Reti. https://amzn.to/3I0DwKh
Kostya's books that didn't make the final list:
1. School of Chess Excellence, Dvoretsky. https://amzn.to/3I2RFqx
2. Grandmaster Preparation, Aagaard. https://amzn.to/3ltjyA9
3. Understanding Chess Move by Move, Nunn. https://amzn.to/3Ik0cGJ
4. Under the Surface, Markos. https://amzn.to/3XzdkMu
5. Positional Decision Making, Gelfand. https://amzn.to/3jSvqvo
6. Pump up your Rating, Smith. https://amzn.to/3ImVU1d
Jesse's books that didn't make the final list:
1. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko. https://amzn.to/3lyusoy
2. The Best Move, Hort and Jansa. https://amzn.to/3xkqWjY
3. Perfect Your Chess, https://amzn.to/3K6mwEY
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1 hr 27 min
January 16, 2023 EP 71 | FIDE and Neutrality
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51 min
December 07, 2022 EP 70 | Sponsorships
In this episode of dojotalks, Jesse, David and Kostya discuss sponsorships and how they are perceived within the chess community.
00:00 intro
04:45 Sponsored Events & Crypto
16:10 Crypto & NFTs
29:24 Can we have large events with "Clean" money?
35:57 Should someone promote something they don't believe in?
43:02 How far should we separate the player from their beliefs and actions?
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57 min
November 18, 2022 EP 69 | Our Favorite Strategy Games!
Kostya, David and Jesse discuss their top 10 favorite strategy games with a heated debate in this all new episode of Dojo Talks!
00:00 Intro
01:54 Number 10
06:01 Number 09
10:45 Number 08
14:28 Number 07
24:16 Number 06
31:46 Number 05
34:56 Number 04
39:30 Number 03
42:35 Number 02
46:53 Number 01
52:22 David Ragequits
56:41 Final rankings
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58 min
November 11, 2022 EP 68 | Is Chess.com Evil?
Jesse Kraai, David Pruess and Kostya Kavutskiy talk about Chesscoms potential monopoly and the consequences of it.

00:00 Intro
00:56 Summary
02:37 Kostya on chesscom buying play magnus
08:00 "Bad Practices"
12:52 Individual vs. Collective
20:12 Is Chesscom Trying to Kill OTB?
36:39 Behavior in an expanding Market
39:57 The Competitors
48:25 Tribalism
51:18 The Consequences Of The Play Magnus Acquisition

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57 min
November 04, 2022 EP 67 | Responding to Feedback For Our Training Program
Jesse, David and Kostya discuss the feedback given from the members of the program and what their decisions are!
0:00 intro
1:25 "Regimentation"
20:35 Time Controls
41:34 Scheduling
44:14 When Helping Others
51:31 Cumulative Learning

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1 hr 6 min
November 02, 2022 Ep 66 | The Future Of Our Training Program
Jesse, David and Kostya discuss their initial hopes with the program, what went differently than expected and what they are hoping to do with the program in the future.
0:00 Intro
3:13 Surprises and Expectations
12:11 Past Predictions
27:53 Sparring
30:03 Features of the Program/Hopes for the future
41:29 Experiences in the Program

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50 min
October 13, 2022 Ep 65 | The State of U.S. Chess
In this episode jesse, david and kostya discuss the state of U.S. Chess
0:00 Intro
0:53 What the dojo is watching for in the us champs
6:07 Predictions for the next U.S. Champ
10:24 School vs. Chess
13:34 Predicting upcoming talents
18:45 Where is Nakamura?
24:47 The "Transition State" Of U.S. Chess
26:37 Scandal Discussion
57:43 Final Remarks

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1 hr 6 min