L2C 024: LadyBug Joins us From the ChessDojo

We are joined by another adult learner from the ChessDojo for this episode. She played when she was younger and she resumed playing again last year and has progressed steadily since then. We cover her story and wander around aimlessly throughout the episode.

Did we get something wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in?

Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know.

Welcome to the board.

We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess024

#chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa

L2C 023: Sofa Time with The Doctor ep. 1?

We often work together on our games and thinking about chess. Here is a sample of what we do with (to) each other. If you like it, we can even start this as an ongoing mini-series.

Did we get something wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in?

Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know.

Welcome to the board.

We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess023

#chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa

L2C 022: Sweatgland - A True DCP

Sweatgland from the Chess Dojo joins us for a great episode. We talk about his chess history and his road to where he is currently We also meander around (to the surprise of no one) and discuss wide variety of chess training, growth of players, methods, etc. And far be it for us not to take advantage of his knowledge of our games and find out what he sees as our next areas of focus and growth. We also bestow up him two Chess Titles from our podcast.

Did we get something wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in?

Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know.

Welcome to the board.

We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess022

#chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner

L2C 021: The Tao of Chess - Chapter 2: The Pieces

We continue our discussion on the Tao of Chess with the second chapter covering several of the principles related to the pieces. We had a bit more trouble discussing this one and that may reflect some limitations of our current game understanding. Have anything we missed? Please let us know and we can pass it on.

Did we get something wrong? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know.

Welcome to the board.

We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess020

#chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess

L2C 020: The Importance of Confidence In Chess

After last weekend's tournament, the good Doctor said we should have a short episode on the importance of confidence in chess. So what started as a short bonus episode quickly grew into a full fledged episode. Apparently we may be long winded, lol.

Did we get something wrong? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know.

Welcome to the board.

We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess019

#chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #MountaineerOpen #mountaineerOpen2026 #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess

L2C 019: GM Jesse Kraai - Our First Ever Guest

We are humbled to have GM Jesse Kraai on the podcast. Many of you will probably know him as a Grand Master in Chess, or as an excellent instructor on chess improvement, or as one of the three sensei's that started the ChessDojo. We have been working in the Dojo for the past year and working directly with Jesse for the past 4 or 5 months. We asked all your chess questions that we received on our Instagram, facebook, and email. Plus we added a few of our own.

We barely scratched the surface and hope this is the first of many podcasts with Jesse.

Did you have any questions after the episode? Let us know at [email protected]. Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know.

Welcome to the board.

We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/GMJesseKraai

#chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess

L2C 016: Book Review: The Tao of Chess - part 1

We started a new book review series with a Chess 101 book called The Tao of Chess. While it is a book centered on many of the most common chess principles that you may or may not have heard. What we did find though was that while this can be thought of as a fairly simplistic study into chess, it has as surprising amount of depth, and at this point it is very, very likely that we aren't even comprehending the full depth within this book, yet. In this part 1, we cover the first chapter that deals with the chess board itself. We hope you enjoy and this helps your game. What did we miss? Did we get something wrong? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess14 Also, if you'd like any topics, guests, or have any questions, please let me know at [email protected]

If you have any thoughts, ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Please.

Welcome to the board.

We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess016

Also, if you'd like any topics, guests, or have any questions, please let me know at [email protected]

L2C 018: Tournament Recap of the 25th Annual Mountaineer Open

We are releasing this one out of order, again, but we received so many emails about the hoped for summaries, we thought we'd do it as fast as we could.

On this episode, we go into the Dr's tournament this weekend. Plus a surprise or few.

What did we miss? Did we get something wrong? Let us know at [email protected]

Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/2026MountaineerOpen

Also, if you'd like any topics, guests, or have any questions, please let me know at [email protected]

L2C 017: Emergency/Bonus episode - The Good Doctor's Pre Tournament Prep for This Weekend

We are releasing this one a bit early and out of order, but it needed to be done. On this episode, we go into the Dr's preparation for his upcoming tournament this weekend. We may be able to get updates throughout the weekend and that would not make any sense without releasing this one first, so here it is.

The tournament is in Morgantown WV. If you are in the area, please stop in and say hi.

What did we miss? Did we get something wrong? Let us know at [email protected]

Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/PreTourneyPrep

Also, if you'd like any topics, guests, or have any questions, please let me know at [email protected]

L2C 015: Our Most Excellent Road to 1500 and Beyond - Part 2

A bit faster than we expected, but here is part two in our series "Senior Chess: Bill & Dr Pop Pop's Excellent Adventure to 1500 Elo. At the last minute, Bill's schedule opened up and he played in his first over the board live tournament of 2026.

The tournament was in central Pennsylvania and , well you have to listen for more details, lol.

Also, if you want to go into your "Road to....", drop us a line. Who knows. It may become a thing. Wait, if you say it's going to be a thing, it can never become a thing. Oh well, lol.

What did we miss? Did we get something wrong? Let us know at [email protected]

Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show!

For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess015

Also, if you'd like any topics, guests, or have any questions, please let me know at [email protected]