NextLevelChess

By GM Noël Studer

Hey, I'm Grandmaster Noël Studer, and this is the podcast where I help you improve your chess. Better Training + Better Mindset = Better results. More chess improvement help from me: Get a free test t... more

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How many episodes does NextLevelChess have?

The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.

NextLevelChess episodes:

October 01, 2025 Episode 62: Use Technology - Don't Let It Use You
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
31min
September 24, 2025 Episode 61: Why You Shouldn't Copy Random Success Stories
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
19min
September 17, 2025Episode 60: The Best Books for Chess Improvement (That Aren’t About Chess)
If you want to dive deeper into the books I recommend on the podcast, here are the links:
Mindset (by Carol Dweck)
Chop Wood, Carry Water (by Joshua Medcalf)
Essentialism (by Greg McKeown)
The One Thing (by Gary Keller)
The Power of Less (by Leo Babauta)
Hell Yeah or No (by Derek Sivers)
Deep Work (by Cal Newport)
Digital Minimalism (by Cal Newport)
Slow Productivity (by Cal Newport)
The Psychology Of Money (by Morgan Housel)
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
24min
September 10, 2025 Episode 59: What If Being Smart Was The Problem?
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
24min
September 03, 2025 Episode 58: Why Playing Many Different Openings Won't Work For You
Watch the YouTube Short here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bD6OPduy1DQ
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
21min
August 27, 2025 Episode 57: The Reason Chess Training Is So Confusing
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
27min
August 20, 2025Episode 56: The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves
Here are the further resources that I mentioned in the podcast:
Books:
Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
4000 weeks - Oliver Burkeman
The Tao of Seneca - Three free PDFs put together by Tim Ferriss
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (many different versions of it online as PDFs available, just Google it)
Awareness - Anthony de Mello
Mindset - Carol Dweck
The Gifts of Imperfection - Brene Brown (recommended by Alessia)
All Books by Ryan Holiday on Stoicism; start with “The Obstacle is the Way”
The Courage to be disliked - Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi
How to stop worrying and start living - Dale Carnegie
And if you need a little wake up call, this 7 Minute YouTube Video usually does it for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NDQOgGycg
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
31min
August 13, 2025 Episode 55: You Are Not Your Rating
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
18min
August 06, 2025 Episode 54: How to improve your thinking (not with AI)
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
23min
July 30, 2025 Episode 53: Good vs Bad Mistakes
Sign up for a free Real Chess Training Test, for players between 1500-2000: https://nextlevelchess.kit.com/rct-trial
Get my free eBook, 'The Art of Chess Improvement': https://nextlevelchess.com/free-ebook/
Additional Free Content:
➡️Weekly Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.com/newsletter/
➡️Blog with 200+ articles: https://nextlevelchess.com/articles/
➡️YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder
Check out my courses:
➡️My holistic chess improvement system: https://nextlevelchess.com/simplified-chess-improvement-system/
➡️Reach 1200+ Elo with my Beginner Fundamental course: https://nextlevelchess.com/beginner-chess-mastery/
➡️Real Chess Training: The weekly 6 position Test Membership for players between 1500-2000 chesscom Rapid: https://nextlevelchess.com/real-chess-training/
...more
16min

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How many episodes does NextLevelChess have?

The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.

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