The life of a chess player is often emotional. There can be huge wins and the joy of learning, but also painful losses and sluggish improvement. Helping me gain new insights into how to address these challenges is clinical psychologist and co-host of the ChessFeels podcast, Julia Rios.

Julia combines her professional knowledge with her chess experience to offer some brilliant insights into “chess psychology.”

In this episode, we discuss:

• Does chess offer more emotional challenges than other endeavors?
• Should you not care about your rating?
• Does the expectation to improve hinder our enjoyment of chess? 
• Bonus: A chess genie offers Julia one wish but she insists on getting three.

More From Julia:

• ChessFeels Podcast 
• ChessFeels Twitter
• Julia’s Twitter

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• Submitting questions to guests
• A shout-out of your name on the pod
• Vote on future topics/guests 
• Exclusive behind-the-scenes updates about the show
• DM me any month for a brief chat on chess or episodes

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