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Jan 2024
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EP 103 | Can Neal Bruce Make Master?

IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, GM Jesse Kraai
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Neal Bruce of #chesspunks fame has been diligently studying and pursuing chess as an adult improver. The ChessDojo sensei GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, and IM Kostya Kavutskiy discuss whether Neal Bruce will be able to make his goal of National Master (NM) in today's episode of the DojoTalks Podcast.

0:00 David vs Coffee
0:18 Chess Rating Gains as an Adult
9:37 Making Predictions About Goals
13:57 Poll Results: Can Adult Improvers Make NM?
20:24 Chess Training as an Adult
34:39 Rating Baselines, Age, and Improvement
51:41 Value of Playing OTB Chess Games
53:23 Kostya's GM Quest
54:12 How Many OTB Games per Year?
56:21 Can You Prove Jesse Wrong?
1:01:05 New in the Dojo Training Program

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