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Feb 2024
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Five Essential Lessons From My Coaching ...

Daniel Lona
About this episode

080 What can you learn from a year of coaching from one of the world’s best chess coaches More than can ever be packed into a single podcast episode! BUT we cover the top five lessons I learned from IM Andras Toth - with Andras doing a deep dive into each one.

Andras is an extraordinary chess coach. He has a YouTube channel full of entertaining videos on powerful chess improvement help.

Plus, he has a wide variety of Chessable courses on essential topics every adult club player should learn.

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why losing material is the last variable that matters in chess.
  • Does Puzzle Rush help with calculation speed?
  • Why do adults struggle to seize attacking opportunities?
  • Is age a barrier to improvement?

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