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Feb 2024
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EP 108 | Spaced Repetition

IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, GM Jesse Kraai
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The ChessDojo sensei, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, and GM Jesse Kraai, talk about using spaced repetition in chess training (the next topic from NM Ben Johnson's book, "Perpetual Chess Improvement"). Get your copy of Ben's book here: https://amzn.to/3I3PjrM.

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0:00 Spaced Repetition, or The Spacing Effect
5:05 How to Use Spaced Repetition 
28:24 Repetition in the Dojo Training Program
48:31 Intensity of Study
51:56 Final Points and What's to Come

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