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Oct 2024
54m 13s

EP 122 | How To Structure Your Training

IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, GM Jesse Kraai
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Watch Live - https://twitch.tv/chessdojo Join the Training Program - https://chessdojo.club Play Chess - https://go.chess.com/chessdojo Merch - https://www.chessdojo.club/shop  GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, and IM Kostya Kavutskiy talk details about how to structure your chess training in today's episode of Dojo Talks, the ChessDojo Podcast. Want to suppo ... Show More
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