FM Dalton Perrine - The Art of Converting an Advantage

In this podcast episode, I talked to FM Dalton Perrine, an accomplished chess player, Chessable author, and coach from the United States. Dalton has five Chessable courses, with a sixth on the way. A former student of GM Sam Shankland, Dalton reflects on the process of creating high-quality instructional content. GM Shankland collaborates with Dalton on his courses by providing video coverage. We also discussed Dalton's latest Chessable project, Seal the Deal: How to Gain and Convert Middlegame Advantages, which is about gaining and converting long-term strategic advantages. Dalton emphasizes the importance of breaking down complex games into trainable segments to help learners practice and understand key concepts in manageable steps. He also shares a sneak peek of positions from the course.

Beyond chess courses, Dalton provides insights into his current pursuit of the Woodpecker Method to sharpen tactical skills and shares anecdotal evidence of its potential benefits, including a recent 200-point blitz rating surge.

00:00 Introduction 03:27 Survive & Thrive: How to Blunder Less and Defend Better 08:17 Blunder Check 13:56 4-Step Thinking Process 19:51 Seal the Deal: How to Gain and Convert Middlegame Advantages 25:11 How He Structured the Course 30:44 Sneak Peek into the Course: Space Advantage 47:15 Collaborating with GM Sam Shankland 50:16 The Woodpecker Method