Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast

The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, IM Kostya Kavutskiy) discuss the upcoming FIDE World Championship match between Ian Nepomniatchi and Ding Liren. 0:00 Intro 0:16 Info/background 2:35 "Real" World Championship? 26:12 Most political match in history? 41:12 FIDE Marketing Skills? 50:08 Will Dojo provide coverage? 56:59 Which winner would be better for chess? 1:00:53 Who wins? Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

The Dojo ranks the Top 10 greatest chess games of all time. To view the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/myK_xHwWOpo  Part 1 (pre-1920) - https://youtu.be/hWcfL48Xpqw Part 2 (1920-1972) - https://youtu.be/c0mNZw20yFQ Part 3 (post-1972) - https://youtu.be/vUmOR_1oUU0 Link to the games: https://lichess.org/study/GkAjt9gu 0:00 Intro 2:36 Number 10 7:00 Number 9 12:00 Number 8 15:39 Number 7 19:48 Number 6 25:00 Number 5 34:40 Number 4 44:00 Number 3 57:00 Number 2 1:03:40 Number 1 1:11:30 Final Rankings Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

The Dojo rank the Top 10 best chess games played since 1972. To view the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/vUmOR_1oUU0  0:00 Intro 6:04 Number 10 17:08 Number 9 22:29 Number 8 28:06 Number 7 36:34 Number 6 46:44 Number 5 1:04:17 Number 4 1:20:10 Number 3 1:42:27 Number 2 1:55:56 Number 1 2:09:38 Final Remarks Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, & IM Kostya Kavutskiy) rank the Top 10 best chess games played between 1920-1972! To view the full episode on YouTube, visit https://youtu.be/c0mNZw20yFQ  Check out Part 1 (Greatest Games pre-1920) here: https://youtu.be/hWcfL48Xpqw  0:00 Intro 4:00 Number 10 10:53 Number 9 18:17 Number 8 23:29 Number 7 32:20 Number 6 40:18 Number 5 54:27 Number 4 1:11:34 Number 3 1:24:34 Number 2 1:44:02 Number 1 Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, & IM Kostya Kavutskiy) rank the best chess games played before 1920. To view the full episode on YouTube, visit https://youtu.be/hWcfL48Xpqw  0:00 Intro 4:30 Number 6 13:27 Number 5 33:14 Number 4 43:44 Number 3 1:02:50 Number 2 1:09:10 Number 1 1:23:02 Final Rankings Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, IM Kostya Kavutskiy) rank their top 10 greatest chess players of all-time. 0:00 Intro 0:33 Number 10 11:42 Number 9 17:00 Number 8 23:22 Number 7 30:32 Number 6 35:07 Number 5 42:44 Number 4 48:07 Number 3 56:19 Number 2 1:02:38 Number 1 1:22:16 Final Rankings Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, IM Kostya Kavutskiy) discuss the recent chess boom and the reasons for it. Chess.com article: https://www.chess.com/blog/CHESScom/chess-is-booming-and-our-servers-are-struggling 0:00 Intro 02:48 Kostya On The Chess Boom 08:19 David On The Chess Boom 17:50 Jesse On The Chess Boom 24:43 The Approachability of Chess 31:36 Youth In Chess 38:55 Mittens 43:16 Chess.com buying Play Magnus Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

The Dojo debates what the best books written about chess are! The concensus best books are: 1. My Sixty Memorable Games, Fischer. https://amzn.to/3xFfhNb 2. Test of Time, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3YmqJsB 3. New York 1924, Alekhine. https://amzn.to/3E1OcXZ 4. Tal Botvinnik 1960. https://amzn.to/3K7oC7O 5. My Great Predecessors, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3xqYWLy 6. My System/Chess Praxis, Nimzovitch. https://amzn.to/3HYnroj 7. Grandmaster Preparation, Polugayevsky. https://amzn.to/3Yt4Fwh 8. The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games, Burgess. https://amzn.to/40RHPQK 9. Endgame Strategy, Shereshevsky. https://amzn.to/3jZN68o 10. Art of Attack, Vukovic. https://amzn.to/3Yt53uJ Ben's books that didn't make the final list: 1. Simple Chess, Stean. https://amzn.to/3XtzT5s 2. How I beat Fischer's Record, Polgar. https://amzn.to/3xmvhmX 3. Think Like a Super-GM, Adams. https://amzn.to/3YwGAot 4. Capablanca's Best Chess Endings, Chernev. https://amzn.to/3xiJmlo 5. Mastering Chess Strategy, Hellsten. https://amzn.to/3ly1Aww 6. First Book of Morphy, Rosario. https://amzn.to/3YQDTxI 7. Most Instructive Games, Chernev. https://amzn.to/3IpHQV2 8. Seven Deadly Chess Sins, Rowson. https://amzn.to/3K7kR1X David's books that didn't make the final list: 1. My Life and Games, Tal. https://amzn.to/3xst4Gp 2. Child of Change, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3E5W8ay 3. My Best Games, Alehkine. https://amzn.to/3jZORT2 4. Modern Ideas in Chess, Reti. https://amzn.to/3I0DwKh Kostya's books that didn't make the final list: 1. School of Chess Excellence, Dvoretsky. https://amzn.to/3I2RFqx 2. Grandmaster Preparation, Aagaard. https://amzn.to/3ltjyA9 3. Understanding Chess Move by Move, Nunn. https://amzn.to/3Ik0cGJ 4. Under the Surface, Markos. https://amzn.to/3XzdkMu 5. Positional Decision Making, Gelfand. https://amzn.to/3jSvqvo 6. Pump up your Rating, Smith. https://amzn.to/3ImVU1d Jesse's books that didn't make the final list: 1. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko. https://amzn.to/3lyusoy 2. The Best Move, Hort and Jansa. https://amzn.to/3xkqWjY 3. Perfect Your Chess, https://amzn.to/3K6mwEY Interested in improving? Check out the all-new Dojo Training Program - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/

Interested in improving? Check out the all-new Dojo Training Program - https://chessdojo.shop/training  Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive  Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop  Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive  Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD  Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo  Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/  Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/ 

In this episode of dojotalks, Jesse, David and Kostya discuss sponsorships and how they are perceived within the chess community. 00:00 intro 04:45 Sponsored Events & Crypto 16:10 Crypto & NFTs 29:24 Can we have large events with "Clean" money? 35:57 Should someone promote something they don't believe in? 43:02 How far should we separate the player from their beliefs and actions? Interested in improving? Check out the all-new Dojo Training Program - https://chessdojo.shop/training  Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive  Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.shop  Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive  Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD  Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo  Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/  Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/