Jan 09 2024 76 mins 11
On Today's Episode, our guest is NM Ben Johnson, host of the famous Perpetual Chess podcast.
Apart from chess improvement and his book about it, we discuss:
- How he built the discipline to record a new episode every week for over seven years
- What he did when his motivation waned
- How he overcame his fears
- and many other things that you’ll find helpful for your chess journey.
Navigate to a particular section of the episode:
0:00 Intro
02:39 How Ben started the Perpetual Chess podcast
05:48 Ben switching to poker
09:55 How Ben keeps his discipline
22:09 Competitiveness in chess and in life
30:55 How to deal with nervousness
47:39 “Perpetual Chess Improvement” book
1:06:07 Ben learning Russian and living in St. Petersburg
Ben’s book: https://a.co/d/6ZxcIfH
Follow Ben Johnson at:
https://www.perpetualchesspod.com
https://www.youtube.com/@perpetualchesspodcast9143
https://open.spotify.com/show/5SzyXVaBZtM8CA6dtBQj7o?si=cca67f8271d146a0
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-chess-podcast/id1185023674
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