#7 NM Ben Johnson
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In episode #7 of Ono Another Chess Podcast, Ono (@TheOnoZone) talks to NM Ben Johnson about the Adult Improver endeavour of perpetual chess improvement against the backdrop of a busy adult life. Ben is the host of the legendary Perpetual Chess Podcast, creator of the weekly Perpetual Chess Linkfest + the author of the recently published book Perpetual Chess Improvement, among other things.
- (01:56) The chess communities Ben belongs to
- (05:00) The state of Ben’s chess in 2023
- (05:58) The importance of playing OTB
- (07:40) The writing of Ben’s new book
- (09:17) Ben as a writer
- (11:13) Success of Ben’s guests outside of chess
- (13:13) What drives Adult Improvers to improve
- (17:10) Unecessary vs Necessary Fallibility
- (21:40) Knowledge vs Decision-Making resources
- (25:15) Can you acquire all the chess knowledge?
- (27:15) Ben’s frustration with memory
- (28:31) Ben’s last year of chess improvement
- (30:11) Ben’s future projects
- (31:05) Personality reflected on the chess board
- (33:48) Luck in chess
- (38:09) Ben’s chess ambitions
- (41:57) When is the audio book available?
- (43:25) Linkfest: Ben’s Blog
- (45:42) Chess news sources
- (50:20) Linkfest; adult improvement blogs
- (54:58) Where can you get Ben's book?
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More info
- NM Todd Bryant’s chess improvement article
- NM Todd Bryant on Perpetual Chess ep. 346
- Wordy Chess Book List for Adult Improvers (free download TheOnoZone)
- David Monokroussos's Blog
- Nick Visel's Blog
- Dan Bock's Blog
- Dr Patzer's Blog
- Ben Johnson Came To My (Chess) Birthday Party (TheOnoZone blog)
- How To Chess podcast S3: How I forced myself to love endgames (Ben Johnson interviews TheOnoZone)
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To TheOnoZone Patrons who made the production of this podcast episode possible: MatthewKCanada, Brett, Nate Glissmeyer, Laura Holmes + Marcus Buffett + Dan Bock + Dawn Lawson + Glen G + Mikey Wells + Michael Shpizner + Karen W + Gregory C + BowiE + Yara V + Stefan K + Ché Martin + Andrew M + Ben Johnson
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