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Hey, I'm Grandmaster Noël Studer, and this is the podcast where I help you improve your chess. Better Training + Better Mindset = Better results. More chess improvement help from me: Free: Get my free ebook, The Art of Chess Training, here: https://nextlevelchess.blog/free-ebook/ Sign up for my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Paid: Reach 1200 on Chess.com with this course: https://nextlevelchesscourses.teachable.com/p/beginner-chess-mastery Learn how to study Chess the right way with this course: https://nextlevelchesscourses.teachable.com/p/next-level-training
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Episode 97: Your Last Rating Jump Wasn't What You Think
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Episode 96: You Can't Outsource Chess Improvement
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Episode 95: Challenge Your Assumptions
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Episode 94: The Worst Advice I Ever Got
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Episode 93: I stopped checking my numbers for 6 months
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Episode 92: Just don't fight
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Episode 91: Why Planning Can Be So Frustrating (But Important)
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Episode 90: 6 lessons from 6 weeks of Real Chess Training
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Episode 89: The messy truth about getting better
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Episode 88: Why Hoping to Get Lucky is Ruining Your Chess
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Episode 87: The (chess) skill nobody talks about
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Episode 86: Stop Waiting for Perfect Focus (And Just Play)
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Episode 85: Mainstream Content Is For The Lazy Ones
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Episode 84: Real Chess Training
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Episode 83: Why Real Chess Improvement Looks Like Cheating
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Episode 82: The Price of Admission: How to Achieve Results You Are Truly Proud Of
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Episode 81: Are You a Chess Player or a Gambler?
This episode briefly refers to the article “You Are Not Your Rating”, which reminds us that our worth isn’t tied to a number.
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Episode 80: What Triggers You?
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Episode 79: This is what makes or breaks chess improvemen
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Episode 78: More is not always better (often actually worse!)
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Episode 77: My one goal for 2026
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Find out more about HRV in this article: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/heart-rate-variability-new-way-track-well-2017112212789
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Episode 76: The One Lesson I learned in 2025
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Episode 75: The Stories That Create Anxiety
You can get the book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahnemann here: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555
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Episode 74: Don't be disciplined - build systems that work
Check out "Atomic Habits" by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
The Freedom App helps you build the systems that work: https://freedom.to/
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Episode 73: Sometimes There Is No Takeaway
Here is the video I mentioned in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txGLGN1dkQI
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Episode 72: Make a Mistake? Do This.
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Episode 71: The right mindset for game analysis
"How To Analyze Your Chess Games (the simple way)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shma5hsckww
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Episode 70: The key to right calcuation in chess
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Episode 69: Ratings Are Great (Only our interpretation not)
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Episode 68: How much can you improve in 6 months?
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Episode 67: Sequential Learning
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Episode 66: Just Do It - And Thank Me Later
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Episode 65: The Four Stages of Chess Improvement
"Mastery", by George Leonard: https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Keys-Success-Long-Term-Fulfillment/dp/0452267560
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Episode 64: Annoyed by Clickbait Videos? Do this.
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Episode 63: How to Train Chess When Real Life Things Happen
Link to the blog post "How to Stick to Your Goals When Life Gets Crazy" by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/plan-for-chaos
If you haven't read it already, here is his book "Atomic Habits": https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299
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Episode 62: Use Technology - Don't Let It Use You
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Episode 61: Why You Shouldn't Copy Random Success Stories
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Episode 60: The Best Books for Chess Improvement (That Aren’t About Chess)
If you want to dive deeper into the books I recommend on the podcast, here are the links:
Mindset (by Carol Dweck)
Chop Wood, Carry Water (by Joshua Medcalf)
Essentialism (by Greg McKeown)
The One Thing (by Gary Keller)
The Power of Less (by Leo Babauta)
Hell Yeah or No (by Derek Sivers)
Deep Work (by Cal Newport)
Digital Minimalism (by Cal Newport)
Slow Productivity
Episode 59: What If Being Smart Was The Problem?
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Episode 58: Why Playing Many Different Openings Won't Work For You
Watch the YouTube Short here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bD6OPduy1DQ
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Episode 57: The Reason Chess Training Is So Confusing
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Episode 56: The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves
Here are the further resources that I mentioned in the podcast:
Books:
Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
4000 weeks - Oliver Burkeman
The Tao of Seneca - Three free PDFs put together by Tim Ferriss
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (many different versions of it online as PDFs available, just Google it)
Awareness - Anthony de Mello
Mindset - Carol Dweck
The Gifts of Imperfection - Brene Bro
Episode 55: You Are Not Your Rating
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Episode 54: How to improve your thinking (not with AI)
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Episode 53: Good vs Bad Mistakes
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Episode 52: This Might Work in Business - But Destroys Your Chess
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GM Title After 10 000 hours of Practice?
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Episode 50: What Golf Taught Me About Getting Better at Chess
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Episode 49: The Simplified Thought Process
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Episode 48: The Hard Way Is the Only Way
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Episode 47: How to Make Confident Chess Decisions Under Pressure
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Episode 46: How to Actually do the things that improve your Chess
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Episode 45: Consistency Over Heroics: Why Winning is Surprisingly Simple
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Episode 44: How To Make Better Decisions in Chess
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How to get out of a losing streak
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Episode 42: The Role of Pain in Improvement
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Episode 41: How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess
Read more about the three zooming-out techniques that I used during difficult times:
How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess: The Key to Bouncing Back - https://nextlevelchess.com/zoom-out/
Why Losing at Chess Hurts so Much - https://nextlevelchess.com/why-losing-at-chess-hurts-so-much-and-the-antidote/
Resilience in Chess: How to Get Back After a Tough Loss - https://nextlevelchess.com
Episode 40: Re Framing Mistakes as a Useful Learning Tool
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Episode 39: How I Tricked Myself Into Living The Life I Want
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Episode 38: The Solution to Bad Times? A Plan
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Episode 37: Knowing Too Much Slows Your Improvement
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Episode 36: The Simplified Chess Improvement System Explained
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Episode 35: You Can Achieve More Than You Think!
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Episode 34: The Price I Paid for Doing too Much
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Episode 33: The Super Secret Way To Improve Your Chess
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Episode 32: Forget About Accuracy Scores, Do This Instead
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Episode 31: Fix Your Leaking Roof
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Episode 30: How To Turn Plateau's Into Big Successes
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Episode 29: Let’s Make Chess Improvement Simple Again
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Episode 28: The Three Key Ingredients For Smart Chess Training
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Episode 27: From Bullied Kid To Grandmaster - How Chess Saved My Life
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Chess Improvement Equation Part 5
The Chess Improvement Equation:
What (0-1) * How (0-1) * Time (h/week) = Chess Improvement Score
The cost of Improvement Destroyers:
Tilt: -1 for every game played without focus.
Overthinking: -1 for every hour spent on material way above your level.
Overblown openings: -1 for every hour wasted on unnecessary theory.
Detract Tilt + Overthinking + Overblown Openings from your Chess I
Episode 25: Chess Improvement Equation Part 4 - How To Be More Consistent
The Chess Improvement Equation:
What (0-1) * How (0-1) * Time (h/week) = Chess Improvement Score
To review your past year, assess each week with the real amount of time you spent on chess, not the amount you hoped you would spend.
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Episode 24: Chess Improvement Equation Part 3 - How To Study With Better Focus And Study Techniques
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Episode 23: Chess Improvement Equation Part 2 - What You Should do to improve your Chess
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Episode 22: Chess Improvement Equation - Part 1
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Episode 21: The Secret to Loving Chess Even During a Plateau
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Episode 20: The Simple Path to 1500 Lessons From My Dad’s Chess Journey
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Episode 19: My 3 Favorite Chess Improvement Resources
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Episode 18: How Focus Can Transform Your Chess and Life
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