L2C 048:  Hanging Pawns An awesome conversation with Stjepan Tomic about a ton of topics including his chess progress and what he has found to be the best ways to improve as a player.  He is was further down the road to above and beyond being a DCP, but shares our pain in the journey.  Hopefully this episode will be part 1 of many with Stjepan.   Hanging Pawns on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@HangingPawns Hanging Pawns Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/hangingpawns  The two youtube posts we discussed most closely are:   Most Common training mistakes:  https://tinyurl.com/ChessTrainingMistakes   Best training methods:  https://tinyurl.com/12BestTrainingMethods  Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/HangingPawnsPod  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess 

L2C 047:  The Tao of Chess - Pawn Structures This week, we discuss various aspects of the pawn structure and how we perceive this area to apply to our games at our current level of play.  This is an area that will likely need to be revisited as we progress.   Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/PawnStructures Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess 

L2C 046:  Freestyle Chess, Fischer Random, and Chess 960 Is Freestyle chess good for beginner and intermediate players?  Does it help you improve your chess game?  Do we know how to play this?  do we know how to play game this well?   The answers vary and that is the topic for this week's podcast.  Plus another contest. Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/FreeStyleChessAndFischerRandom  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament 

L2C 045: Blitz and Bullet for Chess improvement One of the hot topics on the internet seems to be whether or not to play blitz and bullet early in your chess improvement cycle.  In this episode, we share our thoughts and a few details to help make bullet and blitz (really more blitz but also for bullet) helpful to you chess training and improvement.  Lets the arguments begin.  Or more appropriately, since Mortal Kombat 2 is out in the theaters "FIGHT". Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/BlitzAndBullet Want a discount on your ChessNoteR:  Enter "GHiTLikes" to get XXXXxyf % off of the cost of your unit. Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

L2C 044:  All About the ChessNoteR One of the bigger transition when playing over the board, live, in person chess from playing online is that keeping track of the moves during the game.  It sounds trivial, but is not as natural as you think it would be to do, especially early on.  The ChessNoteR removes this issue with an easy to use interface and also allows for an easy transfer to where you review and annotate your games, even including the times for each move.  Bill talks with the inventor of the ChessNoteR Joey Troy.   If you have any questions, you can write in to us or contact Joey at https://chessnoter.com.  Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/ChessNoteR  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament 

L2C 043:  All About the Chess Dojo We are always talking about the Chess Dojo and it is largely because it has helped both of us so much.  We then decided to talk about how it has helped us.  We had a bit of trouble coming up with a good way of describing it when we decided "hey, lets just give a tour and talk as we do".  So we did.  PS this may be a podcast where it is better to view on our YouTube channel to get to see everything we talk about, but hopefully, it works when audio only.   Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/WelcometoTheDojo2 Youtube:  https://tinyurl.com/WelcometoTheDojoVideo  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament 

L2C 042:  Best Books and Courses - Volume 1 We go through the best books and courses we have used to date so far.  Unsurprisingly, our picks differed, lol.  This is a constantly evolving list and offers our perspectives.  We expect this list to be updated in the future because it does not only involve the quality of the information but also the timing the information was ingested as well as our current progression as chess players.  Congratulations to our top picks.  PS What are yours? Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/OurBestBookPicks  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament 

L2C 041:  Chess Etiquette One thing that keeps many people from starting a hobby is the intimidation of not knowing what to do.  We think everyone can and should play chess, so we began a discussion on the etiquette of chess to help assuage any trepidation on anyone's part.   Did we get something wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/ChessEtiquette  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament 

L2C 040:  The Candidates Tournament 2026 - Our Wrap-up The tournament is complete.  We have two new players who will compete for the world championship.  We cover what happened that last few rounds, what we think about the tournament overall, and a bit early prognostication for the world championships.  But more importantly, we cover our fantasy tournament, lol.   Did we get something wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/Candidates2026Wrapped  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament 

L2C 039:  The Tao of Chess - Chapter 7 - Material We return to our Tao of Chess series and discus the next chapter on Material. Of primary importance to you initial improvement as a chess player is taking care of you pieces (and pawns) and capitalizing on the opportunities that your opponent presents. We have heard that 80+% of the games under 1200 Elo are decided by this factor. Even if that is not 100% accurate, it is indicative of the importance of material during a chess game. Did we get something wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at [email protected] If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use: https://tinyurl.com/TaoOfChessChap7 Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament