L2C-11:  Nerves In Chess with Dr Pop Pop On this episode, we talk about the common issue that many face, nerves in chess.  For some reason, we both are more nervous ot play online than over the board/live.  Why?  No idea.  Does it help our games?  Definitely not.  Are we the only ones?  Not by a long shot.  How to deal with it?  We have some thoughts and ideas but this is still a work in progress for both of us.   If you have any thoughts, ideas, or solutions, please let us know.  Please. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use:  https://tinyurl.com/Late2Chess11 Also, if you'd like any topics, guests, or have any questions, please let me know at <a href= "mailto:Late2Chess@gmail.com">Late2Chess@gmail.com</a>

L2C 012:  OTB Review – Bill Played a Tournament and Then at the Club

Interested in playing chess but always hear how it is difficult to learn especially if you are an adult?  There is no better time to start playing chess than today, especially with all the resources available now!!!  Let's learn this game together and prove that while we may never become a grandmaster, we can still have fun.   We can  have a great time learning the game and progress to whatever level we can get to and until someone invents a time machine, today is still the best day to start.  My personal goal is to see how high I can get my rating, while being a parent and holding two jobs, and two podcasts etc. etc. just like many of you.  My goal is currently 1,500 USCF and my stretch goal is 2,000 USCF.  Lets see where we all can get to!