Perpetual Chess Podcast

EP 429- Omar Mills: Chess and Life Lessons Learned from Not Improving as Much as He Expected

April 8, 2025

1:07:11

EP 428- IM Danny Rensch of Chess.com: Combating Cheats and Charting Chess's Future

April 1, 2025

1:14:49

EP 427- Key Chess Improvement Principles with GM Noël Studer: The Fallacy of Accuracy Scores, Leaky Roofs & Information Overload

March 25, 2025

1:02:21

Book Recap #38- Discussing 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know with Kevin Scull

March 20, 2025

24:47

EP 426- NM Oleksandr Prokhorov on Sustaining and Growing Ukrainian Chess During the War

March 18, 2025

55:22

EP 425- IM Willy Hendriks: The Award-Winning Author on Nimzowitsch’s Ego, Tarrasch’s Tenets and What Their Rivalry Means for Modern Chess.

March 11, 2025

1:02:14

EP 424- GM Wojciech Moranda: Visualization, Pattern Recognition and the 5 Elements of Calculation

March 4, 2025

1:07:06

EP 423- FM Nate Solon on The Right Way to Learn Openings, the Fundamental Flaw of Chess Puzzles and What He Is Working on and Planning for 2025.

Feb. 25, 2025

1:05:01

EP 422- WGM Dina Belenkaya on Her Recent Tournies, Her Continued Social Media Growth, and the Vision Behind her New Chess School

Feb. 18, 2025

1:01:09

EP 421- GM Jan Gustafsson and FM Donny Ariel discussion: Can a mid-40s working dad make Grandmaster without doing any work?

Feb. 11, 2025

1:08:11

EP 420- Nikolaos Ntirlis- Opening & Engine Advice from a Top Theoretician, Author, and Correspondence Player

Feb. 4, 2025

1:07:34

EP 419- Dr. Joel Sneed on Quitting, Unquitting & Tilting- Why Even an Accomplished Psychologist & Author Struggles to Manage his Relationship with Chess

Jan. 28, 2025

1:17:20

EP 418- Michael Franco (Adult Improver Series) on How He Got Acclimated to OTB Play, and Climbed to Nearly 2000 USCF.

Jan. 21, 2025

1:06:11

EP 417- GM Alex Lenderman: A Player’s Perspective on the Twists, Turns and Controversies of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz.

Jan. 14, 2025

1:28:38

EP 416- IM Malcolm Pein: The Award-winning Journalist and Organizer on the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz, and Why He Is Optimistic about Chess Despite Recent Stumbles

Jan. 9, 2025

1:21:47

EP 415- GM-Elect Mark Heimann on his Unexpected Road From OTB-retired FM to 31 year-old GM in 3 years!

Dec. 31, 2024

1:22:37

EP 414- Sunrise in the Bronx: David MacEnulty on Lessons Taught & Learned at an Inner-City Scholastic Chess Powerhouse

Dec. 24, 2024

1:01:18

Bonus Pod- FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Preview featuring IM Eric Rosen and FM Alisa Melekhina

Dec. 20, 2024

56:09

EP 413- GM Daniel Naroditsky Looks Back at Gukesh's Rise, Ding's Disappointment & the Heightened Emotions of the 2024 World Championship

Dec. 14, 2024

1:35:23

EP 412- GM Jon Ludvig Hammer on Broadcasting the World Championship, How Chess is Covered in Norway & His Pet Opening System

Dec. 10, 2024

1:16:01

Bonus Pod- Ding-Gukesh in the Homestretch. Post-round 12 Analysis, Stories and Chess Improvement Takeaways with IM Andras Toth

Dec. 10, 2024

38:08

Bonus pod- Tension escalates, as Ding-Gukesh remains tied after 9 rounds. Chess.com’s FM Mike Klein shares behind-the-scenes stories from Singapore.

Dec. 5, 2024

42:03

EP 411- Adult Improver Supraja Vadlamani on How She Went from Chess Noob to Olympiad Participant in Just a Few Years.

Dec. 3, 2024

60:08

Bonus Pod- The World Championship is Deadlocked through 6 Games. IM Michael Rahal joins from Singapore & GM Jon Ludvig Hammer on the Match’s Surprising Trajectory

Dec. 2, 2024

1:04:10

EP 410- Chess improvement, Chess Business, and AI coaching with GM Avetik Grigoryan of Chessmood.com

Nov. 26, 2024

1:09:29

EP 409- GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez: A Tireless Tournament Circuit Grinder on Overcoming Setbacks, Managing Energy, the Risks of OTB Cheating & His Love for the Scotch Opening

Nov. 19, 2024

1:36:37

EP 408- FIDE World Championship Mega Preview- Talking Ding Liren with GM Davorin Kuljasevic, Gukesh with IM Cyrus Lakdawala and Match Statistics with NM Matt Jensen

Nov. 12, 2024

1:24:46

EP 407- News and the Nimzo with GM Ben Finegold- Recent cheating Controversies, The US Championships, Favorite Openings, & Chess Gambling Stories

Nov. 5, 2024

1:09:06

EP 406- Peter Doggers on The Chess Revolution: A big picture look at Cheating, Engines and the Explosion of Online Chess

Oct. 29, 2024

1:19:50

EP 405- Author, FM Charles Hertan on How Paul Morphy went from Unrated to Unbeatable, plus Reflections on his Classic Book, Forcing Chess Moves

Oct. 22, 2024

1:32:29

EP 404- IM Kostya Kavutskiy- A renewed Quest for the GM Title, An Olympiad Trip Report, plus Chess Improvement Questions Answered

Oct. 15, 2024

1:04:15

EP 403- IM-Elect Selim Citak on How a Spontaneous Decision to Return to OTB Chess Led to Him Earning the IM Title at Age 39

Oct. 8, 2024

1:28:06

EP 402- GM Axel Smith on Draw Offers, Managing the Clock, and the Return of the Woodpecker Method.

Oct. 1, 2024

58:03

EP 401- Sam Kahn: Advice for Taming Chess Degeneracy and The Lessons We Can Learn from Past Chess Greats

Sept. 24, 2024

1:22:44

Olympiad Bonus Pod- Mr. Dodgy on the Atmosphere, Controversies and Notable Stories so far from Budapest

Sept. 21, 2024

24:39

EP 400- Adult Improver NM Matt Gross- How Studying Model Games and Improving Intuition Helped Him Become an NM at Age 48

Sept. 17, 2024

1:06:36

EP 399- GM Tiger Hillarp Persson: The 2x Swedish Champion, Author & Go Master Shares a Life's Worth of Wisdom on How to Improve at Complex Games

Sept. 10, 2024

1:21:28

EP 398- FIDE Olympiad preview with GM Jonathan Speelman: Magnus, Medal Chases & Prodigies in Action

Sept. 3, 2024

1:05:24

BONUS POD- Hans vs. Magnus Speed Chess Championship Preview with GM Ben Finegold

Aug. 30, 2024

38:51

EP 397- JulesGambit on What Fueled a Rapid Rating Rise, the Story Behind the Botez Chess Camp, and Why She Thinks Chess is no Longer Uncool

Aug. 27, 2024

1:21:19