135 Episodes

  1. Pod Update: Brief Break

    Published: 4/29/2025

  2. CM Can Kabadayi: How to Prevent Blunders and Why He’s a Top Coach for Club Players

    Published: 4/23/2025

  3. Are There Too Many Drawbacks to OTB Tournaments? A Chat w/ FM Nate Solon

    Published: 4/8/2025

  4. GM Arturs Neiksans: From Late-Blooming GM Who Reached 2600+ to a Premier Coach & Course Creator

    Published: 4/1/2025

  5. Bishops, Bullet, and Bobby Fischer: Daniel Lona Interviewed By Omar Mills, Part II

    Published: 3/25/2025

  6. Schedule Update: Sick Delay, Part II of Anniversary Interview, & GM Arturs Neiksans

    Published: 3/20/2025

  7. Behind the Mic: Daniel Lona Interviewed By Omar Mills on 3 Years of The Chess Experience - Part I

    Published: 3/11/2025

  8. GM Susan Polgar: A Chess Legend on How She Broke Barriers & Elevated the Game

    Published: 3/4/2025

  9. Updates: Schedule Update & Video Pod Episodes

    Published: 2/25/2025

  10. How to Build Attacking Intuition w/ WGM Thalia Cervantes Landeiro

    Published: 2/19/2025

  11. GM Boris Avrukh: How to Play Better Defense, Coaching Fabi, & Playing Against Tal

    Published: 2/11/2025

  12. Nigerian Star Uses Chess to Improve Others’ Lives & Her Own w/ WFM Perpetual Ogbiyoyo

    Published: 2/4/2025

  13. Adult Improver Pod: Nicholas Sloan - A 400+ Rating Rise in 2 Years (& Chasing the NM Title)

    Published: 1/28/2025

  14. GM Josh Friedel - Common Middlegame Mistakes & Coaching Insights

    Published: 1/21/2025

  15. Adult Improver Pod: Sydney Strauss - Moving to NYC to Chase Her Chess Dreams

    Published: 1/14/2025

  16. WIM Svitlana Demchenko - Insights on Imbalances and Her Dynamic Chess Life

    Published: 1/8/2025

  17. WGM Maria Gevorgyan - 5x-Armenian National Champion & Chess Coach

    Published: 12/18/2024

  18. Schedule Update for December '24

    Published: 12/4/2024

  19. Ding vs. Gukesh - World Championship Preview w/ FM Carsten Hansen

    Published: 11/22/2024

  20. Aggressive Openings & Innovative Strategies for Club Players w/ FM Midas Ratmas

    Published: 11/19/2024

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Chess improvement as an adult is harder than it should be. Plus, the journey can sometimes feel too stressful and serious. This show aims to fix that by 1) interviewing experts who can offer clarity on the best ways to improve; and 2) giving you a heap of fun with “chess entertainment” shows that discuss chess culture, events, movies, etc. Most episodes feature a guest, but sometimes I'll do a solo show on a topic. This is all brought to you by me, Daniel Lona. I’m a dedicated chess amateur and the owner of Adult Chess Academy. After listening to this podcast, I want you to have a clearer idea of how to improve, and have a more fun, dynamic chess experience. Please follow the show so you don’t miss an episode!