EP 331- Adult Improver John Neely (aka Benedictine) on lessons learned and recommendations from a long journey to 1800.

Perpetual Chess Podcast

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4.8 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The Perpetual Chess Adult Improver Series returns to hear some more reflections from an accomplished chess amateur. This week we are joined by John Neely. John started competitive chess at the age of 36 in 2011 and has had a long road to the ECF equivalent of about 1800. John has put in plenty of hours, both as a student of the game, an OTB competitor, and as a Chessable community author who created the popular series Visualize. In our interview, John reflects on the lessons he has learned in his years of studying chess. John is pleased with his approach in some aspects of his study, but he also thinks he could have done a few things differently. Finally, we discuss John’s new project, as he is taking a break from competitive chess in order to work on a series of mystery novels. You can find timestamps of topics discussed below. 0:00- Be Sure to Sub to the Free Newsletter, The Perpetual Chess Linkfest! https://benjohnson.substack.com/ 0:01- Thanks to recent Perpetual Chess Patreon subs, you can join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess 0:02- My Recommended Chessable Courses Fire on Board GM Niclas Huscenbeth;s 1. E4 Repertoire Benedictine’s Chessable Courses 03:00- John Neely joins the show! He begins by discussing how he got into competitive chess at age 36 in 2011. 12:00- What did John do to improve his game? Mentioned: Dan Heisman’s YouTube channel, ChessTempo Tactics Trainer 16:00- How do team leagues work in Great Britain? 21:30- When John was playing online games as a training method, did he feel like they worked as well as training by playing OTB League games? 26:00- How did John come up with the idea for his Visualize series on Chessable? https://www.chessable.com/visualise-1/course/25695/, Episode 327 with Geert van der Velde 35:00- John shares his approach to analyzing his games Mentioned: How to Batch Analyze Your Games, Blunder Busters 44:00- What would John do differently if starting serious chess all over again? Mentioned: Silman’s Endgame Course, Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess 50:00- How did John get into writing mystery novels? Mentioned: Lavender and Brown: York Mysteries 56:00- What was it like to play GMs like David Howell, Luke McShane, GM Simon Williams and Mickey Adams in simuls? If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another adult improver edition of perpetual chess.
0:10.8	Of course, this is a recurring series.
0:12.7	It's been going on for years where instead of interviewing a top grandmaster or author or trainer,
0:19.4	we interview a fellow amateur from the chess world where they
0:22.9	talk about their passion for chess and their chess improvement advice. And we will introduce our
0:28.2	guest momentarily, but first I did want to give a couple shoutouts. Number one, to recent
0:32.7	perpetual chess Patreon subs, Martin Weir, Matt Broadhead, and Olaf. I'm not going to lie, I've been slacking a little
0:39.6	bit lately on the Patreon perpetual chess special events. I've been cramming to finish a book,
0:46.5	my manuscript, I guess you call it a manuscript, I don't know, it's nonfiction. Anyway, it's due soon.
0:51.6	But in the meantime, why not support the podcast anyway? You get access to ad-free episodes.
0:56.1	You get advanced notice of guests so you can submit questions.
0:59.6	And the special events will return soon.
1:03.0	I also wanted to remind listeners to subscribe to my free newsletter, the perpetual chess link fest.
1:09.3	Lately, I've been linking to more and more chess improvement related stuff as opposed
1:13.6	to chess news.
1:15.1	I cover both, but there does seem to be a particular interest in reading about other people's
1:19.9	blogs, about their own chess improvement efforts, both again from trainers and from
1:23.9	amateurs.
1:24.6	So be sure you're sub to that. Link in the show notes. Also,
1:27.9	anytime there's like a mainstream chess story, which sometimes can slip through the cracks
1:32.2	if it gets covered in some big newspaper or something, I always try to link to those so that
1:36.3	you can see what other people are saying about us. Last but not least, before we introduce our guest,
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