EP 369- NM Robert Ramirez on the difference between Adult and Youth Chess Students, Chess in Cuba, and Why He Loves the Pirc Defense

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week I am excited to be joined by chess YouTube star and popular Chessable author, NM Robert Ramirez. Robert has a unique story amongst master-level players, as he spent his early years in Cuba and began tournament chess at the relatively late age of 12. As one of the older kids in his chess class in Cuba, Robert felt like he had to “play catch up” from the beginning, and this perspective steered him toward less popular openings like the Pirc defense and the King’s Indian Defense. Robert continued his pursuit of chess when his family emigrated to the U.S. in 2016, and ultimately became a successful chess teacher. With less work and extra free time during the pandemic, Robert launched his YouTube channel. Robert’s channel took a while to catch on, but he now has over 120,000 YouTube subscribers. His Chessable course, which is based on his battle-tested repertoire, has drawn rave reviews. Robert showcases an ability to relate to people and a lucid teaching style that likely contributes to the success of everything that he does. It was a lot of fun hearing his story and his chess advice. Timestamps of topics discussed are below. 0:00- Thanks to our presenting chess education sponsor, Chessable.com. In addition to NM Robert Ramirez’s course, be sure to check out new ones like FM Dalton Perrine’s The French Simplified. If you use the link below to sign up for Perpeutal Chess it helps to support the pod! https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro 0:01- We start with a tournament rundown. What has Robert learned since coming back to OTB a few years ago, and what was different about his approach in a successful recent tournament? Mentioned: Tournament crosstable here, 6000 Problems de Ajedrez, Lessons with a Grandmaster 15:00- What are the origins of Robert’s YouTube channel? Mentioned: Robert’s series with Omar, aka Chess von Doom 21:00- What are the secrets to the Pirc defense? Mentioned: 2 Adult Improvers and one Training Plan 28:00- Does Robert need to switch his openings since he is known for the Pirc and King’s Indian Defense? 30:00- Robert discusses his childhood in Cuba and what it was like coming to the U.S. at age 16 and resuming chess here? 46:00- The differences between adults and kids in chess learning . Mentioned: Fallow123 on Chess.com 56:00- Robert’s closing chess improvement advice 58:00- Where do Robert’s skills as a presenter come from? Thanks to Robert for joining the show! Here is how to keep up with him: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@NMRobertRamirez Chessable: https://www.chessable.com/counterblow-a-complete-fighting-repertoire-for-beginners/course/199358/ Twitter/x: https://twitter.com/NMRobertRamirez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to perpetual chess listeners.
0:08.0	I'm excited to bring to you a rising chess YouTube star, who we will introduce in a minute.
0:13.0	But first, did want to give a shout out to our presenting chess education sponsors, chescible.com.
0:17.1	Or we will be discussing it with our guest, who's just recently released his first Chesa Bull course called Counterblow, a complete fighting repertoire for beginners.
0:25.8	It's getting rave reviews.
0:27.4	And as we will be discussing, the openings discussed in this course are kind of part of his brand.
0:34.3	So I'm super excited to dig into that.
0:36.7	And Chesable, of course, has so many other new
0:39.1	and classic courses worth checking out. And if you sign up for Chessable Pro using the link
0:43.9	in the show description, it helps to support perpetual chess and get you some discounts and
0:49.7	some other goodies. But without further ado, let's introduce our guest. So as I mentioned,
0:55.7	he is a chess YouTube star with 126,000 subscribers. Now his Chessable course is getting rave reviews. Born in Cuba,
1:02.9	came to the U.S. A few years ago was doing a lot of scholastic program, something I can relate to as
1:07.9	well. But now his chest YouTube is blowing up and we will be digging
1:11.8	into his origins and his chess philosophy and all of that stuff. And I'm excited to welcome to the show
1:18.3	NM Robert Ramirez. Welcome, Robert. Thank you so much, Ben. Thank you. My pleasure to be here.
1:24.9	And yeah, yeah, yeah. Happy to share share whatever the little things that I have to share
1:29.8	yeah I you have the rep of being very modest but but your court well I'm the I'm the most modest
1:35.6	person I know okay excellent well Robert I mean you've you've had a lot of success which we
1:43.5	will be digging into but when people are out there in the ODB streets competing, I like to talk about that first and foremost, because for one thing, it can be fresh in your head for another. I think a lot of people find it relatable. Obviously, a lot of people listening are competing when they get the chance. And I know that you are the one of the, I wouldn't,
2:03.9	I don't know if I'd go so far as to call it rare, but a lot of content creators end up not
2:07.4	competing as much, but I know you just played and you just had a good tournament. So let's start
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