EP 376- Adult Improver Jordan Groff on What it Takes to Make Master in 2024

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Adult Improver Series returns this week, with a guest who has improved his chess rapidly. Jordan Groff is a 24 year old Connecticut-based chess instructor who was recommended as a guest to me by GM Eugene Perelshteyn. Jordan resumed chess in 2018 after some years away, and has gone from 1864 to more than 2260 in about the last few years. During our interview, Jordan shares several ‘secrets” to his success. Aside from a lot of hard work and frequent competition, Jordan particularly credits a focus on the psychological aspects of OTB chess, and on opening preparation and tactics work. You can find out many more details in my interview with Jordan. it is inspiring to see such fast progress! Timestamps of topics discussed can be found below. 0:00- Thanks to our sponsor, Chessable.com. New courses include Introduction to Chess Calculation, and GM Ganguly’s Lifetime Repertoires: Sidelines and Flank Openings for Black If you use the link below to sign up for a Chessable pro membership, it helps to support the pod! https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro 0:00- You can find all of the information you need about the Las Vegas Chess Festival and the National Open here. I hope to see you there! https://www.vegaschessfestival.com/national-open/ 0:01- What got Jordan back into chess in 2018, after some years away? Mentioned: Ginger GM, Chess Network 13:00- What is Jordan’s approach to the study of openings? Mentioned: GM Eugene Perelshteyn, FM Nate Solon 20:00- Has Jordan studied a lot of tactics? 25:00- What made Jordan decide to “play up” and play in higher sections? 32:00- What is Jordan’s approach to studying endgames? 37:00- What sort of stuff does Jordan do in his lessons with GM Eugene Perelshteyn? 43:00- Was it challenging for Jordan to earn the National Master title? What are his next goals? Mentioned: Here is Jordan’s LiChess coaches page: https://lichess.org/coach/jmwgroff 48:30- What is Jordan’s best advice for people who are stuck? 52:00- Jordan’s recommended chess resources: Mentioned: How to Reassess Your Chess, Silman’s Complete Endgame Course, Under the Surface, Seven Deadly Chess Sins 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 perpetual chess.
0:07.5	Listeners, we have a fun and informative adult improver interview coming your way with National Master Jordan Graf.
0:14.6	But I needed to record an intro to the intro because I forgot to make an exciting announcement when I was recording with Jordan.
0:20.6	And that announcement is that I will be playing in and attending the National Open in Las Vegas
0:27.3	June 5th to 9th, 2004. Some of you may have heard I interviewed some players from that tournament
0:34.1	last year. If you check for a bonus pod in June of 2023, you can hear
0:39.3	players chronicling this chess festival. It's part of the Las Vegas International Chess Festival.
0:45.4	It's a tournament I've wanted to go to for a really long time, so I'm glad to have the opportunity.
0:49.5	They always get all kinds of chess celebs there, like Ben Feingold and the Botez sisters were there last year.
0:56.0	This year's guests are still to be announced, but I'm sure it will have a fun cast of chess celebs.
1:02.9	And it's just a big event with lots of fun activities to play in.
1:06.5	Again, I will be doing some of the activities or participating in some myself.
1:10.6	The details are still TBA, but we did wanted to let you all know in case anyone is on the
1:17.7	fence about going or thinking of clearing their calendar.
1:21.1	Hopefully, this gives you some added incentive to come out and say hi.
1:24.0	I'm super excited to play in the National Open and to talk to a bunch,
1:30.7	talk to and hang out with a bunch of chess players. So again, June 5th to 9th, Las Vegas,
1:36.0	I'll put the link in the show description. You can email me if you have any questions about
1:39.9	that or anything else. Ben at perpetual chesspod.com. But without further ado, let's get you to the
1:45.8	interview with Jordan Graff. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Adult Improver edition of
1:52.5	perpetual chess. This, of course, is where we interview an amateur player about their enthusiasm
1:57.8	for chess. They share some improvement tips and reflect on their own chess journeys.
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