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Episode 89: The messy truth about getting better

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200

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Episode 88: Why Hoping to Get Lucky is Ruining Your Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 87: The (chess) skill nobody talks about

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0200

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Episode 86: Stop Waiting for Perfect Focus (And Just Play)

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 85: Mainstream Content Is For The Lazy Ones

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100

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Episode 84: Real Chess Training

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 83: Why Real Chess Improvement Looks Like Cheating

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 82: The Price of Admission: How to Achieve Results You Are Truly Proud Of

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 81: Are You a Chess Player or a Gambler?

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100

This episode briefly refers to the article “You Are Not Your Rating”, which reminds us that our worth isn’t tied to a number.
Read the article: You Are Not Your Rating
Listen to the related episode: You Are Not Your Rating

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Episode 80: What Triggers You?

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 79: This is what makes or breaks chess improvemen

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 78: More is not always better (often actually worse!)

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 77: My one goal for 2026

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100

You can get your Oura ring here: https://ouraring.com/

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Episode 76: The One Lesson I learned in 2025

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 75: The Stories That Create Anxiety

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 74: Don't be disciplined - build systems that work

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100

Check out "Atomic Habits" by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

The Freedom App helps you build the systems that work: https://freedom.to/

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Episode 73: Sometimes There Is No Takeaway

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100

Here is the video I mentioned in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txGLGN1dkQI

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Episode 72: Make a Mistake? Do This.

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 71: The right mindset for game analysis

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100

"How To Analyze Your Chess Games (the simple way)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shma5hsckww

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Episode 70: The key to right calcuation in chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100

If you want to get a deeper insight into this topic, check out my YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY7vMJw_T8k

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Episode 69: Ratings Are Great (Only our interpretation not)

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 68: How much can you improve in 6 months?

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 67: Sequential Learning

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 66: Just Do It - And Thank Me Later

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 65: The Four Stages of Chess Improvement

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0200

"Mastery", by George Leonard: https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Keys-Success-Long-Term-Fulfillment/dp/0452267560

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Episode 64: Annoyed by Clickbait Videos? Do this.

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 63: How to Train Chess When Real Life Things Happen

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0200

Link to the blog post "How to Stick to Your Goals When Life Gets Crazy" by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/plan-for-chaos

If you haven't read it already, here is his book "Atomic Habits": https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299

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Episode 62: Use Technology - Don't Let It Use You

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 61: Why You Shouldn't Copy Random Success Stories

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 60: The Best Books for Chess Improvement (That Aren’t About Chess)

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0200

If you want to dive deeper into the books I recommend on the podcast, here are the links:

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Episode 59: What If Being Smart Was The Problem?

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 58: Why Playing Many Different Openings Won't Work For You

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0200

Watch the YouTube Short here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bD6OPduy1DQ

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Episode 57: The Reason Chess Training Is So Confusing

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 56: The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0200

Here are the further resources that I mentioned in the podcast:

Books:

Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
4000 weeks - Oliver Burkeman
The Tao of Seneca - Three free PDFs put together by Tim Ferriss
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (many different versions of it online as PDFs available, just Google it)
Awareness - Anthony de Mello
Mindset - Carol Dweck
The Gifts of Imperfection - Brene Brown (recommended by Alessia)
All Books by Ryan Holiday on Stoicism; start with “The Obstacle is the Way”
The Courage to be disliked - Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi
How to stop worrying and start living - Dale Carnegie

And if you need a little wake up call, this 7 Minute YouTube Video usually does it for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NDQOgGycg

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Episode 55: You Are Not Your Rating

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 54: How to improve your thinking (not with AI)

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 53: Good vs Bad Mistakes

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 52: This Might Work in Business - But Destroys Your Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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GM Title After 10 000 hours of Practice?

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0200

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Episode 50: What Golf Taught Me About Getting Better at Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 49: The Simplified Thought Process

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 48: The Hard Way Is the Only Way

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 47: How to Make Confident Chess Decisions Under Pressure

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 46: How to Actually do the things that improve your Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 45: Consistency Over Heroics: Why Winning is Surprisingly Simple

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 44: How To Make Better Decisions in Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 28 May 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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How to get out of a losing streak

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 21 May 2025 14:00:00 +0200

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Episode 42: The Role of Pain in Improvement

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 14 May 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 41: How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:00 +0200

Read more about the three zooming-out techniques that I used during difficult times:

How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess: The Key to Bouncing Back - https://nextlevelchess.com/zoom-out/
Why Losing at Chess Hurts so Much - https://nextlevelchess.com/why-losing-at-chess-hurts-so-much-and-the-antidote/
Resilience in Chess: How to Get Back After a Tough Loss - https://nextlevelchess.com/overcome-loss/

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Episode 40: Re Framing Mistakes as a Useful Learning Tool

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 39: How I Tricked Myself Into Living The Life I Want

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 38: The Solution to Bad Times? A Plan

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 37: Knowing Too Much Slows Your Improvement

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 36: The Simplified Chess Improvement System Explained

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200

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Episode 35: You Can Achieve More Than You Think!

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 34: The Price I Paid for Doing too Much

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 33: The Super Secret Way To Improve Your Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0100

Justin Welsh's newsletter "The Hidden Power of Being Boring": https://www.justinwelsh.me/newsletter/the-hidden-power-of-being-boring

Derek Sivers: https://sive.rs/

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Episode 32: Forget About Accuracy Scores, Do This Instead

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 31: Fix Your Leaking Roof

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 30: How To Turn Plateau's Into Big Successes

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 29: Let’s Make Chess Improvement Simple Again

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 28: The Three Key Ingredients For Smart Chess Training

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 27: From Bullied Kid To Grandmaster - How Chess Saved My Life

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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Chess Improvement Equation Part 5

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0100

The Chess Improvement Equation:
What (0-1) * How (0-1) * Time (h/week) = Chess Improvement Score

The cost of Improvement Destroyers:

Tilt: -1 for every game played without focus.
Overthinking: -1 for every hour spent on material way above your level.
Overblown openings: -1 for every hour wasted on unnecessary theory.

Detract Tilt + Overthinking + Overblown Openings from your Chess Improvement Score, you’ll get your real chess improvement score.

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Episode 25: Chess Improvement Equation Part 4 - How To Be More Consistent

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0100

The Chess Improvement Equation:
What (0-1) * How (0-1) * Time (h/week) = Chess Improvement Score

To review your past year, assess each week with the real amount of time you spent on chess, not the amount you hoped you would spend.

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Episode 24: Chess Improvement Equation Part 3 - How To Study With Better Focus And Study Techniques

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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The Chess Improvement Equation:
What (0-1) * How (0-1) * Time (h/week) = Chess Improvement Score

The How is scored by adding two different areas:

Your Focus while Training Chess (0-0.5)
+
Training Chess The Right way (0-0.5)

Stats mentioned in the Episode:

1 in 3 adults sleeps less than 7 hours per night, reducing cognitive performance drastically
Globally, 31% of adults do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity, lowering brain function and even risking chronic diseases.
The average person spends over 7 hours per day on digital media (TV, Phone...), constantly training their brain to get distracted.

Episode 23: Chess Improvement Equation Part 2 - What You Should do to improve your Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0100

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The Chess Improvement Equation:
What (0-1) * How (0-1) * Time (h/week) = Chess Improvement Score

The What is scored by adding two different areas: What area you spend your time on (0-0.5) + What resources you train with (0-0.5)

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Lichess: https://lichess.org/
Step Method: https://www.chess-steps.eu/home.php
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Episode 22: Chess Improvement Equation - Part 1

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 21: The Secret to Loving Chess Even During a Plateau

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 20: The Simple Path to 1500 Lessons From My Dad’s Chess Journey

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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Episode 19: My 3 Favorite Chess Improvement Resources

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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Check out the Step Method Books at https://www.chess-steps.eu/.

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Episode 18: How Focus Can Transform Your Chess and Life

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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How a Good Plan Can Solve your Chess Problems

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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The reason for most plateaus

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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Why CEOs Have a Hard Time Improving at Chess

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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How to get personalized Chess Coaching

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0100

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I won 200 points with this simple challenge

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0200

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A subscriber beat me - here is how

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0200

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Why your tactics rating is so much higher than your normal rating

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:45:00 +0200

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Why chess can be so painful (and the antidote)

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0200

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Stop blundering with this simple habit

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0200

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My favorite Chess Advice - Talk To Your Pieces

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0200

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The Mindset you need for chess success

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0200

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Why I hate draw offers (and you should too!)

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0200

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Grandmaster Opening Preparation explained

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0200

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How to play against higher rated opponents

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0200

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Simple, not easy

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0200

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How to play against lower rated opponents

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0200

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Never Tilt Again

noel@nextlevelchess.blog (GM Noël Studer) — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:15:00 +0200

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