chessfeels is a weekly podcast about chess culture, improvement, and psychology from chess teacher JJ Lang and therapist Julia Rios. tune in for irreverent conversations about this game we're all obsessed with. sponsored by chessable


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11: convince me!

Julia and JJ solicit controversial opinions from their listeners on twitter, and proceed to debate the merits of these ideas.

10: #chessgoals (or: the ceiling is the roof)

Julia and JJ meet up in person to talk about goal-setting, the assumptions that go into goal-setting, and what all of you are doing wrong.

9: the future of chess is trans (with Sam Sharf of New College)

Floridian Sam Sharf joins JJ and Julia to discuss getting back into chess after coming out as trans, gaining 1400 uscf rating points in under a year, her experiences a...

8: what your chess opening says about your sex life (with NM Gopal Menon)

NSFW. NM Gopal Menon joins JJ and Julia to address the most important question for anybody building an opening repertoire: which openings fuck?

7: tilt, fizzle, and pop

JJ and Julia are not feeling it this week. And by 'it,' we mean playing chess. They take this opportunity to ask what the best way to overcome this fizzle is, and how ...

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