NextLevelChess

By GM Noël Studer

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Hey, I'm Grandmaster Noël Studer, and this is the podcast where I help you improve your chess. Better Training + Better Mindset = Better results. More chess improvement help from me: Free: Get my free ebook, The Art of Chess Training, here: https://nextlevelchess.blog/free-ebook/ Sign up for my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Paid: Reach 1200 on Chess.com with this course: https://nextlevelchesscourses.teachable.com/p/beginner-chess-mastery Learn how to study Chess the right way with this course: https://nextlevelchesscourses.teachable.com/p/next-level-training

Episode Date
Episode 86: Stop Waiting for Perfect Focus (And Just Play)
Mar 25, 2026
Episode 85: Mainstream Content Is For The Lazy Ones
Mar 20, 2026
Episode 84: Real Chess Training
Mar 11, 2026
Episode 83: Why Real Chess Improvement Looks Like Cheating
Mar 04, 2026
Episode 82: The Price of Admission: How to Achieve Results You Are Truly Proud Of
Feb 25, 2026
Episode 81: Are You a Chess Player or a Gambler?
Feb 18, 2026
Episode 80: What Triggers You?
Feb 11, 2026
Episode 79: This is what makes or breaks chess improvemen
Feb 04, 2026
Episode 78: More is not always better (often actually worse!)
Jan 28, 2026
Episode 77: My one goal for 2026
Jan 21, 2026
Episode 76: The One Lesson I learned in 2025
Jan 14, 2026
Episode 75: The Stories That Create Anxiety
Jan 09, 2026
Episode 74: Don't be disciplined - build systems that work
Dec 31, 2025
Episode 73: Sometimes There Is No Takeaway
Dec 24, 2025
Episode 72: Make a Mistake? Do This.
Dec 17, 2025
Episode 71: The right mindset for game analysis
Dec 10, 2025
Episode 70: The key to right calcuation in chess
Dec 05, 2025
Episode 69: Ratings Are Great (Only our interpretation not)
Nov 26, 2025
Episode 68: How much can you improve in 6 months?
Nov 19, 2025
Episode 67: Sequential Learning
Nov 12, 2025
Episode 66: Just Do It - And Thank Me Later
Nov 05, 2025
Episode 65: The Four Stages of Chess Improvement
Oct 22, 2025
Episode 64: Annoyed by Clickbait Videos? Do this.
Oct 15, 2025
Episode 63: How to Train Chess When Real Life Things Happen
Oct 08, 2025
Episode 62: Use Technology - Don't Let It Use You
Oct 01, 2025
Episode 61: Why You Shouldn't Copy Random Success Stories
Sep 24, 2025
Episode 60: The Best Books for Chess Improvement (That Aren’t About Chess)
Sep 17, 2025
Episode 59: What If Being Smart Was The Problem?
Sep 10, 2025
Episode 58: Why Playing Many Different Openings Won't Work For You
Sep 03, 2025
Episode 57: The Reason Chess Training Is So Confusing
Aug 27, 2025
Episode 56: The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves
Aug 20, 2025
Episode 55: You Are Not Your Rating
Aug 13, 2025
Episode 54: How to improve your thinking (not with AI)
Aug 06, 2025
Episode 53: Good vs Bad Mistakes
Jul 30, 2025
Episode 52: This Might Work in Business - But Destroys Your Chess
Jul 23, 2025
GM Title After 10 000 hours of Practice?
Jul 16, 2025
Episode 50: What Golf Taught Me About Getting Better at Chess
Jul 09, 2025
Episode 49: The Simplified Thought Process
Jul 02, 2025
Episode 48: The Hard Way Is the Only Way
Jun 25, 2025
Episode 47: How to Make Confident Chess Decisions Under Pressure
Jun 18, 2025
Episode 46: How to Actually do the things that improve your Chess
Jun 11, 2025
Episode 45: Consistency Over Heroics: Why Winning is Surprisingly Simple
Jun 04, 2025
Episode 44: How To Make Better Decisions in Chess
May 28, 2025
How to get out of a losing streak
May 21, 2025
Episode 42: The Role of Pain in Improvement
May 14, 2025
Episode 41: How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess
May 07, 2025
Episode 40: Re Framing Mistakes as a Useful Learning Tool
Apr 30, 2025
Episode 39: How I Tricked Myself Into Living The Life I Want
Apr 23, 2025
Episode 38: The Solution to Bad Times? A Plan
Apr 16, 2025
Episode 37: Knowing Too Much Slows Your Improvement
Apr 09, 2025
Episode 36: The Simplified Chess Improvement System Explained
Apr 02, 2025
Episode 35: You Can Achieve More Than You Think!
Mar 26, 2025
Episode 34: The Price I Paid for Doing too Much
Mar 19, 2025
Episode 33: The Super Secret Way To Improve Your Chess
Mar 12, 2025
Episode 32: Forget About Accuracy Scores, Do This Instead
Mar 05, 2025
Episode 31: Fix Your Leaking Roof
Feb 26, 2025
Episode 30: How To Turn Plateau's Into Big Successes
Feb 19, 2025
Episode 29: Let’s Make Chess Improvement Simple Again
Feb 12, 2025
Episode 28: The Three Key Ingredients For Smart Chess Training
Feb 05, 2025
Episode 27: From Bullied Kid To Grandmaster - How Chess Saved My Life
Jan 29, 2025
Chess Improvement Equation Part 5
Jan 22, 2025
Episode 25: Chess Improvement Equation Part 4 - How To Be More Consistent
Jan 15, 2025
Episode 24: Chess Improvement Equation Part 3 - How To Study With Better Focus And Study Techniques
Jan 08, 2025
Episode 23: Chess Improvement Equation Part 2 - What You Should do to improve your Chess
Jan 01, 2025
Episode 22: Chess Improvement Equation - Part 1
Dec 25, 2024
Episode 21: The Secret to Loving Chess Even During a Plateau
Dec 18, 2024
Episode 20: The Simple Path to 1500 Lessons From My Dad’s Chess Journey
Dec 11, 2024
Episode 19: My 3 Favorite Chess Improvement Resources
Dec 04, 2024
Episode 18: How Focus Can Transform Your Chess and Life
Nov 27, 2024
How a Good Plan Can Solve your Chess Problems
Nov 20, 2024
The reason for most plateaus
Nov 13, 2024
Why CEOs Have a Hard Time Improving at Chess
Nov 06, 2024
How to get personalized Chess Coaching
Oct 30, 2024
I won 200 points with this simple challenge
Oct 23, 2024
A subscriber beat me - here is how
Oct 16, 2024
Why your tactics rating is so much higher than your normal rating
Oct 02, 2024
Why chess can be so painful (and the antidote)
Sep 25, 2024
Stop blundering with this simple habit
Sep 18, 2024
My favorite Chess Advice - Talk To Your Pieces
Sep 11, 2024
The Mindset you need for chess success
Sep 04, 2024
Why I hate draw offers (and you should too!)
Aug 28, 2024
Grandmaster Opening Preparation explained
Aug 21, 2024
How to play against higher rated opponents
Aug 14, 2024
Simple, not easy
Aug 07, 2024
How to play against lower rated opponents
Jul 31, 2024
Never Tilt Again
Jul 25, 2024