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Late 2 Chess

Paul "The Doctor" Rebelo and Bill Fischer

Interested in playing chess but always hear how it is difficult to learn especially if you are an adult? There is no better time to start playing chess than today, especially with all the resources available now!!! Let's learn this game together and prove that while we may never become a grandmaster, we can still have fun. We can have a great time learning the game and progress to whatever level we can get to and until someone invents a time machine, today is still the best day to start. My personal goal is to see how high I can get my rating, while being a parent and holding two jobs, and two podcasts etc. etc. just like many of you. My goal is currently 1,500 USCF and my stretch goal is 2,000 USCF. Lets see where we all can get to!

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74 episodes

  1. L2C 073: Our Friend from the Chess Dojo Andy 1:07:34
  2. L2C 072: H1 from the Chess Knowledge with H1 podcast 1:13:11
  3. L2C 069: Opening and Endgame Study methods, and Other Listener Questions 1:01:23
  4. L2C 068: Getting Better vs Winning vs Elo Pursuit - and some of the hazards of each 58:49
  5. L2C 074: Emergency Episode - Bill's Latest Tournament (Debacle) 1:29:33
  6. L2C 071: Emergency Episode - Our 2026 Gift Bag Contest 12:31
  7. L2C 070: NM Robert Ramirez - Chess Coaching Deep Dive - Part 1 of... 1:21:52
  8. L2C 067: Prescription for Chess Improvement - Listener Code Name Grasshopper 51:08
  9. L2C 066: How to Study Puzzles and tactics to Actually Improve Your Chess Game 59:54
  10. L2C 064: Our Chess Prescriptions For Each Other 1:02:14
  11. L2C 065: Listener Emails and Bill's Latest OTB Tournament at Marywood 1:02:01
  12. L2C 063: Dr Can Kabadayi on Learning Chess 1:18:26
  13. L2C 062: Our Top Ten Things That Did Not Help Our Chess - Yet 1:07:40
  14. L2C 061: Patience in Chess 48:50
  15. L2C 060: Tao of Chess and Bill's Latest OTB Tournament 40:46
  16. L2C 059: IM Kostya Kavutskiy 1:16:04
  17. L2C 058: AI Assistance in Chess Improvement and Listener Questions 36:59
  18. L2C 057: Chess Camp with the Chess Dojo 1:16:54
  19. L2C 056: Visualization and Mental Processing with Aiden Rayner 1:54:36
  20. L2C 055: Welcome Back - To The Doctor and OTB Chess for Bill 1:01:46
  21. L2C 054: How to Annotate and Analyze Your Game (101) with Claude Fried 2:01:23
  22. L2C 053: Bill on the Sofa - State of the Union Update as of July 2026 30:09
  23. L2C 052: Claude Fried Returns to Answer (Some) of Bill's Dumb Questions 1:17:18
  24. L2C 051: Space: Our Tao of Chess Book Series Continues 40:38
  25. L2C 050: Non-Chess Factors to Improve Your Game 41:27
  26. L2C 049: Speed Runs / Slow Runs 43:26
  27. L2C 048: Hanging Pawns 1:23:19
  28. L2C 047: The Tao of Chess - Pawn Structures 37:28
  29. L2C 046: Freestyle Chess, Fischer Random, and Chess 960 - part 1 21:35
  30. L2C 045: Blitz and Bullet for Chess improvement 40:26
  31. L2C 044: All About the ChessNoteR 48:51
  32. L2C 043: All About the Chess Dojo 1:10:31
  33. L2C 042: Best Books and Courses - Volume 1 59:09
  34. L2C 041: Chess Etiquette 35:30
  35. L2C 040: The Candidates Tournament 2026 - Our Wrap-up 30:22
  36. L2C 039: The Tao of Chess - Chapter 7 - Material 26:40
  37. L2C 038: Days 8-10 of This Year's Candidates Tournament 28:56
  38. L2C 037: Claude Fried 2:06:52
  39. L2C 036: Days 5-7 of This Year's Candidates Tournament 44:50
  40. L2C 035: Days 1-4 of This Year's Candidates Tournament 1:18:10
  41. L2C 034: Learning Chess "Chessable"-type Instruction vs Book Learning - Advantages & Disadvantages 1:00:12
  42. L2C 033: Our Picks for The Fantasy 2026 Candidates Chess Tournament 24:08
  43. L2C 032: The Tao of Chess - 3 More Chapters 55:50
  44. L2C 031: Our Views on Chessiverse.com - So Far 34:10
  45. L2C 030: Our 2026 Candidates Tournament Player intro and Fantasy Tournament Intro 44:20
  46. L2C 029: Our First Annual Chessy Awards for 2025 Performance 33:25
  47. L2C 028: Our Chess Inspirations and Aspirations 48:08
  48. L2C 027: Our 2026 Candidates Fantasy Chess League - plus a bit more 26:56
  49. L2C 026: How to Improve in Chess - And Many Other Areas of Life/Work 23:02
  50. L2C 025: Listener Questions - Ep. 1 29:50