Late 2 Chess

Paul "The Doctor" Rebelo and Bill Fischer
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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!

  1. 2d ago

    L2C 073: Our Friend from the Chess Dojo Andy

    L2C 073:  Our Friend from the Chess Dojo Andy Andy joins us to discuss his current path towards chess improvement.  We both met Andy when we were working through the Dojo curriculum and then really became friends during the live group classes where we reviewed our games as a group and then with GM Jesse Kraai.  He is a great person and a ton of fun to catch up with him and discuss his history and how things are going, what has worked for him etc.      Remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.    Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discussing an area you are interested in?   Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use:   https://tinyurl.com/AndyFromTheDojo Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/  #chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis #TaoofChess thank you

  2. 2d ago ·  Bonus

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  3. Nov 3

    L2C 072: H1 from the Chess Knowledge with H1 podcast

    L2C 072:  H1 from the Chess Knowledge with H1 podcast H1 joins us for a wide ranging discussions of his chess history and various aspects of chess improvement and study.  Plus he gets a new nickname.   We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did and get as much from the discussion. Remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.    Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discussing an area you are interested in?   Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use:   https://tinyurl.com/H1Chessv1 Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/  #chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis

  4. Oct 27

    L2C 069: Opening and Endgame Study methods, and Other Listener Questions

    L2C 069:  Opening and Endgame Study methods, and Other Listener Questions We love our listener questions and we catch up with some from the past few weeks: 1)  How best to study Openings 2)  How best to learn Endgames 3)  How we learn from chess books 4)  How we use Chessable/YouTube/Chessly etc. and related sites 5)  What we think are the best time controls to learn and improve with (some answers may surprise you) Remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.    Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discussing an area you are interested in?   Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use:   https://tinyurl.com/StudyingOpeningsAndMore  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/  #chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis #TaoofChess thank you

  5. Oct 20

    L2C 068: Getting Better vs Winning vs Elo Pursuit - and some of the hazards of each

    L2C 068:  Getting Better vs Winning vs Elo Pursuit - and some of the hazards of each Bill surprises The Doctor with one of his weird soapbox issues.  It starts with a discussion of chess improvement versus Elo increases versus an obsession with winning.  As always, we bounce around and discuss several different aspects of these areas and many other subjects related to chess improvement. One of the things that Bill sees significant is not avoiding playing by becoming too obsessed over any of these factors. The Doctor always sees things differently and this time, to the surprise of no one, is no different.   Remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.    Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discussing an area you are interested in?   Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use:  https://tinyurl.com/BetterVsElo Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/  #chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis #TaoofChess thank you

  6. Oct 20

    L2C 074: Emergency Episode - Bill's Latest Tournament (Debacle)

    L2C 074:  Emergency Episode - Bill's Latest Tournament (Debacle) Bill played in a tournament this weekend, as some of you may know from our Instagram posts.  It did not go well.  He did not play well.  It was a tough one and we discuss it on the pod and what the plan of attack will be for the coming weeks.  Chess can be a tough game and Bill tends to be a bit tougher on himself than may be appropriate.  But if it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing, lol.  Another out of sequence episode / bonus episode for the week.   Remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.    Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discussing an area you are interested in?   Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use:   https://tinyurl.com/2026CharmCityOpen  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/  #chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis #TaoofChess thank you

  7. Oct 16

    L2C 071: Emergency Episode - Our 2026 Gift Bag Contest

    L2C 071:  Emergency Episode - Our 2026 Gift Bag Contest With the recent popularity of The Doctor's grab bags, we have sold out (for zero dollars so is it really a sale?) of The Doctor's current book stash, but we wanted to go out with a bang so here are the details of our year end, holiday gift bag.    Good luck! Remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.    Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discussing an area you are interested in?   Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use:   https://tinyurl.com/2026GiftBagContest  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/  #chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis #TaoofChess thank you

  8. Oct 14

    L2C 070: NM Robert Ramirez - Chess Coaching Deep Dive - Part 1 of...

    L2C 070:  NM Robert Ramirez - Chess Coaching Deep Dive - Part 1 of... We were very happy to have Robert Ramirez on the podcast and we had so many topics to discuss with him and then he started a whole new website and a structure to his chess paying and instruction.  So we ended up with about 5 episodes worth of questions, maybe more.  We cover his new to us method of logically explaining a methodology that can be applied to any game and maybe even alleviate some of The Doctor's middlegame planning issues/concerns.   We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did and get as much from the discussion.  One of our best episodes.   Remember we are currently offering this "chess prescription" service to you and if you'd like our opinions, please send in a game with white, a game with black, and a brief (or long), summary of your current level and anything you wish to share about your game and goals.    Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discussing an area you are interested in?   Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com Also, if you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, or potential suggestions and/or solutions, please let us know. Welcome to the board. We hope you enjoy the show! For a link to the podcast, please use:   https://tinyurl.com/RobertRamirez1  Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/  #chess #chessInstruction #adultimprover #tournamentChess #learnchess #chesslearner #chesstournament #chesstournaments #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #learningchess #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis #TaoofChess thank you

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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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  • Creator
    Paul "The Doctor" Rebelo and Bill Fischer
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    75
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026
  • Show Website
    Late 2 Chess

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