Late 2 Chess

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!

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    L2C 031: Our Views on Chessiverse.com - So Far

    L2C 031: Our Views on Chessiverse.com - So Far A few weeks ago The Doctor was talking to me about this new website that he was trying out and said it looked good so far.  I was on the road for a 4 week work travel trip and checked out the website.  We both found it to be be very helpful to us learning chess and improving our games.  So in this episode we talk about Chessiverse.com, what features it has, how we use it and how it has helped us to improve.   And don't forget to enter your team selection into our Fantasy Chess League for the upcoming Candidates tournament.  The rules are posted on our social media on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Please let us know if you are going to try this and please please let us know if you do and how it goes.  We would love to hear all about it.   Did we get something wrong?  Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, 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/ChessiversePart1 #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess  #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

    34 min
  2. 5 DAYS AGO

    L2C 030: Our 2026 Candidates Tournament Player intro and Fantasy Tournament Intro

    L2C 030: Our 2026 Candidates Tournament Player intro and Fantasy Tournament Intro In this episode, we introduce the 8 contestants in the 2026 Candidates Tournament. The winner will get the chance to play for the World Championship of Chess later this year against the current World Champion Gukesh. We also provided all the details you need to enter the even more prestigious Fantasy Chess Tournament for predicting the best team of 4 players. And don't forget to enter your team selection into our Fantasy Chess League for the upcoming Candidates tournament.  The rules are posted on our social media on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Please let us know if you are going to try this and please please let us know if you do and how it goes.  We would love to hear all about it.   Did we get something wrong?  Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, 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/L2CCandidates2026Intro #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess  #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament    Da Rules: 1)  You have a budget of 1,000 units 2)  Points are scored for each player on your team's wins and draws. 3)  Total team points at the end of the tournament wins 4)  The tie breaker if needed, is your prediction of the top 4 in order.  These choices do not have to be from your team from above.     Costs:   Fabiano Caruana                          474 Hikaru Nakamura                          383 Javokhir Sindarov                          302 R Praggnanandhaa                        277 Anish Giri                                     237 Wei Yi                                          184 Andrey Esipenko                           111 Matthias Blübaum                         33   Send in your entries to:   Late2Chess@gmail.com or on our Instagram, Youtube channel comments, Facebook group, or Discord channel.

    44 min
  3. 13 MAR

    L2C 029: Our First Annual Chessy Awards for 2025 Performance

    L2C 029:  Our First Annual Chessy Awards for 2025 Performance It is awards season and we thought it would be great fun to start the annual tradition we nicknamed the Cheesy's.  Never one to leave a bad idea alone, we did it.  So with no further introduction, here are the Chessy Awards for 2025.  Let the arguments begin.  And don't forget to enter your team selection into our Fantasy Chess League for the upcoming Candidates tournament.  The rules are posted on our social media on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Please let us know if you are going to try this and please please let us know if you do and how it goes.  We would love to hear all about it.   PS  Bill wants to do a way off topic podcast episode based on music and can "weakly" tie it to chess background music ideas.  Let us know if there is any interest in this.   Did we get something wrong?  Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, 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/TheChessys2026 #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess  #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

    33 min
  4. 10 MAR

    L2C 028: Our Chess Inspirations and Aspirations

    L2C 028:  Our Chess Inspirations and Aspirations With the upcoming 2026 Candidates Tournament that will decide who will compete against Gukesh to win the Chess World Championship later this year, we thought we would go into some of the players that we find to be inspirational to our games, some of the playing styles we want to have/wish we had etc.  And don't forget to enter your team selection into our Fantasy Chess League for the upcoming Candidates tournament.  The rules are posted on our social media on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Please let us know if you are going to try this and please please let us know if you do and how it goes.  We would love to hear all about it.   PS  Bill wants to do a way off topic podcast episode based on music and can "weakly" tie it to chess background music ideas.  Let us know if there is any interest in this.   Did we get something wrong?  Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, 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/Late2Chess027 #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess  #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

    48 min
  5. 5 MAR

    L2C 027: Our 2026 Candidates Fantasy Chess League - plus a bit more

    L2C 027:  Our 2026 Candidates Fantasy Chess League - plus a bit more Since we had a shorter episode this week, we wanted to give you a double dose of chess content this week and exceed our weekly goal of 1 hour of podcast goodness.  Bill introduces the good Doctor to one of his favorite books that has helped him in many areas of his career and life.  Then we apply this technique to chess, we are a ches spodcast after all.  What do we use to demonstrate the technique?  The good Doctor sets his goal of being a DCP and then comes up with his 3 highest leverage efforts to support this goal.   Please let us know if you are going ot try this and please please let us know if you do and how it goes.  We would love to hear all about it.   And don't forget to enter your team selection into our Fantasy Chess League for the upcoming Candidates tournament.  The rules are posted on our social media on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.   Did we get something wrong?  Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, 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/Late2Chess027 #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess  #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

    27 min
  6. 5 MAR

    L2C 026: How to Improve in Chess - And Many Other Areas of Life/Work

    L2C 026:  How to Improve in Chess - And Many Other Areas of Life/Work Since we had a shorter episode this week, we wanted to give you a double dose of chess content this week and exceed our weekly goal of 1 hour of podcast goodness.  Bill introduces the good Doctor to one of his favorite books that has helped him in many areas of his career and life.  Then we apply this technique to chess, we are a ches spodcast after all.  What do we use to demonstrate the technique?  The good Doctor sets his goal of being a DCP and then comes up with his 3 highest leverage efforts to support this goal.   Please let us know if you are going ot try this and please please let us know if you do and how it goes.  We would love to hear all about it.   PS  Bill wants to do a way off topic podcast episode based on music and can "weakly" tie it to chess background music ideas.  Let us know if there is any interest in this.   Did we get something wrong?  Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss and area you are interested in? Let us know at Late2Chess@gmail.com If you have any thoughts, topics and/or guest ideas, 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/Late2Chess026 #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess  #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa

    23 min

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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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