Welcome to edition 4 of our learner series! Alex started playing chess back in the summer of 2016. His chess.com Blitz rating was under 1000, and now it's over 1500!  GENERAL OVERVIEW How old are you and how long have you been playing chess? I am 32 years old and have been playing chess "seriously" for 3.5 years.  My father taught me how to play when I was a kid, but we only played a handful of games. I never played in any tournaments, and my childhood friends did not play chess. …

David is a good friend, former student, and has gone from 1100 blitz on lichess to 1550 in a matter of 3.5 years! GENERAL OVERVIEW How old are you and how long have you been playing chess? I’m 46, been playing since maybe when I was 10 and played against my dad.  He never let me win! How many hours per week do you spend on chess? Three or four hours a week. Chess website usernames? dsjoerg on chess.com and lichess What's your current skill level or rating? 1409 chess.com…

The Learner Series will highlight players that have made significant rating progress over the past few years. The second guest in the series, Paul, is a one of my good friends and a chess student. He has gone from 1200-1750 chess.com blitz over a three year period. If you have questions for Paul, please leave them in the comments! ChessGoals Intermediate Study Plan GENERAL OVERVIEW How old are you and how long have you been playing chess? Paul, a.k.a. peteypabmf on chess.com 38.  Well, I played when I was younger…

The Learner Series will highlight players that have made significant rating progress over the past few years. The first guest in the series, Jesse, is a good friend of mine and definitely a student of the game. He has gained over 250 points in his chess.com blitz in the last year, which is no small feat! If you have questions for Jesse, please leave them in the comments! Jesse, a.k.a. chessebuss GENERAL OVERVIEW How old are you and how long have you been playing chess? I’m 30 and I’ve been…