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Podcast: Chess Journeys: Tales of Adult Improvement
Episode: Ep. 105 Joe Bruin (1875 USCF)
Description: This week on Chess Journeys, I spoke with Joe Bruin. He’s a prolific streamer that I’ve run into at the last two OTB tournaments that I attended. We talked a lot about playing chess for fun without expressly trying to improve. Joe has seen massive rating gains at points in his life without studying. He mostly played and streamed a lot of chess. We discussed the joy of playing and socializing with chess without being obsessed with ratings and rating gain. It was a bit of a different conversation than usual, but Joe’s perspective has made me thi...