Thanks to visit codestin.com
Credit goes to chessimprovementlab.substack.com

The Chess Improvement Lab

Home
Notes
Archive
About
1:03:35
Dealing with plateaus and setbacks
A recording from Dan Bock and Nate Solon's live video
 • Dan Bock and Nate Solon
Why your rating goal isn't helping you
How to be SMART about your chess goals
 • Dan Bock
What do you do when your chess rating goes down?
My rating dropped more than 100 points after my best year ever. Here’s how I handled it, and what I’m doing now.
 • Dan Bock
Preventing counterplay is hard to do
How to tackle the seemingly impossible task of proving your opponent has no good moves
 • Dan Bock
It's OK to just run your games through the engine
Game analysis is good for your chess. But it comes at a cost.
 • Dan Bock
Can you do 28 mate-in-2 puzzles in a week?
I made a Bluesky bot.
 • Dan Bock
Vladimir Kramnik is the most boring person in the chess world
Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik is very concerned about people using engines to cheat at chess.
 • Dan Bock
Me, on Perpetual Chess
I’ve been a listener of Perpetual Chess for a long time, and I’m especially a fan of the adult improver series, so it was very exciting to be…
 • Dan Bock
The Chess Improvement Lab
Finding out what really works for chess improvement
Recommendations
Chess in Small Doses
Chess in Small Doses
Nick Vasquez, MD
User's avatar
Perpetual Chess Link-Fest
Ben Johnson
Say Chess
Say Chess
Martin B. Justesen
Zwischenzug Chess
Zwischenzug Chess
Nate Solon
64 Squares
64 Squares
Ivan Veselov

The Chess Improvement Lab

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2026 Dan Bock · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Codestin Search App Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture