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Paul "The Doctor" Rebelo and 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!

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  • S1 · E53
    July 15 · 30 min

    L2C 053: Bill on the Sofa - State of the Union Update as of July 2026

    L2C 053: Bill on the Sofa - State of the Union Update as of July 2026 Bill reviews what he has been up to and how his chess game and study have been progressing over the past few months. Has his Elo gone up? Has it gone down? What has he been spending his time doing? Studying vs playing. Plus a fun idea for another contest that involves you, our esteemed audience, if the Doctor approves. Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss 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/BillOnTheSofa2 Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #chessannotation #chessanalysis

  • S1 · E52
    July 7 · 1 hr 17 min

    L2C 052: Claude Fried Returns to Answer (Some) of Bill's Dumb Questions

    L2C 052: Claude Fried Returns to Answer (Some) of Bill's Dumb Questions Many/Most/All(?) chess players seem to be obsessed over chess openings. In an effort to help, Claude Fried returns to offer some very good advice to us about what to do when looking to start a new to you opening. In addition, Bill can't help but ask some more of his ridiculous questions. Claude is way too good of a player to put up with Bill's dumb questions but he indulges him once again. We did cover several topics that may be of interest to you and also help your game, including: - Returning to tournament play OTB after an absence, including how he is preparing to return to OTB - Various resources he uses for tactical training - How to study openings, especially early on in your chess improvement path, and how to develop an opening repertoire, even for the first time, including how to organize and study the opening. - What is the goal of learning an opening and how to know when to stop and what are reasonable expectations for the time spent studying an opening or a repertoire. - A good way to "pick" your opening that meets your goals, interests, strengths, and playing style. - How to decide if you want to play e4 or d4 as your first move and why you may prefer one over the other. - How to choose your study resources and what is a reasonable composition for a starting repertoire. - Study tips and goals for openings - Resources that he finds most helpful to his game and studying efforts - Studying Mate in One's and Mate in Two's and some of the issues that Bill is currently encountering in this area Did we miss something or get anything wrong? Were we remiss in not asking a question or discuss an 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/ChessOpeningStudy Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess

  • S1 · E51
    June 30 · 40 min

    L2C 051: Space: Our Tao of Chess Book Series Continues

    L2C 051: Space: Our Tao of Chess Book Series Continues Our Tao of Chess series continues with this episode focused on the importance of space when playing chess. Don't worry, this is not the final frontier of the series. We have a long way to go. Did we miss something or get anything 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/ChessOpeningStudy Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess

  • S1 · E50
    June 23 · 41 min

    L2C 050: Non-Chess Factors to Improve Your Game

    L2C 050: Non-Chess Factors to Improve Your Game We started off with a simple listener question: What do you think are things that are not directly related to chess playing and studying that could help your chess game, especially for a tournament. Bill thought it was a 5 minute pre-episode discussion. The Doctor had other ideas. As usual, the Doctor was correct. Did we miss something or get anything 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/NonChessChessImprovements Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess

  • S1 · E49
    June 16 · 43 min

    L2C 049: Speed Runs / Slow Runs

    L2C 049: Speed Runs / Slow Runs One of Bill's favorite soft learning activities is to watch slow runs/speed runs and we go into several that he has found to be most helpful and how he tries to get the most value from them. The Doctor then goes through a similar process that he uses to actually simulate a speedrun for himself. Then we talk about a few ways that we may add these to our podcast's YouTube channel. Let us know if you'd be interested. Did we miss something or get anything 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/SpeedAndSlowRuns Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess

  • S1 · E48
    June 9 · 1 hr 23 min

    L2C 048: Hanging Pawns

    L2C 048: Hanging Pawns An awesome conversation with Stjepan Tomic about a ton of topics including his chess progress and what he has found to be the best ways to improve as a player. He is was further down the road to above and beyond being a DCP, but shares our pain in the journey. Hopefully this episode will be part 1 of many with Stjepan. Hanging Pawns on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HangingPawns Hanging Pawns Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/hangingpawns The two youtube posts we discussed most closely are: Most Common training mistakes: https://tinyurl.com/ChessTrainingMistakes Best training methods: https://tinyurl.com/12BestTrainingMethods Did we miss something or get anything 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/HangingPawnsPod Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess

  • S1 · E47
    June 2 · 37 min

    L2C 047: The Tao of Chess - Pawn Structures

    L2C 047: The Tao of Chess - Pawn Structures This week, we discuss various aspects of the pawn structure and how we perceive this area to apply to our games at our current level of play. This is an area that will likely need to be revisited as we progress. Did we miss something or get anything 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/PawnStructures Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess

  • S1 · E46
    May 26 · 21 min

    L2C 046: Freestyle Chess, Fischer Random, and Chess 960 - part 1

    L2C 046: Freestyle Chess, Fischer Random, and Chess 960 Is Freestyle chess good for beginner and intermediate players? Does it help you improve your chess game? Do we know how to play this? do we know how to play game this well? The answers vary and that is the topic for this week's podcast. Plus another contest. Did we miss something or get anything 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/FreeStyleChessAndFischerRandom Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • S1 · E45
    May 19 · 40 min

    L2C 045: Blitz and Bullet for Chess improvement

    L2C 045: Blitz and Bullet for Chess improvement One of the hot topics on the internet seems to be whether or not to play blitz and bullet early in your chess improvement cycle. In this episode, we share our thoughts and a few details to help make bullet and blitz (really more blitz but also for bullet) helpful to you chess training and improvement. Lets the arguments begin. Or more appropriately, since Mortal Kombat 2 is out in the theaters "FIGHT". Did we miss something or get anything 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/BlitzAndBullet Want a discount on your ChessNoteR: Enter "GHiTLikes" to get XXXXxyf % off of the cost of your unit. Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • S1 · E44
    May 12 · 48 min

    L2C 044: All About the ChessNoteR

    L2C 044: All About the ChessNoteR One of the bigger transition when playing over the board, live, in person chess from playing online is that keeping track of the moves during the game. It sounds trivial, but is not as natural as you think it would be to do, especially early on. The ChessNoteR removes this issue with an easy to use interface and also allows for an easy transfer to where you review and annotate your games, even including the times for each move. Bill talks with the inventor of the ChessNoteR Joey Troy. If you have any questions, you can write in to us or contact Joey at https://chessnoter.com. Did we miss something or get anything 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/ChessNoteR Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • S1 · E43
    May 5 · 1 hr 10 min

    L2C 043: All About the Chess Dojo

    L2C 043: All About the Chess Dojo We are always talking about the Chess Dojo and it is largely because it has helped both of us so much. We then decided to talk about how it has helped us. We had a bit of trouble coming up with a good way of describing it when we decided "hey, lets just give a tour and talk as we do". So we did. PS this may be a podcast where it is better to view on our YouTube channel to get to see everything we talk about, but hopefully, it works when audio only. Did we miss something or get anything 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/WelcometoTheDojo2 Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/WelcometoTheDojoVideo Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • S1 · E42
    April 28 · 59 min

    L2C 042: Best Books and Courses - Volume 1

    L2C 042: Best Books and Courses - Volume 1 We go through the best books and courses we have used to date so far. Unsurprisingly, our picks differed, lol. This is a constantly evolving list and offers our perspectives. We expect this list to be updated in the future because it does not only involve the quality of the information but also the timing the information was ingested as well as our current progression as chess players. Congratulations to our top picks. PS What are yours? Did we miss something or get anything 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/OurBestBookPicks Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • S1 · E42
    April 21 · 35 min

    L2C 041: Chess Etiquette

    L2C 041: Chess Etiquette One thing that keeps many people from starting a hobby is the intimidation of not knowing what to do. We think everyone can and should play chess, so we began a discussion on the etiquette of chess to help assuage any trepidation on anyone's part. 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/ChessEtiquette Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • S1 · E40
    April 19 · 30 min

    L2C 040: The Candidates Tournament 2026 - Our Wrap-up

    L2C 040: The Candidates Tournament 2026 - Our Wrap-up The tournament is complete. We have two new players who will compete for the world championship. We cover what happened that last few rounds, what we think about the tournament overall, and a bit early prognostication for the world championships. But more importantly, we cover our fantasy tournament, lol. 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/Candidates2026Wrapped Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • April 14 · 26 min

    L2C 039: The Tao of Chess - Chapter 7 - Material

    L2C 039: The Tao of Chess - Chapter 7 - Material We return to our Tao of Chess series and discus the next chapter on Material. Of primary importance to you initial improvement as a chess player is taking care of you pieces (and pawns) and capitalizing on the opportunities that your opponent presents. We have heard that 80+% of the games under 1200 Elo are decided by this factor. Even if that is not 100% accurate, it is indicative of the importance of material during a chess game. 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/TaoOfChessChap7 Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • S1 · E38
    April 10 · 28 min

    L2C 038: Days 8-10 of This Year's Candidates Tournament

    L2C 038: Days 8-10 of This Year's Candidates Tournament The 2026 Candidates Tournament is nearing its end. The open contest is pretty close ot mathematically over. The ladies event is FANTASTIC. We cover both and predict the next round. Please do not wager the mortgage on our thoughts, lol. 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/CandidatesDays8to10 Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

  • S1 · E37
    April 8 · 2 hr 6 min

    L2C 037: Claude Fried

    L2C 037: Claude Fried Bill welcomes Claude to the podcast. He is over qualified for our DCP title and has a USCF rating of over 2,000 at this point. We talked quite a bit about his past and even more about what he learned that helped him the most. We also discussed a ton of options that are present currently that were not around when he was first learning. And since the good Doctor was not around, Bill got to ask a ridiculous question or two. To be fair, he was left unattended. 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/ClaudeFriedP1 Want some Late 2 Chess swag? Our store is open at: https://late-2-chess.myspreadshop.com/ #chess #chesstournament #chesstournaments #TaoofChess #mostExcellentRoadTo1500 #OurBumpyRoad #roadto1500Elo #roadtoDecentChess #DCP #decentChessPlayer #chessInstruction #adultimprover #adultimprovers #chessClub #clubChess #chessiverse #tournamentChess #learnchess #learningchess #chesslearner #TheDoctorOnTheSofa #BillOnTheSofa #fantasyChess #fantasyCandidatesTournament

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