My guest on this week’s adult improver edition of Perpetual Chess is Braden Laughlin. Braden is a 22 year old Canadian chess enthusiast who has seen robust gains in the first few years of his chess development. Braden went from 0 to 1750 (Canadian rating) in his first 16 months of chess!  In the subsequent 2.5 years he has continued to get stronger, and now has an online blitz rating peak of over 2100!  Not bad for four years work! How did he do it? As you will hear, Braden has an approach that is wholly different from any other adult improver that has appeared on Perpetual Chess. Braden has taken full advantage of all of the great free chess content on YouTube, and is also a big proponent of playing tons of games, and trying to derive a lesson from each game. For many more tips, as well as some background about Braden as a video editor and recently hired Chessable employee please check out our interview. As always, lots more details, timestamps and relevant links can be found below.  Here are the links to subscribe to How to Chess: First YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Y_E7CjneESpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74A0JotybXUvnviTCzsSUp?si=DZnY-yoRRl-Awcmn5OtPSg&dl_branch=1YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNK7qZ8m2n54hviCjAPNe7wApple Podcasts- Coming Soon For any how to chess related questions you’d like answered please email howtochess at chessable.com  Mentioned: Chess Network’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCDOQrpqLqKVcTCKzqarxLgAlso mentioned: IM John Bartholomew- Climbing the Rating Ladder Playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2huVf1l4UE&list=PLl9uuRYQ-6MCBnhtCk_bTZsD8GxeWP6BVAlso mentioned: GM Yasser Seirawan, The St. Louis Chess Club’s YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-ONC2bCHytG2mYtKDmIeAAlso mentioned: Jonathan Rowson’s Chess for Zebras    Mentioned: ChessNetwork, IM John Bartholomew, Simple Chess by GM Michael Stean, Simple Chess Podcast, Book Recap #13, Episode 213 with IM Greg Shahade    GM Roman Dzindzichashvili  New Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com  Mentioned: 100 Endgames You Must Know, Braden’s video about the longest possible chess game is here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DXJxR3UigMentioned: IM Eric Rosen, IM Kostya Kavutskiy  Mentioned: Good Blood Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55OV4HSSKJEthG4ulsKkywZelda video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyUcwsjyd8Q Subscribe to his YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DXJxR3UigFollow him on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/Braden_LaughlinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices