Show notes
Prolific author and book reviewer FM Carsten Hansen returns to Perpetual Chess to talk chess improvement, chess publishing, and to provide a rundown of standout recent chess books. We start with a listener question about plateauing in tactics training. How do we know if we’re just hitting a speed bump, or if we’ve reached our ceiling? From there, we dive deep into chess books, sharing recommendations with both a biographical and improvement focus. Lastly, we discuss Chess Openings for Dummies and Carsten’s many other book projects. I still don’t know how Carsten puts out so much chess material, but it’s always fun to hear about it.EP 468- FM Carsten Hansen on Tactics Plateaus & The Best Recent Chess Books Prolific author and book reviewer FM Carsten Hansen returns to Perpetual Chess to talk chess improvement, chess publishing, and to provide a rundown of standout recent chess books. We start with a listener question about plateauing in tactics training. How do we know if we’re just hitting a speed bump, or if we’ve reached our ceiling? From there, we dive deep into chess books, sharing recommendations with both a biographical and improvement focus. Lastly, we discuss Chess Openings for Dummies and Carsten’s many other book projects. I still don’t know how Carsten puts out so much chess material, but it’s always fun to hear about it.Thanks to our sponsor, Chessable.com, you can sign up for Chessable Pro here:https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=proCheck out their new courses here:https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/2:00 – Welcome Prior FM Carsten Hansen interviews: Episodes 84, 206, Book Recap #304:00 –Carsten joins: Patreon mailbag question: tactics plateaus and adult improvementMentioned: The Chess Wizardy of Wotowa Invisible Chess movesForcing Chess Moves 12:00 – Carsten’s own chess goals and IM aspirations19:00 – Carsten’s favorite chess books of the past few yearsMentioned: Tiger’s Chaos TheoryThe Stories, Games and Intrigue of Capablanca and Alekhine Gideon Stahlberg: An Epoch in Swedish ChessKorchnoi Year by YearHubner Year by YearAlexander Alekhine: The Russian SphinxIM Cyrus Lakdawala: Becoming an IMConverting an Extra Pawn in ChessDvoretsky’s Endgame Manual: 6th EditionEndgame study books by GM Jan Timman and IM Yochanan Afek29:00 – Carsten discusses his newest project with FM James Eade, Chess Openings for DummiesDownload the Chess for Dummies bonus content here:https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Chess+Openings+For+Dummies%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781394345014#downloadstab-section41:00- Carsten’s other projects:Mentioned:Mazukevich’s MadnessCarsten’s Newly Edited Capablanca books:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=carsten+hansen+capablanca&crid=E42JM4JTS3CX&sprefix=carsten+hansen+capablanc%2Caps%2C114&ref=nb_sb_nossComing soon: The Canal and Prins GambitsInside the Mind of Bobby Fischer 53:00 – Closing thoughts and wrap-up Thanks to Carsten for rejoining me! Here is how to keep up with him:Website: https://www.winningquicklyatchess.com/Email- carstenchess at gmail dot com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
