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chessfeels: conversations about chess, psychology & mental health

By: JJ Lang Julia Rios
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  • chessfeels is a weekly podcast about chess culture, improvement, and psychology from chess teacher JJ Lang and therapist Julia Rios. Tune in for irreverent conversations about this game we're all obsessed with.
    2022 JJ Lang and Julia Rios
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  • 37: a conversation with Maya Marlette, chess thief

    37: a conversation with Maya Marlette, chess thief
    Apr 5 2024

    JJ and Julia interview Maya Marlette, a student of JJ's with a really cool chess backstory and an even cooler day job.

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    56 mins
  • 36: chess therapy (no, not like that)

    36: chess therapy (no, not like that)
    Mar 21 2024

    Julia and JJ switch hats now that JJ is cured. They discuss how to find and keep motivation for chess studying when time and energy are in short supply.

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    1 hr
  • 35: Isaac Haxton, the chess/poker boygenius who lived

    35: Isaac Haxton, the chess/poker boygenius who lived
    Mar 7 2024

    Julia and JJ interview their old family friend, Isaac "Ike" Haxton. They catch up on Haxton's illustrious poker career, his less illustrious chess career, and everything in between.

    About Isaac: "Born in New York City, the young-looking 32-year-old Haxton (who bears a slight resemblance to Harry Potter) was raised in Syracuse by his psychiatrist mother and English professor father. His father introduced Haxton to various games of skill when Haxton was a young child. In fact, Haxton was playing chess at four years of age and, by age ten, was an avid and competitive Magic: The Gathering player.

    Haxton attended Brown University and majored in computer science. However, poker was far more appealing, and Haxton—like many successful pros—swapped college for poker. At the age of 18, Haxton began to visit Verona, New York’s Turning Stone Casino. He started at $3/$6 limit Hold’Em before quickly increasing his stakes. At the same time, Haxton embraced online poker with his first $50 deposit on Ultimate Bet." source


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    51 mins
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The other guy got it wrong...

I normally do not bother to read or even write reviews to podcasts. This is my first time. I feel compelled to comment after the last reviewer trashed the content. I am not sure why he felt the need to be so negative. It is very clear that JJ & Julia have known each other for a very long time and they are great friends! They do indeed come out of the gate a little slow getting into the psychology aspects of chess; however, if the last guy would have been a little patient (could that be why his ELO is 200?) and gotten to episode three he would feel differently! I found this episode to be very helpful! Honestly, it makes me wonder if I could get Julia as my therapist. All kidding aside, I want to check and see if she does remote sessions.

As I said above, it is very clear these two are lifelong friends! I personally feel that it makes the content fun to listen to. After a while of listening to them I felt like I was getting to know them!

Keep the content coming! I am really enjoying it!

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  • 06-10-22

Not what you would expect at all

I am a chess beginner and I thought this podcast would actually help me improve my game and ability to persevere while playing it.
It seems however; that is two people just rehashing old ideas and just saying wherever comes to their mind without a clue as to where the subject is going. I wanted to give it a chance but I honestly I could only stomach the first episode and maybe 20 minutes of the second one.

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