Ep. 35: Chess Improvement While Parenting feat. Jay Kleinman (USCF 1915)

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This week I spoke with my friend Jay Kleinman, a fellow chess amateur and social worker in NY. Jay recounted some fascinating experiences from the amateur tournament scene, and an overriding theme in our conversation was how becoming a parent changes the narrative of adult improvement. Some of our talking point include:

• The unfortunate decline of OTB post-mortem analysis
• The dangers of mimicking super-GMs
• How Jay almost gave a lesson to the late William Lombardy (Fischer's coach)
• Jay's encounters with some now-famous GMs ("I knew them when...")
• Chess improvement beyond parenting
• Opening choices

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