Today, we continue our series, titled “Heart & Soul.” Pastor Dustin gives a message on the importance of serving the hurting and the blessing that it brings. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: …

As the co-founder of Quality Chess Books and Killer Chess Training.com, GM Jacob Aagaard is always a busy man. This year, the award-winning author and trainer has been even busier. It was recently announced that his company, Quality Chess Books is acquiring two of the biggest chess publishers (New in Chess Books and Everyman Chess) from Chess.com. …

FM Kamil Plichta is a renowned opening theoretician, Chessable author, trainer, and blitz/bullet specialist. In our conversation, Kamil highlights several important chess improvement-related topics: The value of learning by emulating those slightly higher rated than you Knowing when to withdraw from a brutal tournament Advice for choosing openings …

Pastor Dustin begins a new series titled "Heart & Soul," with a message on how there’s never a bad time to share good news. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagram.com/fljourneychu…

On this week’s Perpetual Chess, the popular and sometimes entertaining GM Jan Gustafsson returns! Jan, of course, is a popular commentator, Twitch streamer, Chessable author, and renowned opening theoretician. His last visit to the podcast was a mere four months ago, but a lot has changed since then. GM D Gukesh has qualified for the World Champion…

Today we wrap up our series on the book of James, titled "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Russell Cushman gives a message on the power of patience and prayer as we explore James 5. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com…

This week’s guest is Aiden Rayner, a Melbourne, Australia-based chess trainer, blogger, podcaster, and the founder of the training site, Don’t Move Until You See It. Aiden became interested in chess improvement as an adult and quickly zeroed in on a need to improve his ability to picture a chess board in his head. In the subsequent years, he has de…

Today we continue our series through the book of James, titled "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Josh gives a message on the importance of humility and surrender as we explore James 4, challenging us to live counter-culturally by submitting fully to God's will. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Pray…

This week’s guest is author, commentator, and Slavic Linguistics professor at the University of Oslo, IM Atle Gronn. Atle’s most recent book, Games and Goals: The Fascinating Chess and Football Careers of Simen Agdestein has recently been released in the English language and is one I have been greatly looking forward to reading. It did not disappoi…

Today we continue our series through the book of James called "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Harvey gives a message on the power of our words and the importance of taming our tongues as we walk through James 3. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Ste…

This week’s guest is Russ Makofsky. Russ is the founder of both The Gift of Chess, and of Impact Coaching Network. The Gift of Chess is a global non-profit dedicated to changing lives by distributing free chess sets in overlooked communities. Impact Coaching Network is a New York City-based educational chess organization that facilitates school pro…

Today we continue our series through the book of James called "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Tammy gives a message about living out our faith in a way that is active because of how the gospel has transformed our life. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer N…

The Adult Improver Series of Perpetual Chess returns, as I am joined by Solveig Friberg, who streams on Twitch as “The Rookie Redhead.” Solveig is a relatively new chess player who discovered the game via a Norwegian national TV broadcast of one of Magnus Carlsen’s World Championship matches. A few years later, she has attained a rating of 1570 FID…

Today we continue our series through the book of James called "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Harvey gives a message about the importance of not only listening to what Jesus says, but also putting His words into practice. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/praye…

This week’s guest is 21-year old former youth champion, GM Awonder Liang. As a scholastic player, Awonder broke many records including becoming the youngest US player to reach a rating of 2000 (USCF), the youngest to beat an International Master, as well the youngest to beat a Grandmaster. These days, Awonder is a student at University of Chicago a…

Pastor Dustin begins a new series titled "A New Way to Be Human," based out of the book of James, with a message on Tested Faith. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagram.com/fljour…

Recorded June 8, 2024 at the National Open in Las Vegas Chess Books Recaptured returns to revisit an old book which now has a modern twist. My System by Aron Nimzowitsch is one of the best-selling and most recommended chess books of all time, but the original version has not aged well in some respects. In Book Recap #18, IM Christof Sielecki and I …

This week’s pod is a special edition featuring 10 different short interviews from the 2024 National Open in Las Vegas. We feature stories and perspectives from GM Ben Finegold, adult improver return guests, other chess podcasters, and even two different Grandmasters named Daniel Fernandez! Big tournaments like the National Open are great opportunit…

Pastor Dustin wraps up our Thing Beneath The Thing series today with a message on God’s grace. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagram.com/fljourneychurch Facebook https://www.face…

This week I am pleased to be joined by 4-time Latvian champion, GM Arturs Neiksans. In addition to his accomplished, (and ongoing) competitive career, Arturs is a respected coach, commentator, Twitch streamer, and Chessable Author. Arturs recently added a new line to his resume as he became the trainer of IM Levy Rozman! As Levy trains for the GM t…

Pastor Dustin Aagaard continues The Thing Beneath. The Thing series today diving more into insecurities and narratives. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Facebook & Instagram @fljourneychurch…

We are used to leadership being hierarchical. Always talking about the tone from the top. But what happens when we share leadership and power throughout the organization? And challenge our current ways of working in the most profound ways? With Mette Aagaard we explore the benefits, guiding principles and biggest challenges of shifting our corporat…

This week I got the chance to catch up with author, trainer and Chessable author, GM Eugene Perelshteyn. We begin by discussing a recent online cheating controversy. An anonymous account was banned from Chess.com after beating GM Daniel Naroditsky in an online bullet match using only the “Meadow Hay” Gambit. Is this gambit so bad that it makes chea…

Guest Speaker and Author, Pastor Steve Carter, kicks off our new message series called The Thing Beneath the Thing Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Facebook & Instagram @fljourneychurch…

The Perpetual Chess Book Review series, Chess Books Recaptured is finally back! I am honored to be joined by renowned author and chess journalist Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam to discuss GM Jan Hein Donner’s The King: Chess Pieces. The book is widely considered a 20th century classic and has been recommended by the likes of GMs Peter Svidler and Jan Gusta…

This week IM Levy Rozman (Gotham Chess) makes his annual return to Perpetual Chess to discuss what is new with him. I was particularly excited to chat with Levy as he recently announced his renewed pursuit of the GM title. Levy has been sharing lesson snippets and discussing his tournament plans on his channel, but I wanted many more details. What …