How Kyle Boddy Keeps Improving at Chess as a Busy Adult
Perpetual Chess Podcast
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Kyle Boddy, founder of Driveline Baseball, returns to the Adult Improver Series! When Kyle first joined the podcast in 2022, he was rated below 1000 USCF and had a long-term goal of reaching 2000. Four years later, he has stayed committed and recently reached a new peak of nearly 1550.
We discuss:
Why Kyle still loves openings and believes studying them deeply gives him a competitive advantage.
How he combines old-school training methods with AI and chess technology.
The parallels between improving at baseball and improving at chess.
The importance of the vibrant chess community in the Pacific Northwest.
It is inspiring to see Kyle’s continued dedication to chess, and I look forward to following his progress in the coming years.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
4:22 Kyle Boddy joins
6:05 What keeps Kyle playing and improving?
7:36 Switching to 1.e4 and open games
8:43 Why Kyle still loves studying openings
10:45 How Kyle actually studies openings
12:12 Studying games blindfolded
16:00 How Kyle uses AI for chess
18:19 Engines, Maia Chess and practical preparation
20:34 Kyle’s tournament routine
24:19 How he trains tactics
26:48 Building a new opening repertoire
29:42 Daily chess habits
30:49 The importance of a chess community
34:17 Tournament chess in Seattle and beyond
35:20 Aging and adult chess improvement
37:45 Kyle’s path toward 1800-2000
40:11 Improving at endgames
42:50 Understanding vs. memorizing openings
44:35 The Joey Votto chess bet
45:33 Chess’s popularity among pro athletes
47:05 How much Kyle studies chess
50:22 Blogging, AI and hiding your prep
52:53 Baseball vs. chess improvement
55:46 Will Kyle still be playing at 50?
58:00 Thanks to Kyle
Links
Kyle’s blog:
kyleboddy.com/blog
Check out our sponsor, Claude Co-work:
Claude.ai/chess
Adult Improver Series:
https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/adu...
Adult Improver Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75U...
Join the Perpetual Chess Patreon community:
Patreon: perpetualchess
Join the free discord:
Discord: discord
Anand-Nunn 1990:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess...
Can Adults Improve at Chess? by NM Todd Bryant:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/ca...
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How Kyle Boddy Keeps Improving at Chess as a Busy Adult
Perpetual Chess Podcast
2,132 views
Kyle Boddy, founder of Driveline Baseball, returns to the Adult Improver Series! When Kyle first joined the podcast in 2022, he was rated below 1000 USCF and had a long-term goal of reaching 2000. Four years later, he has stayed committed and recently reached a new peak of nearly 1550.
We discuss:
Why Kyle still loves openings and believes studying them deeply gives him a competitive advantage.
How he combines old-school training methods with AI and chess technology.
The parallels between improving at baseball and improving at chess.
The importance of the vibrant chess community in the Pacific Northwest.
It is inspiring to see Kyle’s continued dedication to chess, and I look forward to following his progress in the coming years.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
4:22 Kyle Boddy joins
6:05 What keeps Kyle playing and improving?
7:36 Switching to 1.e4 and open games
8:43 Why Kyle still loves studying openings
10:45 How Kyle actually studies openings
12:12 Studying games blindfolded
16:00 How Kyle uses AI for chess
18:19 Engines, Maia Chess and practical preparation
20:34 Kyle’s tournament routine
24:19 How he trains tactics
26:48 Building a new opening repertoire
29:42 Daily chess habits
30:49 The importance of a chess community
34:17 Tournament chess in Seattle and beyond
35:20 Aging and adult chess improvement
37:45 Kyle’s path toward 1800-2000
40:11 Improving at endgames
42:50 Understanding vs. memorizing openings
44:35 The Joey Votto chess bet
45:33 Chess’s popularity among pro athletes
47:05 How much Kyle studies chess
50:22 Blogging, AI and hiding your prep
52:53 Baseball vs. chess improvement
55:46 Will Kyle still be playing at 50?
58:00 Thanks to Kyle
Links
Kyle’s blog:
kyleboddy.com/blog
Check out our sponsor, Claude Co-work:
Claude.ai/chess
Adult Improver Series:
https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/adu...
Adult Improver Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75U...
Join the Perpetual Chess Patreon community:
Patreon: perpetualchess
Join the free discord:
Discord: discord
Anand-Nunn 1990:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess...
Can Adults Improve at Chess? by NM Todd Bryant:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/ca...