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  • The Press Conference
    Dec 12 2024

    Warning - this episode contains a spoiler. If you don't want to know who won the 2024 World Chess Championships then don't listen and don't read on any further.


    It's been a while. Now that the 2024 World Chess Championships is over and Gukesh D is the new World Chess Champion, we wanted to let you all know what we have been up to for the last few months. So here's a quick update for you.


    Thanks Jody Kedd for asking the all important question.

    Press Conference clip from Chess24.


    If you want to encourage us to make more episodes, then you know what to do.

    Share, follow, like and rate the show, and leave a comment. Our fragile egos really appreciate the love.


    See you soon maybe, Al and Joe💋💋.

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    4 mins
  • #45 - Is your chess move safe?
    Apr 1 2024

    There's no Joe again in this week's Average Joes Chess, just another lovely pre recorded message from him. Instead Joe has sent in his brother Luca to hold the reigns. Will Luca have what it takes to fill Joe's holey pants?

    There's all the usual chess and non chess stuff plus insights from Joe's brother.

    There's also a discussion on how to make less mistakes in your chess.

    Don't forget to check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop⁠⁠⁠⁠ , for chess themed clothing. you can get a 25% discount using the code: SNIFFMYBISHOP.

    Enjoying the podcast? There's more over on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where Joe and Al continue the chat in a video episode. You can join for as little as $2 a month (50 spaces available).⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Click here to take a look.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    Average Joes Chess, is a podcast made by average chess players....but exceptional lovers.

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    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Coaching fromFM Daniel Kozusek⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chess Coach NM Jesse Cohen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    Dan Heisman's video - Is Your Move Safe

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • #44 - Where's Jofers?
    Mar 24 2024

    There's no Joe in this week's Average Joes Chess. Although he does leave a message - maybe?

    Al holds the fort with a few updates on the Average Joes Chess club on chess.com including a recap of who won the 3 chess.com Diamond Memberships this month. There's some other stuff too including what Al has been exceptionally loving this week.

    Finally Al plays a compliation of some of the Joes chess challenges from the last 44 episodes.

    We've exrended the discount for another week in the ⁠⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop⁠⁠⁠ , mainly because we forgot to take it off - you can get a 25% discount using the code: SNIFFMYBISHOP.

    Enjoying the podcast? There's more over on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where Joe and Al continue the chat in a video episode. You can join for as little as $2 a month (50 spaces available).⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Click here to take a look.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It might make up for the lack of new stuff this week.

    Why not take a look at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop ⁠⁠⁠⁠all sales help support the show.

    How about showing us us some love? Please follow and rate the show and if you can, share it with someone else. It really helps us and we appreciate it a lot. Thank you.

    Average Joes Chess, is a podcast made by average chess players....but exceptional lovers.

    Here are some links for you if you want more of us:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy chess themed clothing and support the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use code SNIFFMYBISHOP for 25%off

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    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our chess club and you might win prizes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want a 1 month free trial to chess.com instead of the usual 7 days?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠Coaching fromFM Daniel Kozusek⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Support Daniel's YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chess Coach NM Jesse Cohen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    ⁠Take a look at Aiden Rayner's website⁠

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • #43 - Does chess need FIDE now that we have BIDET?
    Mar 17 2024
    This week's chess podcast has: A hilarious recap of Joe's chess challenge where he had to play chess by moving chess pieces with his mouth and take a frozen food penalty if he knocked a chess piece over. An update on Joe and Al's chess week including a chat they had with chess visualisation coach Aiden Rayner. An update on the Average Joes Chess Club including news about the new chess club night tournaments. Listen to find out how you could win one of 3 - 1 month chess com Diamond Memberships. There is a funny quiz about chess slang that leads to Joe and Al coming up with an idea to create a replacement Chess federadtion to FIDE - BIDET. There is a brief discussion about chess terminology. Finally the Average Joes talk about what they have been exceptionally loving this week. We've exrended the discount for another week in the ⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop⁠⁠ - you can get a 25% discount using the code: SNIFFMYBISHOP. Al and Joe answer a listener's chess related problem and this leads them to the topic of dangerous places to play chess. Enjoying the podcast? There's more over on⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where Joe and Al continue the chat in a video episode. You can join for as little as $2 a month (50 spaces available).⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Click here to take a look.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Why not take a look at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop ⁠⁠⁠all sales help support the show. Go on, show us some love.Please follow and rate the show and if you can, share it with someone else. It really helps us and we appreciate it a lot. Thank you. Average Joes Chess, is a podcast made by average chess players....but exceptional lovers. Here are some links for you if you want more of us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy chess themed clothing and support the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use code SNIFFMYBISHOP for 25%off ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Averagejoeschess.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee on Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our chess club and you might win prizes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want a 1 month free trial to chess.com instead of the usual 7 days?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Coaching fromFM Daniel Kozusek⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Support Daniel's YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chess Coach NM Jesse Cohen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ NM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Robert Ramirez on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Al on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Follow Al on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Take a look at Aiden Rayner's website The tournament Joe told us about at Checkmate Birmingham We're just Average Joes, we don't know everything.This week we got some info from here.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • #42 - Dangerous Places to Play Chess
    Mar 10 2024

    This week's chess podcast has:

    Laughter, filth, depravity, and some talk about chess.

    Al and Joe: talk about their week in chess; chat about their chess challenges (Jpe might not have got his chaalenge right, and there is another installment of the Sniff My Bishop saga from Al); there's new chess challenges; a chess club update, were a new format for the chess tournaments is announced (Wednesday night is chess club night) We've exrended the discount for another week in the ⁠Average Joes Chess shop⁠ - you can get a 25% discount using the code: SNIFFMYBISHOP. Al and Joe answer a listener's chess related problem and this leads them to the topic of dangerous places to play chess.

    Finally the Joes tell everyone what they have been exceptionally loving. Followed by an outtake from this week's episode where Al has a gigggling fit.

    Enjoying the podcast? There's more over on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where Joe and Al continue the chat in a video episode. You can join for as little as $2 a month (50 spaces available).⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Click here to take a look.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Why not take a look at the ⁠⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop ⁠⁠all sales help support the show.

    Go on, show us some love.Please follow and rate the show and if you can, share it with someone else. It really helps us and we appreciate it a lot. Thank you.

    Average Joes Chess, is a podcast made by average chess players....but exceptional lovers.

    Here are some links for you if you want more of us:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy chess themed clothing and support the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use code SNIFFMYBISHOP for 25%off

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Averagejoeschess.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee on Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our chess club and you might win prizes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want a 1 month free trial to chess.com instead of the usual 7 days?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠Coaching fromFM Daniel Kozusek⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠Support Daniel's YouTube channel⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chess Coach NM Jesse Cohen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    NM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Robert Ramirez on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Al on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • #41 - Can meditation improve your chess?
    Feb 18 2024

    Listen to this chess podcast if you want to laugh out loud.

    Al and Joe: talk about their week in chess; chat about their chess challenges (Joe gets quizzed on the Opera Game and Al plays his chess meditation recording); issue new chess challenges; give an update about the Average Joes Chess club and the Average Joes Chess shop - where for the rest of this week you can get a 24% discount using the code: SNIFFMYBISHOP. Finally the Joes tell everyone what they have been exceptionally loving - and yes Al’s list does include dog shit yet again.

    Enjoying the podcast? There's more over on⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠, where Joe and Al continue the chat in a video episode. You can join for as little as $2 a month (50 spaces available).⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Click here to take a look.⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Why not take a look at the ⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop ⁠all sales help support the show.

    Go on, show us some love.Please follow and rate the show and if you can, share it with someone else. It really helps us and we appreciate it a lot. Thank you.

    Average Joes Chess, is a podcast made by average chess players....but exceptional lovers.

    Here are some links for you if you want more of us:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠Buy chess themed clothing and support the podcast ⁠⁠⁠ Use code SNIFFMYBISHOP for 25%off

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Averagejoeschess.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee on Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our chess club and you might win prizes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want a 1 month free trial to chess.com instead of the usual 7 days?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Coaching fromFM Daniel Kozusek⁠⁠

    ⁠Support Daniel's YouTube channel⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chess Coach NM Jesse Cohen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    NM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Robert Ramirez on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Al on Twitter⁠⁠⁠

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    Eddie Hall & Khan Baba
    Rick Beato

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • #40 FM Daniel Kozusek on Setting effective chess goals
    Feb 11 2024

    Find out from FIDE Master Daniel Kozusek, a chess coach with a degree in sports psychology, how to set effective chess goals in order to improve your chess.

    Enjoying the podcast? There's more over on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where Joe and Al continue the chat in a video episode. You can join for as little as $2 a month (50 spaces available).⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Click here to take a look.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    This week Al chats with FM Daniel Kozusek about performace psychology in chess.

    There's an announcement at the end of the podcast that regular listeners of the show should listen to.

    Why not take a look at the ⁠⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop ⁠⁠all sales help support the show.

    Please follow and rate the show and if you can, share it with someone else. It really helps us and we appreciate it a lot. Thank you.

    Average Joes Chess, is a podcast made by average chess players....but exceptional lovers.

    Here are some links for you if you want more of us:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and watch videos of the podcast afterparty

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want a 1 month free trial to chess.com instead of the usual 7 days?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠Buy chess themed clothing and support the podcast ⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Averagejoeschess.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee on Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our chess club and you might win prizes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Coaching fromFM Daniel Kozusek⁠⁠

    ⁠Support Daniel's YouTube channel⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chess Coach NM Jesse Cohen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    NM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Robert Ramirez on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Al on Twitter⁠⁠⁠

    Follow Al on Instagram⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us Averagejoeschess@gmail.com

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    54 mins
  • #39 Get chess fit and use chess to get fit
    Feb 4 2024

    Get chess fit and use chess to get fit.

    Enjoying the podcast? There's more over on⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠, where Joe and Al continue the chat in a video episode. You can join for as little as $2 a month (50 spaces available).⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Click here to take a look.⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Al and Joe are talking about their chess; the Average Joes Chess club; they announce the winner of this week's 1 month Chess com Diamond membership; there's chess challenge updates - Joe gives us some chess top tips and Al reads out his kid's chess story. There is World chess news; a discussion about the importance of fitness in chess and some tips on how to get fit for chess and then finally the Joes talk about what they have been exceptionally loving.

    Why not take a look at the ⁠⁠Average Joes Chess shop all sales help support the show.

    Please follow and rate the show and if you can, share it with someone else. It really helps us and we appreciate it a lot. Thank you.

    Average Joes Chess, is a podcast made by average chess players....but exceptional lovers.

    Here are some links for you if you want more of us:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and watch videos of the podcast afterparty

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want a 1 month free trial to chess.com instead of the usual 7 days?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠Buy chess themed clothing and support the podcast ⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Averagejoeschess.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee on Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our chess club and you might win prizes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chess Coach NM Jesse Cohen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    NM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Robert Ramirez on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Coaching fromFM Daniel Kozusek

    ⁠⁠Follow Al on Twitter⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠on Instagram⁠⁠

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    ⁠Article on chessbase used on the show

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    1 hr and 13 mins