083 Rare Insights Into Chess and Psychology with Julia Rios

Mar 05, 2024
 

The life of a chess player is often emotional.

There can be huge wins and the joy of learning, but also painful losses and sluggish improvement.

Helping me gain new insights into how to address these challenges is clinical psychologist and co-host of the ChessFeels podcast, Julia Rios.

Julia combines her professional knowledge with her chess experience to offer some brilliant insights into “chess psychology.”

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Does chess offer more emotional challenges than other endeavors?
  • Should you not care about your rating?
  • Does the expectation to improve hinder our enjoyment of chess? 
  • Bonus: A chess genie offers Julia one wish but she insists on getting three.

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