About this episode

Dr. Kevin Scull recaps his experience at the Pacific Southwest Open Tournament, discussing his performance and lessons learned.

This week on Chess Journeys, I recap my time at the Pacific Southwest Open. I went 2/5 against tough competition. Good times were had. Calculations errors happened. Attacks were not well defended. Chessbook: chessbook.com/?ref=kevin Chessiverse Code: DrSCULL20 Check out my new Substack: https://substack.com/@drscull My Chessable Course! https://www.chessable.com/chess-journeys-tactics-workbook-turning-knowledge-into-skill/course/268850/ Chessnut Link/Code: Code - KEVINSCULL https://www.chessnutech.com?sca_ref=7643464.HueBIKWTYE Get 20% off GM Noël Studer's courses with Coupon chessjourneys20 The Simplified Chess Improvement System: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system?ref=04f5d8 My Road to 2200 Youtube series: https://youtu.be/BzKYDt5oBU8 Be sure to check out the Chess Journeys Merch Store! You can support the show and look amazing in the process. https://chess-journeys.creator-spring.com/ I’ve been streaming somewhat regularly on https://m.twitch.tv/chessjourneys/home If you would like to be a guest on Chess Journeys, contact me on Twitter or fill out the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/gSnvmUnvpykkgT1y5 As always you can…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Kevin Scull

Topics covered

• tournament recap
• chess improvement
• competition analysis
• personal experiences
• chess resources

Keywords

• Pacific Southwest Open
• chess tournament
• chess improvement
• Dr. Kevin Scull
• chess resources

Sponsors

Chessbook, Chessiverse, Chessable, Next Level Chess

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: chessbook.com, Chessiverse, Substack, Chessable, Chessnut, Next Level Chess, YouTube, Twitch, Patreon, Chess Journeys Merch Store

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