Adult Improver Jordan Groff on What he Did to Make USCF Master (2200) in the Post Covid Chess Era

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The Adult Improver Series returns this week, with a guest who has improved his chess rapidly. Jordan Groff is a 24 year old Connecticut-based chess instructor who was recommended as a guest to me by GM Eugene Perelshteyn. Jordan resumed chess in 2018 after some years away, and has gone from 1864 to more than 2260 in about the last few years. During our interview, Jordan shares several ‘secrets” to his success. Aside from a lot of hard work and frequent competition, Jordan particularly credits a focus on the psychological aspects of OTB chess, and on opening preparation and tactics work. You can find out many more details in my interview with Jordan. it is inspiring to see such fast progress! Timestamps of topics discussed can be found below.
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0:01- What got Jordan back into chess in 2018, after some years away?
Mentioned: Ginger GM, Chess Network
13:00- What is Jordan’s approach to the study of openings?
Mentioned: GM Eugene Perelshteyn, FM Nate Solon
20:00- Has Jordan studied a lot of tactics?
25:00- What made Jordan decide to “play up” and play in higher sections?
32:00- What is Jordan’s approach to studying endgames?
37:00- What sort of stuff does Jordan do in his lessons with GM Eugene Perelshteyn?
43:00- Was it challenging for Jordan to earn the National Master title? What are his next goals?
Mentioned: Here is Jordan’s LiChess coaches page:
lichess.org/coach/jmwgroff
48:30- What is Jordan’s best advice for people who are stuck?
52:00- Jordan’s recommended chess resources:
Mentioned: How to Reassess Your Chess, Silman’s Complete Endgame Course, Under the Surface, Seven Deadly Chess Sins
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@Alex-xk6md 3 ай бұрын

Shout out to this kids dad, sounds like a solid dude

@haleymartin9342 Ай бұрын

I'm an adult improver student of Jordan's (28 y.o., +250 USCF since meeting him)! You get a good picture of his coaching style from this interview: thoughtful, methodical, and with a focus on the practicalities of playing. This interview was great, especially the emphasis on developing solid and practical play. I think it's really tempting in the streamer/content creation age to prioritize traps, "gain 500 ELO overnight", etc. It's refreshing to hear the long term grind toward mastery as desirable

@2Oldcoots 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating Content!!! Thank You so much for creating it.

@seop1721 3 ай бұрын

Really nice episode. I listened to another after this one, but I can’t find the number here. I think 236. The guest was asked about if they follow top-level chess. I wanted to add that it is not entirely obvious ‘how’ to follow top level games. There is a glut of content, not the least problem of which is the games themselves are many and complicated… as well as a lot of competing channels. So I was thinking it would be great if an episode could address ‘How to watch and follow top-level chess’. It might even be applicable to high level tournaments, around FM and IM etc. I’d love to know how people do it, and for how long, because do people really watch 5 hours of footage each day? Doubtful. Yet deep down I want to engage more with events… but I am not sure how. Now that I think of it, maybe picking a player to follow is one strategy… and you follow that ‘hero’ through a tournament, both their ups and downs, and maybe use an engine ‘as if’ to help them find resources after.

@seop1721 3 ай бұрын

The FIDE candidates tournament is a case in point. How best to engage meaningfully with such an important tournament?

@marklouderback5438 Ай бұрын

Tiger Woods’ dad had a different idea about playing up. He didn’t have his son play up but let him dominate and win. That way he got used to it. Then he moved up and dominated. In chess, you are gonna face a ten year old kid rated 593. Is he 593? Is actually 2300, but just starting? You can get your ass kicked playing your own level or playing up. It’s all good.