Alex Chua's guest appearances

Alex Chua

Going Deep with Aaron Watson

Perpetual Chess Podcast

My CFO Journey

Naval Ravikant

Ryan Green

Jordan Goodman

Justin Moore

Chris Guillebeau

Kim Scott

Peter Thiel

Jacob Aagard

Jason Hartman

Gary Vaynerchuk

Ben Hunt

Kevin Bupp

Damion Lupo

Andrew Yang

Erik Voorhees

OwlTail

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20: Alex Chua, Sr. Finance Manager, Recurrent Energy

Welcome back to another edition of Perpetual Chess, Chess Books Recaptured, a monthly bonus book recap podcast. This week, I am joined by FM Alex Chua, a 32 year old Texas based dad, who works for a green chemical manufacturing startup called Solugen. Alex wanted to discuss the underrated gem, Improve Your Chess Now by GM Jonathan Tisdall, which he and I both love. We think it provides a great blend of instructive games, practical advice, philosophizing, and humor. It presents fairly challenging material, which is probably best suited to intermediate to advanced players, but anyone can pick up at least a few things from this book, as we hope they can from this podcast. Please read on for more details and timestamps. 0:00- FM Alex Chua and I begin by discussing why we love this book and wanted to talk about it. 12:45- For what rating level is this book most appropriate? Alex thinks 1400-2000, I think 1800-2300. 17:30- As always, Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. Two great courses to improve your chess now are: The Checkmate Patterns Manual and the Visualize Series. Links below:https://www.chessable.com/the-checkmate-patterns-manual/course/17841/ https://www.chessable.com/visualise-1/course/25695/18:30- We list the chapters and then discuss our favorite chapters. Mentioned: The Complete Chess Swindler, The Seven Deadly Chess Sins 26:30- Why discuss two of the key concepts investigated in the book, GM Alexander Kotov’s “tree of analysis”, and the idea of using “stepping stone diagrams” to improve blindfold/visualization skills. Mentioned: Book Recap Podcast of Think like a Grandmaster with NM Christopher Chabris, GM Alexander Kotov’s Think Like a Grandmaster, GM Anatoly Lein, GM Jacob Aagaard, Book Recap Podcast of Blindfold Chess with Jerry Wells, Zurich 1953 by GM David Bronstein, GM Lubosh Kavalek, GM Anatoly Karpov, GM Ljubomir Ljubovic, GM Efim Geller, GM Vassily Ivanchuk, GM Boris Gelfand 48:00- We share a few of our favorite quotes and aphorisms from the book. Mentioned: GM Sam Shankland’s Small Steps to Giant Improvement 1:00:00- What are favorite games shared in the book? What are the chess improvement takeaways?   Ljubobevic-Torre 1975 , Polugaevsky-Petrosian 1983, IM Cyrus Lakdawala’s Rewire Your Chess Brain,GM Baadur Jobava’s Twitch Channel, Chessable’s Checkmate Patterns Manual 1:14:00- In lieu of payment, I am making a donation of Alex’s behalf to Lichess.org. Keep up the great work, Team Lichess! Mentioned: Simple Chess by Michael Stean, coming next month You can message FM Alex Chua on lichess. Here is his account:https://lichess.org/@/highlamaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to another edition of Perpetual Chess, Chess Books Recaptured, a monthly bonus book recap podcast. This week, I am joined by FM Alex Chua, a 32 year old Texas based dad, who works for a green chemical manufacturing startup called Solugen. Alex wanted to discuss the underrated gem, Improve Your Chess Now by GM Jonathan Tisdall, which he and I both love. We think it provides a great blend of instructive games, practical advice, philosophizing, and humor. It presents fairly challenging material, which is probably best suited to intermediate to advanced players, but anyone can pick up at least a few things from this book, as we hope they can from this podcast. Please read on for more details and timestamps.  0:00- FM Alex Chua and I begin by discussing why we love this book and wanted to talk about it.  12:45- For what rating level is this book most appropriate? Alex thinks 1400-2000, I think 1800-2300.  17:30- As always, Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by <a href="http://Chessable.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chessable.com</a>. Two great courses to improve your chess now are: The Checkmate Patterns Manual and the Visualize Series. Links below: <a href="https://www.chessable.com/the-checkmate-patterns-manual/course/17841/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.chessable.com/the-checkmate-patterns-manual/course/17841/</a> <a href="https://www.chessable.com/visualise-1/course/25695/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.chessable.com/visualise-1/course/25695/</a> 18:30- We list the chapters and then discuss our favorite chapters.  Mentioned: The Complete Chess Swindler, The Seven Deadly Chess Sins  26:30- Why discuss two of the key concepts investigated in the book, GM Alexander Kotov’s “tree of analysis”, and the idea of using “stepping stone diagrams” to improve blindfold/visualization skills.  Mentioned: Book Recap Podcast of Think like a Grandmaster with NM Christopher Chabris, GM Alexander Kotov’s Think Like a Grandmaster, GM Anatoly Lein, GM Jacob Aagaard, Book Recap Podcast of Blindfold Chess with Jerry Wells, Zurich 1953 by GM David Bronstein, GM Lubosh Kavalek, GM Anatoly Karpov, GM Ljubomir Ljubovic, GM Efim Geller, GM Vassily Ivanchuk, GM Boris Gelfand  48:00- We share a few of our favorite quotes and aphorisms from the book.  Mentioned: GM Sam Shankland’s Small Steps to Giant Improvement  1:00:00- What are favorite games shared in the book? What are the chess improvement takeaways?    Ljubobevic-Torre 1975 , Polugaevsky-Petrosian 1983, IM Cyrus Lakdawala’s Rewire Your Chess Brain,GM Baadur Jobava’s Twitch Channel, Chessable’s Checkmate Patterns Manual  1:14:00- In lieu of payment, I am making a donation of Alex’s behalf to <a href="http://Lichess.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lichess.org</a>. Keep up the great work, Team Lichess!  Mentioned: Simple Chess by Michael Stean, coming next month  You can message FM Alex Chua on lichess. Here is his account: <a href="https://lichess.org/@/highlama" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lichess.org/@/highlama</a> See <a href="http://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Book Recap #12 : Talking Improve Your Chess Now, with FM Alex Chua

Alex Chua works at Ecolab as a Manager in Finance Planning and Analysis. Alex began his nonprofit experience at various organizations including College Houses in Austin, Junior Achievement, The Woodlands Marathon, The Houston Rodeo, and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston as a part of his MBA.   As a kid, Alex developed a love of chess and became a chess master. He enjoys guitar, travel, and healthy eating. Alex is a certified public accountant in the state of Texas. His current interests include issues related to civil rights, independent journalism, and government oversight.   Book Recommendations SuperForecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport   Anthony’s Challenge; This week, make a list of 5 causes you feel are most important to society. Cross out the cause you feel least passionate about. Keep crossing out causes until you have 1 or 2 remaining. Research existing local and national organizations that work on your cause and join.   http://www.goingdeepwithaaron.com/podcast   Connect with Anthony LinkedIn Medium Website Chess  If you liked this interview, check out  episode 162 with Kwame Christian where we discuss negotiation and making deals.

Alex Chua works at Ecolab as a Manager in Finance Planning and Analysis. Alex began his nonprofit experience at various organizations including College Houses in Austin, Junior Achievement, The Woodlands Marathon, The Houston Rodeo, and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston as a part of his MBA. As a kid, Alex developed a love of chess and became a chess master. He enjoys guitar, travel, and healthy eating. Alex is a certified public accountant in the state of Texas. His current interests include issues related to civil rights, independent journalism, and government oversight. Book Recommendations <a href="http://amzn.to/2kXNofI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SuperForecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction</a> by Philip E. Tetlock <a href="http://amzn.to/2k6WR2K" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love</a> by Cal Newport Anthony’s Challenge; This week, make a list of 5 causes you feel are most important to society. Cross out the cause you feel least passionate about. Keep crossing out causes until you have 1 or 2 remaining. Research existing local and national organizations that work on your cause and join. <a href="http://www.goingdeepwithaaron.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.goingdeepwithaaron.com/podcast</a> Connect with Anthony <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/AlexChuaMBA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://medium.com/@alexchua_39665" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medium</a> <a href="http://alexchuablog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.chess.com/member/highlama" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chess</a> If you liked this interview, check out <a href="http://www.goingdeepwithaaron.com/podcast/162-kwame-christian-master-of-negotiation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> episode 162 with Kwame Christian</a> where we discuss negotiation and making deals.

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