#4 Julia Rios

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In episode #4 of Ono Another Chess Podcast, Ono (⁠@TheOnoZone) talks to Julia Rios of the chessfeels podcast about Chess Psychology, Chess Culture + Why Losing Hurts, and more.

  • (01:18) What Julia loves most about chess
  • (03:50) What Ono loves most about chess
  • (04:32) How your psyche influences your chess
  • (07:36) Julia’s chess style + personality
  • (10:26) Chessfeels on Ono’s openings + sex life
  • (11:16) Why honesty is key in chess improvement
  • (13:06) Julia’s update since chessfeels season 2
  • (16:05) Why Julia’s playing (hyper)bullet now
  • (18:33) If Julia feels social chess pressure
  • (21:52) Julia's funny Twitter
  • (22:59) How the chess community hooked Julia
  • (23:40) Julia on being a woman in chess
  • (26:06) The #1 priority to change chess culture
  • (28:31) Why Julia never joined a chess club
  • (32:45) Why speaking up is important
  • (35:01) Why chess losses hurt so much
  • (40:03) How we can respond better to losses
  • (43:37) Chessfeels pregnancy + Ben admiration

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To ⁠TheOnoZone Patrons⁠ who made the production of this podcast episode possible: Laura Holmes + Marcus Buffett + Dan Bock + Jose C + Dawn Lawson + Glen G + Mikey Wells + Michael Shpizner + Michael G + Karen W + Gregory C + BowiE + Yara V + Stefan K + Ché Martin + Andrew M + Ben Johnson

To Julia Rios for coming on the podcast + the fun after-chat + editing the interview, my wife Yara for being the other half of TheOnoZone, Ché Martin for creating the legendary intro, and Zach Shpizner for applying his audio engineering skills to this episode.


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