FM James Canty on His Hardcore Chess Training Regimen & and his Improvement Recs for Other Players

[@matzleeach]

Yes…….Finally, got my bruh Jimmy on here. Lawrence Q. Reed from Chicago listening. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@perpetualchesspodcast9143]

Long overdue indeed, Canty always gets me fired up!

[@matzleeach]

Listening to this interview twice!!!! I’m gonna go hard on tactics! C.O.E.

[@Eigen0121]

let's go, GMCanty! 💪😤

[@DansChessLounge]

I really enjoyed this podcast! FM Canty gave a ton of information throughout the show. My biggest takeaway was the importance of studying tactics and calculation over everything else.

[@laurentsaltoflife9267]

Incredible energy !

[@rodhirejab]

One of the best podcasts from you, Ben. I got really hype up when James was talking about fitness 🤣

[@dansdrumchannel9239]

What was Canty's performance rating at the tournament with the 4 GMs?

[@hylen26]

Big fan of this guy. You go James.

[@hylen26]

"If you're going to prep, you're going to have to do a LOT of prep" hell yeah

[@ronfuse6993]

Let's go Canty!

[@matzleeach]

Jimmy has the Mamba Mentality #24

[@gernot4490]

from all the wannabe improvers on the pod he is the most serious and dedicated

[@mikecantreed]

I wonder what happened prior to 2015.

[@travistucker4067]

🔥

[@ronfuse6993]

Smash the like 👍 button

[@benjamindillard2391]

Dude was at the Charlotte tournament losing to a 1700. He'll never be an IM, nevermind a GM.

[@simonhinkel4086]

Nigel Short almost lost to a 1900 Last year. Let's Strip him of his Titel retroactively because these things don't happen Here and there 😄 its totally normal for adult improvers to have massive strength fluctuations.

[@benjamindillard2391]

@Simon Hinkel I hope you realize how bad an example that is. Short is an old man. You can't compare a former world champion challenger to a FM who is now 2100-something at the age of 30 trying to be a GM. Going up 400 rating points at his age would be unheard of. Comical comparison.

[@simonhinkel4086]

@@benjamindillard2391 If your argument would be 'it's unheared of and therefore he can't do it' that would be fine. That's what everybody says and what might be right. But your argument ist 'he has lost to a bad player and therefore he can't do it'. And that's a pretty dumb Point to make as well.

[@L30B055]

I don't know about that, but he talks a good game😁 good energy

[@hagnuj1070]

What's your rating chump?

[@TCS088]

His comments are so racist. He says he wants to be the best "black Grandmaster" and best black 2700 player. What's wrong with being a GM or a 2700 player? Why does he have to add "black" to it? Racist comments. I'm out on this podcast.

[@mcronrn]

Dude bye! Take your friends w you, and stay gone! 🤣🤣✋✋

[@beautyholic5592]

racism implies thinking one race is superior to the other. What's inherently bigoted about wishing to act as a role model to a demographic that is traditionally underrepresented in the elite class of chess? Seems like you've confused bigotry with acknowledging the fact that race *does* exist, and continues to affect dynamics in chess spaces.

[@TCS088]

@@beautyholic5592 I don't see color. I see character, as MLK said. Turn the comment around. If someone said they wanted to be the best white GM, that would have people saying that was a racist comment (which it would be) because it implies that other races are not good enough to be a GM, which is obviously not the case.

[@mcronrn]

@@TCS088 No - for a 30yo IM to say they want to be the best white GM, then that would mean being better than Magnus, and no 30yo realistically thinks they’re gonna be better than Magnus. But you aren’t making good-faith points - you just don’t want a black man to make any reference to being black, and being part of a black community. Go away - your bunker under that RE Lee statue misses you…

[@TCS088]

@@mcronrn That is not true at all. I don't see color. I see character. I hope he does make GM, regardless of his color, race, or nationally. But when someone makes a point to point out their race, that is what makes them a racist. He could have simply said he wants to be a GM.