<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog.atom" /><title>nvasquez's Blog</title><updated>2026-01-16T17:55:24.902Z</updated><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/making-a-list-of-mistakes/tTLP0q6G</id><published>2026-01-16T17:55:24.902Z</published><updated>2026-01-16T17:55:24.902Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/making-a-list-of-mistakes/tTLP0q6G" /><title>Making A List of Mistakes</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=Jt5Bv0uXjfCp.png&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=589ba55d2ad934549f808beafab3a07959a7811d&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How to speed up improvement by making a List of Mistakes</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=Jt5Bv0uXjfCp.png&amp;w=880&amp;sig=589ba55d2ad934549f808beafab3a07959a7811d"></media:thumbnail><author><name>nvasquez</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/learning-from-jacob-aagaard/mfD5nRdZ</id><published>2025-04-29T22:45:27.674Z</published><updated>2025-04-29T22:45:27.674Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/learning-from-jacob-aagaard/mfD5nRdZ" /><title>Learning from Jacob Aagaard</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Chess_engine" label="Chess engine" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_engine"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:mfD5nRdZ:Pxt0zYfP.png&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=5d412088f994020594d2f6eb0c070b825b706f58&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GM Aagaard was on several podcasts over the last few years, I listened to all of them.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:mfD5nRdZ:Pxt0zYfP.png&amp;w=880&amp;sig=5d412088f994020594d2f6eb0c070b825b706f58"></media:thumbnail><author><name>nvasquez</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/thinking-about-thinking/LsbNnPd2</id><published>2024-01-10T04:47:35.266Z</published><updated>2024-01-10T04:47:35.266Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/thinking-about-thinking/LsbNnPd2" /><title>Thinking About Thinking</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; alt=&quot;The Thinker&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:LsbNnPd2:VRF2sBYG.png&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=e43ccf948c2e2054e18c5a1df2cfda06b363c6fe&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chess may be 90% tactics but it's 100% mental</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:LsbNnPd2:VRF2sBYG.png&amp;w=880&amp;sig=e43ccf948c2e2054e18c5a1df2cfda06b363c6fe"></media:thumbnail><author><name>nvasquez</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/making-it-stick/nTtJ2nHc</id><published>2023-12-08T04:54:13.372Z</published><updated>2023-12-08T04:54:13.372Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/making-it-stick/nTtJ2nHc" /><title>Making it Stick</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:nTtJ2nHc:aDjpHle6.jpg&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=a6691733c9ed317cce66fc1624bd53c0910f347f&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An evidence based plan for learning chess</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:nTtJ2nHc:aDjpHle6.jpg&amp;w=880&amp;sig=a6691733c9ed317cce66fc1624bd53c0910f347f"></media:thumbnail><author><name>nvasquez</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/make-it-stick/J2XO1vf4</id><published>2023-11-21T21:25:32.052Z</published><updated>2023-11-21T21:25:32.052Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/make-it-stick/J2XO1vf4" /><title>Make It Stick</title><category term="Off_topic" label="Off topic" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Off_topic"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:J2XO1vf4:w8zKzOgH.png&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=b33cd8985899c1571db3113fd1fe28fc2c8a487e&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A review of a non-chess book, but it's pretty useful for chess.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:J2XO1vf4:w8zKzOgH.png&amp;w=880&amp;sig=b33cd8985899c1571db3113fd1fe28fc2c8a487e"></media:thumbnail><author><name>nvasquez</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/how-adults-can-get-better-at-chess/QmjgBb9W</id><published>2023-03-23T18:06:24.241Z</published><updated>2023-03-23T18:06:24.241Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/how-adults-can-get-better-at-chess/QmjgBb9W" /><title>How Adults can get better at chess</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:QmjgBb9W:97JfSxCZ.jpg&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=9649b57410df6630aa8c20d5d36bc08ebb6f1f2b&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I've learned from 5 years of working on chess</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:QmjgBb9W:97JfSxCZ.jpg&amp;w=880&amp;sig=9649b57410df6630aa8c20d5d36bc08ebb6f1f2b"></media:thumbnail><author><name>nvasquez</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/accountability-report-for-march-2023/YbNm7eVR</id><published>2023-03-20T18:41:45.646Z</published><updated>2023-03-20T18:41:45.646Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/accountability-report-for-march-2023/YbNm7eVR" /><title>Accountability report for March 2023</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:YbNm7eVR:BqY4wz9i.jpg&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=a0df584a4a1f429b46449ce8145c997d628cd510&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oof...that was rough</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=nvasquez:ublog:YbNm7eVR:BqY4wz9i.jpg&amp;w=880&amp;sig=a0df584a4a1f429b46449ce8145c997d628cd510"></media:thumbnail><author><name>nvasquez</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/start-where-you-are/8AxnjHwf</id><published>2023-03-02T22:25:37.879Z</published><updated>2023-03-02T22:25:37.879Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/nvasquez/blog/start-where-you-are/8AxnjHwf" /><title>Start Where You Are</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; 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