Perpetual Chess Podcast

Ben Johnson

Perpetual Chess features weekly conversations with the chess world's best players, trainers and accomplished amateurs about their careers, current projects, best practices and the latest in chess news. Learn more at PerpetualChessPod.com

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Perpetual Chess Podcast

Episodes (565)

Mar 31st EP 476-Vlad Ghita: Is the Rating System Still Broken? A Data-Driven Investigation
Mar 24th Book Recap #38- Silman’s Chess Odyssey + Stories from a Former Student with Gaurav Datta
Mar 17th EP 476- GM Jan Gustafsson previews the 2026 FIDE Candidates

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Mar 31, 2026
1½ hours
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It has been over two years since FIDE implemented major changes to its rating system aimed at combating rating deflation. But are those changes actually working? My guest, Vlad Ghita, joins me to dig into the data. Vlad is a Romanian arbiter, instructor, and chess enthusiast with a master’s degree in physics. In his new e-book, The Rating Revolution, he takes a rigorous, data-driven look at how the global rating system is functioning—and where it may still be falling short. We discuss: What Vlad calls the “participation paradox” Which countrie...

Perpetual Chess Podcast

EP 476-Vlad Ghita: Is the Rating System Still Broken? A Data-Driven Investigation

Ben Johnson

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