Dillan interviews Nate Solon—a chess coach, writer, and FM (FIDE Master) in chess. There are only about 9000 FMs in the world, which means Nate is in the top .3% of all chess players on the planet. Nate writes the Zwischenzug newsletter, built a nice Twitter audience, made a few chess courses on Chessable, and even wrote a chess book. Nate uses his data science background in his content to help intermediate chess players study and improve at the game.They discuss: how Nate revived his chess career after a long hiatus, how Nate grew an audience through long-form writing in a world of video content, Nate’s sales funnel for getting chess coaching students, how Nate builds Chessable courses, why Nate started and closed down a paid community, and at the end of the convo Nate and Dillan play a quick blitz game. Nate's links...Website / Coaching / Courses: https://www.natesolon.com/Twitter / X: https://x.com/natesolonNewsletter: https://zwischenzug.substack.com/•••Follow Dillan on the interwebs...Twitter / X: https://x.com/dillanroytaylorNewsletter: https://www.grindstone.coach/newsletterApply for Grindstone Coaching: https://www.grindstone.coach/Music by myboy.scoochy:https://www.instagram.com/myboy.scoochy/ •••0:00 Intro1:37 Nate's chess career5:05 What's an FM?10:10 Why Nate started content15:07 Can anyone make a chess course?20:43 How Nate advertised25:41 Types of chess content28:11 Niche vs broad35:54 Nate's ideal audience39:27 Nate's paid community44: