EP 498- IM David Vigorito on How to Improve as an Adult & Build a Better Opening Repertoire

Podcast: Perpetual Chess Podcast · Ben Johnson

Opublikowano: 2026-09-08

IM David Vigorito is a three-time state champion, renowned opening theoretician and trainer, and the author of many highly regarded books and Chessable courses. His latest course, 1. e4: The Gold Standard, offers an ambitious, principled repertoire against all of Black’s major responses. In our conversation, we discuss: How David’s process for researching openings has changed as engines have grown increasingly powerful. What adult improvers can learn from David’s own unusual chess journey and the huge rating gains he made in his late teens, 20s, and 30s. Why players should...