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    <description>Fresh takes for adult chess improvers.</description>
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      <title>Community pulse: what r/chess is debating this week</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:31:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The arguments, consensus shifts, and quietly useful threads from the study plans community this week.</description>
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      <title>The endgames checklist: run this before you spend</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/endgames-pre-spend-checklist-6.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:44:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Seven questions that separate a justified endgames purchase from an expensive mood.</description>
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      <title>Five mistakes everyone makes in their first month of tactics</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/five-tactics-mistakes-6.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:50:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The most common early stumbles in tactics, and the cheap corrections that fix them for adult chess improvers.</description>
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      <title>&quot;adult chess improvement plan&quot; in practice: a real-world field test</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/adult-chess-improvement-plan-field-test-2.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:22:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>We put the most-repeated advice about adult chess improvement plan through a month of actual use. Some of it survived.</description>
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      <title>Ask the forge: your study plans questions, answered</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:14:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Straight answers to the study plans questions adult chess improvers keep asking, minus the hedging.</description>
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      <title>The quiet upgrade: small tweaks in endgames with outsized returns</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/quiet-upgrade-endgames-5.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>No purchases, no overhauls — the modest endgames adjustments that adult chess improvers report mattering most.</description>
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      <title>Myth vs. reality: adult chess improvement plan</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:37:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The persistent myths around adult chess improvement plan, stress-tested against what adult chess improvers actually report.</description>
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      <title>A weekend project: level up your openings in two hours</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/weekend-project-openings-5.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:35:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>One contained, satisfying openings project for adult chess improvers — start Saturday morning, done by lunch.</description>
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      <title>Community pulse: what r/TournamentChess is debating this week</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/community-pulse-tournamentchess-2.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:53:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The arguments, consensus shifts, and quietly useful threads from the study plans community this week.</description>
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      <title>The endgames checklist: run this before you spend</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/endgames-pre-spend-checklist-5.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Seven questions that separate a justified endgames purchase from an expensive mood.</description>
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      <title>Five mistakes everyone makes in their first month of tactics</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/five-tactics-mistakes-5.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:43:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The most common early stumbles in tactics, and the cheap corrections that fix them for adult chess improvers.</description>
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      <title>&quot;tactics training routine&quot; in practice: a real-world field test</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/tactics-training-routine-field-test-2.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:37:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>We put the most-repeated advice about tactics training routine through a month of actual use. Some of it survived.</description>
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      <title>Ask the forge: your study plans questions, answered</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/ask-the-forge-study-plans-5.html</link>
      <guid>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/ask-the-forge-study-plans-5.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:44:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Straight answers to the study plans questions adult chess improvers keep asking, minus the hedging.</description>
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      <title>The quiet upgrade: small tweaks in endgames with outsized returns</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/quiet-upgrade-endgames-4.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:14:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>No purchases, no overhauls — the modest endgames adjustments that adult chess improvers report mattering most.</description>
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      <title>Myth vs. reality: tactics training routine</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The persistent myths around tactics training routine, stress-tested against what adult chess improvers actually report.</description>
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      <title>A weekend project: level up your openings in two hours</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/weekend-project-openings-4.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:45:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>One contained, satisfying openings project for adult chess improvers — start Saturday morning, done by lunch.</description>
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      <title>Community pulse: what r/chessbeginners is debating this week</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/community-pulse-chessbeginners-2.html</link>
      <guid>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/community-pulse-chessbeginners-2.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The arguments, consensus shifts, and quietly useful threads from the study plans community this week.</description>
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      <title>The endgames checklist: run this before you spend</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/endgames-pre-spend-checklist-4.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:52:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Seven questions that separate a justified endgames purchase from an expensive mood.</description>
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      <title>Five mistakes everyone makes in their first month of tactics</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/five-tactics-mistakes-4.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:59:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The most common early stumbles in tactics, and the cheap corrections that fix them for adult chess improvers.</description>
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      <title>&quot;endgame fundamentals&quot; in practice: a real-world field test</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/endgame-fundamentals-field-test-2.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>We put the most-repeated advice about endgame fundamentals through a month of actual use. Some of it survived.</description>
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      <title>Ask the forge: your study plans questions, answered</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/ask-the-forge-study-plans-4.html</link>
      <guid>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/ask-the-forge-study-plans-4.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:39:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Straight answers to the study plans questions adult chess improvers keep asking, minus the hedging.</description>
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      <title>The quiet upgrade: small tweaks in endgames with outsized returns</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/quiet-upgrade-endgames-3.html</link>
      <guid>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/quiet-upgrade-endgames-3.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:37:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>No purchases, no overhauls — the modest endgames adjustments that adult chess improvers report mattering most.</description>
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      <title>Myth vs. reality: endgame fundamentals</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/myth-vs-reality-endgame-fundamentals.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:35:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The persistent myths around endgame fundamentals, stress-tested against what adult chess improvers actually report.</description>
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      <title>A weekend project: level up your openings in two hours</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/weekend-project-openings-3.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:52:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>One contained, satisfying openings project for adult chess improvers — start Saturday morning, done by lunch.</description>
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      <title>Community pulse: what r/chess is debating this week</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/community-pulse-chess.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:40:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The arguments, consensus shifts, and quietly useful threads from the study plans community this week.</description>
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      <title>The endgames checklist: run this before you spend</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/endgames-pre-spend-checklist-3.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Seven questions that separate a justified endgames purchase from an expensive mood.</description>
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      <title>Five mistakes everyone makes in their first month of tactics</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:38:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The most common early stumbles in tactics, and the cheap corrections that fix them for adult chess improvers.</description>
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      <title>&quot;adult chess improvement plan&quot; in practice: a real-world field test</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:42:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>We put the most-repeated advice about adult chess improvement plan through a month of actual use. Some of it survived.</description>
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      <title>Ask the forge: your study plans questions, answered</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/ask-the-forge-study-plans-3.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:11:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Straight answers to the study plans questions adult chess improvers keep asking, minus the hedging.</description>
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      <title>The quiet upgrade: small tweaks in endgames with outsized returns</title>
      <link>https://www.beyondmythos.com/sites/middlegame-memo-2/posts/quiet-upgrade-endgames-2.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:46:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>No purchases, no overhauls — the modest endgames adjustments that adult chess improvers report mattering most.</description>
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