This film or show by Yasser Seirawan came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Maurice Ashley. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Grandmaster Maurice Ashley — The Path and Strategies of World-Class Mastery | The Tim Ferriss Show
“my friend Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan did a great series called the winning chess series. Winning chess strategies, winning chess tactics. Really lucidly explained, simple language.”— Maurice Ashley
The guest here is Maurice Ashley: Maurice Ashley is the first African-American International Grandmaster in chess history, a three-time national-championship coach, author, ESPN commentator, and speaker. Born in Jamaica and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, he was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2016. Grandmaster Maurice Ashley traces his path from Brooklyn chess hustles to history-making mastery, plus lessons on focus, teaching, and lifelong reinvention.
