EP.73 - Fide Master Sunil Weeramantry

EP.73 - Fide Master Sunil Weeramantry

Today's guest on Perpetual Chess is renowned chess teacher and author, FM Sunil Weerumantry. Sunil has been teaching chess in the New York area for more than 30 years and has coached more national scholastic champions than one can count. He is also the step dad of GM Hikaru Nakamura and his brother Asuka, who also broke many US Scholastic records as a child. Sunil and I discussed: The great new book he co-authored with Alan Abrams and Robert McClellan called Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History. I highly recommend this book for chess teachers and chess history buffs. Sunil's story of growing up in Sri Lanka, making his way to New York, and becoming a chess teacher. What does one need to be "talented at chess"? Did he notice it in Hikaru and Asuka? Stories from travels with Hikaru and meeting chess legends Thanks to Sunil for joining me. You can order his book here. To support the podcast, go here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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EP.40 - Grandmaster Robert Hess

EP.40 - Grandmaster Robert Hess

GM Robert Hess is this week's guest on Perpetual Chess. Young GM Hess already has loads of experience as a chess competitor, announcer, and coach. (He coached some of the most talented youth for the U...

19 Sep 20171h 18min

EP.39 - Coach Jay Stallings

EP.39 - Coach Jay Stallings

"Coach Jay" Stallings has taught over 35,000 students to play chess over the past 23 years. Jay takes us back to the beginning (1994) when you counted full-time chess coaches nationwide on your finger...

12 Sep 20171h 21min

EP.38 - Grandmaster Danny Gormally

EP.38 - Grandmaster Danny Gormally

GM Danny Gormally joined me to recap his experience at the recent British Chess Championships. In addition to discussing his near-miss there, Danny also reveals which GMs could be found at the pub aft...

5 Sep 20171h 31min

EP.37 - Fide Master Alisa Melekhina

EP.37 - Fide Master Alisa Melekhina

Alisa Melekhina is a practicing lawyer who has managed somehow to write a book while working long hours at a major law firm. We talk about her book, Reality Check, which details the parallels between ...

29 Aug 20171h 8min

EP.36 - IM Eric Rosen

EP.36 - IM Eric Rosen

This week IM Eric Rosen joined me to give a report from the 2017 Sinquefield Cup, where he has been doing some reporting. I also asked him to recap his epic Summer Chess Europe trip. We also talked ab...

15 Aug 20171h 14min

EP.35 - Writer Sean Williams

EP.35 - Writer Sean Williams

On the heels of his terrific profile of GM Levon Aronian in the New Yorker, freelance writer Sean Williams joined me from Berlin to talk more about his subject. I was interested in hearing how this pr...

8 Aug 201738min

EP.34 - Woman International Master Fiona Steil-Antoni

EP.34 - Woman International Master Fiona Steil-Antoni

I caught WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni just before she hopped onto her next plane for a chess tournament in Sicily. We discussed the production of Fiona's excellent travel/chess vlogs, and she shared insight...

1 Aug 201752min

EP.33 - Rex Sinquefield

EP.33 - Rex Sinquefield

The founder of the St. Louis Chess Club, Rex Sinquefield is my guest this week. We have a timely conversation about the upcoming Sinquefield Cup, and about how Garry Kasparov's return to competitive c...

25 Jul 201732min

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