EP.67 - Grandmaster Vidit Gujarathi

EP.67 - Grandmaster Vidit Gujarathi

This week it is my honor to talk with India's 3rd highest rated player, twenty-three-year-old rising star, GM Vidit Gujrathi. Gujrathi is at the forefront of India's torrent of chess talent, and is coming off a year in which his rating increased significantly. His recent highlights include a comfortable victory in the prestigious Tata Steel Masters' section and a feisty draw with Black vs. Magnus Carlsen at the Isle of Man tournament. In our conversation, we discuss those events, as well as the plans Vidit is making to try to ascend to another rung on the Fide top 100 ladder. We also discuss: How Vidit has worked to overcome slumps His thoughts on the World Championship How he rates India's chances in the 2018 Chess Olympiad. Whether GM Anish Giri gave him any twitter lessons when he worked as Anish's second. Thanks to Vidit for joining me, you can track his progress on his Facebook page. To support Perpetual Chess, go here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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 Juli 201732min

EP.32 - Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura

EP.32 - Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura

Perennial top 10 Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was kind enough to join Perpetual Chess for an expansive interview. We talked about Garry Kasparov's upcoming return to competitive chess and about Hikaru'...

18 Juli 20171h 36min

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