#23 - Cheating, Chess Boxing, FressDrama & Podcast Drama

The fourteenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubThe heatwave is not yet cooking our chickens.The Champions Chess Tour finished this week. Although the youngsters like Xiong, Erigaisi and Sevian put in strong performances, Levon Aronian won the final in style.Olympiad talk this week involves a famous cheating scandal that may or not have involved the French team.The Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb is up next, with Magnus Carlsen playing and Jan talking about it. He'll be joined by 1 Lawrence and 1 Laurent (no Peters).Biel continues with Gukesh becoming the 3rd or 4th (who knows?) youngest 2700 player.Dortmund also began this week and Jan is not happy with it!The chicken's pre-tournament predictions came under fire from Hikaru Nakamura - will they hit back?!Lots of FIDE talk.Questions from you people were answered!Finally, Chickens of the Week broke a new record, so the episode kind of ended on a high. See you next week!

20 Juli 20221h 22min

The thirteenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubThis week Laurent has had some adventures in the Bundesliga while Jan recovers from a rare and unknown illness. Peter has Big Luggage News.Magnus Carlsen has been playing poker in Las Vegas and he may not be ready for a career switch (yet!).The Leon Masters was a rematch of the 2012 WC match between Anand & Gelfand.In FIDE news, Peter joined a debate with Baryshpolets, Dvorkovich & Kouatly. Sadly, it wasn't recorded, so we don't know who won.This week's Chickens of the Week were an old favourite, a debate-dodger and a chicken!0:00 Intro & catch up05:42 Bundesliga18:13 Magnus match talk23:42 Magnus's poker adventures28:27 Leon Masters35:30 Champions Chess Tour38:35 Olympiad45:15 FIDE section1:02:00 Lauren's food preferences1:06:45 Chickens of the Week

13 Juli 20221h 14min

The twelfth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubThe Candidates is over so we have a new Challenger! And he's just as good as the old one! Ian Nepomniachtchi is the man, but will Magnus Carlsen defend his crown?All of the Candidate's performances are discussed, along with the revelation that Alireza Firouzja has been working with a former World Champion...Magnus Carlsen headed to Madrid to play some park blitz where he was joined by Judit Polgar & Anish Giri - they even played a local club blitz tournament!Vladimir Kramnik ran into some clock problems on chess.com and had things to say.Exciting news in the FIDE section this week as the Baryshpolets/Nielsen campaign announces their new website. It's so good it even impressed Laurent!As always, we end with Chickens of the Week.

6 Juli 20221h 19min

The eleventh episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubThe FIDE Candidates rumbles on and after 9 rounds, Ian Nepomniachtchi is the man to beat. He's a full point ahead of Fabiano Caruana with Ding Liren & Hikaru Nakamura trailing on 50%.There's a lot to discuss at the Candidates from Nepo's impressive performance to Rapport's risk-taking."What are you going to fix in FIDE this week, Peter?" continues to provide few answers on what Peter will fix. This week Emil Sutovsky was challenged to a debate and there will now be an epic battle to find a suitable date. Nigel Short has resigned as VP of FIDE and has gone to war with (one of) the US Virgin Islands Federation.Dvorkovich has a new website and was recently interviewed for chess24 but have we learned anything new?We end on Chickens of the Week, with a special birthday chicken!

29 Juni 20221h 33min

The tenth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubLaurent is back from his triumphant French teams victory, Peter is back from his triumphant teaching sessions (despite luggage issues) and Jan continues his triumphant Candidates commentary.At the time of recording, 3 rounds of the Candidates have been played. Fabiano Caruana & Ian Nepomniatchtchi are the early leaders."What are you going to fix in FIDE this week, Peter?" gets heated this week - Jan demands a more positive campaign.There are 3 questions this week but Laurent refuses to answer one of them.There are only 2 Chickens of the Week because Peter disconnected from the call and nobody was interested in waiting. See you next week!

22 Juni 20221h 22min

The ninth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubJan & Peter are back from witnessing Magnus Carlsen's Norway victory. Anand's impressive performance is discussed.Peter is now in Charlotte teaching the next generations of American stars.Laurent is busy at the French League and proudly displays his chicken credentials.The kids are doing okay in Prague with Neimann, Abdusattorov and Keymer leading the Challengers.Our new segment is "What are you going to fix in FIDE this week, Peter". Don't worry, the content is remarkably similar to a previous popular segmentThe FIDE campaigns are discussed and questions are asked about whether FIDE politicians can use FIDE funds for campaigning.We end with everyone's favourite segment - Chickens of the Week!

17 Juni 20221h 10min

The FIDE Candidates will take place in Madrid (16th June-7th July) and the winner will have the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen to a match for the world title - if he chooses to defend it.Our chickens will be ranking the players based on their Current form, Motivation, Chances to win, Chances for Magnus to play, and our two specialist subjects - Chickenness and Openings.The players are: Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniatchtchi, Richard Rapport, Hikaru Nakamura, Jan-Krzysztof & Teimour Radjabov.Keep up with all chicken-related news: https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclub

12 Juni 20221h 38min

The eighth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubJan & Peter are still in Norway and very impressed by Vishy Anand's form.Jan's is a social butterfly and spends his time fluttering between the Carlsen, Giri, Topalov & Anand camps.Olympiad-talk this week discusses the lack of top teams - will it be a walkover for the Americans?What's Wrong With FIDE This Week, Peter? continues to be a tool for promoting Peter's political ambitions.Finally, we have 4 very interesting questions including the origin story of Chicken Chess Club membership.Also there are Chickens of the Week, of course.

8 Juni 20221h 16min