Podcasts about topalov

Cada xoves abrimos unha fiestra para visibilizar proxectos relacionados coa igualdade. Hoxe falamos con Kim Llobet sobre a figura de Judit Polgár, Mestra do xadréz. "Judit Polgár bateu o récord de Bobby Fischer converténdose en Gran Mestra aos 15 anos". "En 2005 conseguiu situarse no posto número 8 da lista absoluta, completamente dominada por homes". "Gañou a cada un deles en todas as modalidades de partida, tanto rápidas como lentas. Spassky, Karpov, Kasparov, Topalov, Anand, Fishcher, Carlsen..". Judit Polgár bateu o récord de Bobby Fischer converténdose en Gran Mestra aos 15 anos. Despois de renunciar aos campionatos femininos, converteuse en integrante do equipo da selección olímpica de xadrez masculina do seu país durante oito edicións. Desde 1989 ata a súa retirada das competicións en 2014 mantívose como número 1 na lista de mellores mulleres xadrecistas do mundo, e en 2005 conseguiu situarse no posto número 8 da lista absoluta, completamente dominada por homes. Ao longo de toda a súa traxectoria como xadrecista e posto que as súas habilidades estaban ao nivel da elite deportiva, a moza tivo a oportunidade de medirse ás figuras máis reputadas da historia. E de feito gañou a cada un deles en todas as modalidades de partida, tanto rápidas como lentas. Spassky, Karpov, Kasparov, Topalov, Anand, Fishcher, Carlsen... ningún librouse da excepcional xenialidade de Polgár. Máis Información da ASOCIACIÓN DE IGUALDADE E MULLERES DA ESTRADA: ✔️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057569194703 ️ "SUSCRÍBETE" ao podcast MÁIS ENTREVISTAS: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-salta-da-cama_sq_f1323089_1.html Máis Información e outros contidos: ✔️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PabloChichas ✔️Twitter: https://twitter.com/pablochichas ✔️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pablochichas/ ✔️Clubhouse: @pablochichas ✔️Twich: https://www.twitch.tv/pablochichas

En el capítulo de hoy revisamos la trayectoria del búlgaro Veselin Topalov, conocido como el D'Artagnan del ajedrez, por su estilo audaz en el tablero. Topalov se proclamó campeón del mundo en Potrero de los Funes, Argentina, en el año 2005. Poco después, se midió al ruso Vladimir Krámnik, en Elistá, Rusia, un duelo que pasó a la historia por el caso ‘Toiletgate', el caso de los retretes. Durante el campeonato, Krámnik visitaba una y otra vez el cuarto de baño que había en su sala de descanso. El equipo de Topalov, ante este comportamiento, acusó a Krámnik de estar recibiendo ayuda exterior. Contamos algunas claves de esta historia con los testimonios directos de Topalov. Ya en la sección ‘Enroque corto' hablamos con David Martínez, El Divis, de la polémica vivida en el ‘Clash of Claims', el enfrentamiento que se ha celebrado estos días en Madrid entre Krámnik y el gran maestro peruano (ahora bajo bandera mexicana) José Martínez. No se pierdan esta jugosa conversación. En ‘Jaque, captura, amenaza' el maestro Luisón nos habla sobre la importancia del peón de dama aislado. Y en ‘La gran diagonal' recibimos el saludo exclusivo de José Martínez.

El programa nº 10 de JAQUEa2 lo hacemos del revés, desde el final a la apertura, como si oyéramos un vinilo en busca de un mensaje oculto. Arrancamos, por tanto, a lo grande, con el saludo y la pregunta del campeón del mundo Vesélin Topalov. Pasaremos, cómo no, a los consejos de Luis Fernández Siles, Luisón, y hablaremos con la valenciana Marta García, una de las jugadoras más en forma del circuito internacional. En la sección ‘Cuentos, jaques y leyendas', repasaremos la asombrosa aventura de Savielly Tartakower, ajedrecista, escritor y poeta que tuvo cuatro nacionalidades, combatió en las dos guerras mundiales y, quién sabe, pudo ser un espía a las órdenes del general Charles De Gaulle.

Uno de los datos menos conocidos de Samid: su gran habilidad para el ajedrez. A lo largo de su vida ha jugado contra tres de campeones mundiales Kasparov, Karpov y Topalov.Un podcast de Sinay Hermanos producido por El Extraordinario.Conducción: Luquitas Rodríguez.Si te gustó hace click en SEGUIR para enterarte de nuevos episodiosEncontranos en @sinayhermanos y @elextraordinario.wtf

Dito rompe el silencio sobre el escandalo y debate que divide al mundo entero: las trampas en el milenario juego del ajedrez. Recorriendo el escándalo del mundial 2006 entre Topalov y Kramnik hasta el actual escándalo entre Magnus Carlsen y Hans Nieemann.

The eighth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen. https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclub Jan & 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.

This week's guest on Perpetual Chess is 2 time British champion, and award winning author, GM Matthew Sadler.  Matthew has been one of Great Britain's top players for decades and is currently ranked #41 in the world. He has impressively managed to maintain his form well into his 40s while working outside of chess. Matthew has also made quite a mark as an author. His books,Gamechanger and the adult improver focused, Chess for Life, both co-authored with WIM Natasha Regan, are both favorites of this podcast. You can hear us discuss these books in Episode 112. In Matthew's new book, The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement, Matthew goes beyond just Alphazero and extracts lessons for humans from many of the other modern chess super engines. He is also the regular book reviewer for NIC magazine, and did game recaps of the 2021 FIDE World Championship with none other than GM Garry Kasparov! I am happy to report that Matthew was very generous with his time, so we managed to cover all of these areas of chess interest in our conversation. Timestamps and relevant links are below.  0:00- As a full time IT professional, author, New in Chess book reviewer, content creator and top player, how on earth does Matthew get so many things done?  04:45- What are some of Matthew's favorite recent chess books? Mentioned: Winning by GM Nigel Short , The Creative Power of Boguljubov, The Unstoppable American  10:00- What did Matthew observe from Magnus' play in the World Championship.  Mentioned: Silicon Road to Chess Improvement YouTube Channel, Chessbase India video with GM Peter Heine Nielsen, More Info on the TCEC- Top Engine Chess Championship, Games from the match here  24:00- What can club players learn from super engines?  Mentioned: Small Steps to Giant Improvement 31:00- Does Matthew see an engine footprint in GM Alireza Firouzja's play? Mentioned: Erdos-Firouzja 2021, Acquisition of Chess Knowledge in Alpha Zero  36:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Did Alphazero's opening acquisition trace the path of the evolution of chess?” 38:00- There are always great new courses from Chessable including FM Kamil Plichta's Lifetime Repertoires: Accelerated Dragon. Check out what else is new here: https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/ 40:00- Why does it seem like the numerical evaluations of engines are getting more extreme, i.e. “+5 in an even position?”  45:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Do engines still threaten to end competitive chess"?” Mentioned: GM Pia Cramling, GM Juan Bellon, GM Robin van Kampen  50:00- What are Matthew's thoughts on Magnus' recent mention of potentially dropping out of the World Championship cycle?   55:00- Perpetual Chess is also brought to you in part by AImchess.com. Check out the site, and if you decide to subscribe use the code Perpetual30 to save 30%.  57:00- Patreon mailbag question “If chess is fundamentally a draw, why do top engines still sometimes beat each other?  1:00:00- Patreon mailbag question; “Will engine play become more “human” in the future?' Plus, Matthew on Magnus' uncanny ability to play mistake-free chess.   Mentioned: Maia bots on Lichess, Topalov interview with Chess24 1:09:00- Matthew describes the experience of working with Kasparov on World Championship recap videos 1:15:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Does correspondence chess have a future given the preponderance of draws?'  1:22:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Are there engines that are more instructive about how to convert advantages in a “human” way that avoids complications?”  1:28:00- Patreon mailbag question: What chess improvement and maintenance tips can Matthew share for other adults? 1:38:00- Patreon mailbag question: Why does The Carlsbad structure fascinate Matthew so much?” 1:41:00- Thanks so much to Matthew for being so generous with his time. Here are the links to keep up with his content.  Twitter Silicon Road to Chess Improvement YouTube Channel Buy the Book here Or The E Book from New in Chess here  Chess for Life Gamechanger  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Veselin Topalov es un Gran Maestro de ajedrez búlgaro, que fue campeón mundial en 2005. Reside desde 1998 en Salamanca y ha tenido un creciente interés por las diversas formas de invertir. Tras explicar en la primera parte su trayectoria profesional en el mundo del ajedrez, en esta segunda parte de la conversación nos centramos en su experiencia y aprendizajes en el mundo de las inversiones. Un deportista de élite debe planificar bien su futuro porque sabe que los años de mayores ingresos se producen en una etapa temprana de su vida.En el podcast comentamos, entre otros, estos temas: La difícil economía en Bulgaria en los años 90, con hiperinflación en los años 1996-97. Por qué no le gusta el trading y sí invertir en empresas cotizadas Por qué no quiere tener ninguna deuda ni bonos Opinión sobre la estrategia de indexación global Cartera de inversiones actual Cómo selecciona las empresas cotizadas en las que invierte Qué aprendizajes del ajedrez cree que aplican a las inversiones Sesgos de los inversores Futuro del ajedrez Si te gusta jugar al ajedrez puedes apuntarte al equipo de "Finanzas y Ajedrez" que tenemos en Lichess.org para jugar torneos online (Veselin me ha prometido que participará en alguno de incógnito).Más info con enlaces a los contenidos comentados en el post de mi blog:https://www.rankia.com/blog/such/5053954-inversiones-ajedrez-veselin-topalov-2-parte-episodio-46-podcast-juan-such

Veselin Topalov es un Gran Maestro búlgaro que fue campeón mundial de ajedrez en el año 2005. En 1989, con sólo 13 años, ya se proclamó campeón mundial sub 14. En 1992, obtuvo el título de gran maestro viajando por torneos celebrados en España.Su segunda posición en el torneo de Linares 2005, empatado a puntos con el ganador Kaspárov, a quien derrotó en la última partida oficial que jugaría el legendario jugador ruso ya mostraban que se trataba de uno de los jugadores más fuertes del mundo. Esto lo ratificó consiguiendo el título de Campeón mundial de la Federación Internacional de Ajedrez (FIDE), en el torneo de San Luis, Argentina, en octubre de 2005.Topalov puso en juego su título en 2006 en un encuentro ante Krámnik perdiendo el título en la última partida rápida de desempate en una contienda marcada por la controversia. Posteriormente ha seguido en la élite mundial hasta la actualidad, consiguiendo estar en algunos periodos el primero del ranking mundial por puntos ELO. En 2010, por ejemplo, Topalov ganó el último Torneo de Linares (considerado en su momento el Wimbledon del ajedrez). Ese mismo año disputó de nuevo el título mundial de ajedrez perdiendo por la mínima ante Anand. Reside en Salamanca desde 1998 y se empezó a interesar seriamente por el mundo de las inversiones hace una década, realizando abundantes lecturas. Siendo un deportista de élite la planificación financiera resulta fundamental y en esta apasionante conversación nos cuenta, especialmente en la segunda parte, todos los aprendizajes obtenidos en este caso, así como las posibles lecciones que se pueden obtener del ajedrez que son aplicables a las decisiones de inversión.Esta conversación la he dividido en dos partes, dada su extensión. La primera está más centrada en el ajedrez y la segunda en las finanzas, aunque en ambas se establecen paralelismos entre ambos campos.En el podcast comentamos, entre otros, estos temas: Trayectoria profesional en su juventud hasta llegar a ser campeón del mundo sub14 y subcampeón sub 16, explicando lo que era vivir en la Bulgaria de antes de la caída del muro de Berlín. Su viaje a España en 1992 para disputar muchos torneos que le llevó a obtener el título de Gran Maestro ese año con 17 años. La influencia de los programas informáticos en el ajedrez desde la derrota de Kasparov ante Deep Blue en 1997. Su disputa del campeonato mundial en los años 2005 - 2010. Aprendizajes en el mundo del ajedrez profesional. Más info con enlaces a los contenidos comentados en mi Blog en Rankia:https://www.rankia.com/blog/such/5047052-veselin-topalov-excampeon-mundial-ajedrez-1-parte-episodio-45-podcast-juan-such

When a kid is asked, what do you want to be when you grow up? Vishwanathan Anand said, "I want to be a world champion." It may have seemed out of reach to many. After all, there was no grandmaster in Chess for India until 18-year-old Vishwanathan "Vishy" Anand took up that challenge. He is a five-time world chess champion. In April 2006, Anand became the fourth player in history to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE rating list, after Kramnik, Topalov, and Garry Kasparov. He occupied the number one position for 21 months, the sixth-longest period on record. In this episode, I speak to Vishy Anand on his view of the movie The Queen Gambit, on his love for languages (He is fluent in German and Spanish). Anand was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92, India's highest sporting honour. In 2007, he was awarded India's second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, making him the first sportsperson to receive the award.

Rook polynomials, mathematicians in burning hotel rooms, chess problem formulas, and the age old question: are chess and math related? If so, how? Chess Underground attempts to answer that and more in the July installment, featuring Dr. Jason Juett, professor of Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin. Oh yeah… and a bit about a blindfold match with Topalov, too!  

This week on Perpetual Chess, we break from format a bit, as 5 time Danish Champion and world-class chess trainer, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, takes us behind the scenes of the night before a decisive game in a World Championship Match. The Match in question, was the 2010 World Championship between GM Viswanathan Anand and GM Veselin Topalov in Sofia, Bulgaria. The game was game 12, the final game of the “classical portion” of the match, with Peter Heine Nielsen and his fellow “ Team Anand” members, preparing Vishy to take the Black pieces against GM Topalov in a tied match with the World Championship and a $1.2 million Euro prize for the winner. How is it decided which opening will be played? How is work delegated among the team members? Why did 2 former World Champions and other chess heavyweights also pitch in to help with preparation this night? How did it feel when GM Anand won the game? GM Peter Heine Nielsen answers all of these questions and many more in a very fun and detailed conversation about a landmark game in modern chess history. You might want to play through the game in question before you listen, then sit back and enjoy the interview. More notes, timestamps and details can be found below.  0:00- We begin by discussing a bit of background about the match, with discussion of other relevant background information, and of how GM Anand and his team felt as they were going into the deciding game of the match.    Mentioned:  Team Anand Members: GM Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov, GM Radoslav Wojtazek, and GM Surya Ganguly, Mind Master by GM Viswanathan Anand, 2008 FIDE Anand-Kramnik World Chess Championship in Bonn, Germany  For more background on this match, you can listen to the following  Perpetual Chess Interviews with: FM Michiel Abeln, GM Vishy Anand, GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov 10:00- What factored into GM Anand’s decision to surprise Topalov with the Queen’s Gambit Declined in Game 12?     21:30- Friend and supporter of the podcast, IM Kåre Kristensen, writes in to ask about the role that the “supercomputer” played in the match. It was rumored, though not confirmed, that Team Topalov was accessing a turbo charged chess engine to help with preparation. Mentioned:  Rybka Chess Engine   24:30-  None other than World Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen has a free lesson available on Chessable.com, called “The Magnus Touch.” To check it out, go here:  https://www.chessable.com/the-magnus-touch-free-strategy-lesson/course/40115/   25:00- Once the opening for the Game 12 was chosen how was work delegated among the Team Anand members? How did former World Champion Kramnik end up voluntarily helping Team Anand, what about GM Kasparov?  Mentioned: Lasker Variation of Queen’s Gambit Declined, The Catalan, 2006 Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match, aka Toilet Gate , GM Gata Kamsky, GM Magnus Carlsen, Topalov’s Manager Silvio Danailov, GM Anatoly Karpov, GM Boris Gelfand, “Elista Ending” of the Slav, as seen in Game 3 of the 2012 Match   40:45- Peter delves into the nature of the help given to Team Anand by then 19 year old GM Magnus Carlsen, and the unsung hero for prepping that night, British GM Luke McShane.    Mentioned: GM Elizbar Ubilava, The “problem” line that Peter mentions and that Luke McShane solved, can be seen in Peter Heine Nielsen’s  tweet here.    58:30- After all of this stressful prep, what did Peter and the other seconds do once Game 12 actually started?    Mentioned: GM Anish Giri’s annotations can be seen here: https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=ZwNTGxiK5g4jm8Ba5hiyjQg4B+imvQdy6OM469Al0wHO6syTLjEAW3HQ0haiyTYd   1:15:30- Thanks so much to GM Peter Heine Nielsen for regaling us with his experiences. You can follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/PHChess    If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can so here: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/donate

GM Ivan Cheparinov is a very active player whose name can regularly be found amongst the top 50 players in the world,. He attained a peak rating of 2718, and has won or tied for first place in many tournaments, including the 2007 European Individual Championships, the 2014 Gibraltar Chess Festival, and the 2009 and 2010 Ruy Lopez Masters.   He has just released his first book, with Thinker's Publishing, called Cheparinov's 1. d4. As we discuss, this is to be the first of a multi-volume project, and offers some fighting lines to play against the Grunfeld and King’s Indian defenses.  Last but not least, Ivan was former FIDE World Champion, GM Veselin Topalov's second for 7 years, and had some great stories to tell from those times. He also dispensed a few important recommendations about the importance of visualization training and fitness for chess players. Please read on for more info and timestamps.  If you aren't seeing embedded hyperlinks on your podcast feed,you can find them here: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2020/1/28/episode-162-gm-ivan-cheparinov 2:30- Ivan joined me days before jetting off to the Gibraltor Chess Festival. At the beginning we discussed how he prepares before a big event such as this.  Mentioned: WGM Antoaneta Stefanova (his wife) 4:15- We dive into his book, Cheparinov’s d4, which is available from Thinker’s Publishing (Thinker’s website includes a free preview),  and is also now available on Forward Chess.  Mentioned: Grandmaster Repertoire 1.d4 by GM Boris Avrukh, GM Veselin Topalov, GM Jan Gustafsson’s Lifetime Repertoire, GM Ding Liren, GM Vishy Anand, GM Wesley So, GM Gawain Jones, GM Bassem Amin  18:50-A Patreon supporter of the podcast asks for a less common opening recommendation to use in play against 1. D4 for club players.  Mentioned: The Benoni, The Benko, The King’s Indian, The Grunfeld Opening, Nimzo-Indian, The Slav  21:30 Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable. If you are a club-level player who would like to improve her visualization skills, check out this cool course called Visualize: https://www.chessable.com/visualise-1/course/25695/ 22:30- GM Cheparinov worked with GM Veselin Topalov for 7 years. He shares some stories and reflections from that period.  Mentioned: Topalov-Kasparov 2005 (Kasparov’s last game) , Topalov-Kramnik 2008, GM Jan Smeets  31:00- With the recent publication of the books The Anand Files and Mind Master, a lot of information has been shared about the 2010 Anand-Topalov World Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria, so I was excited to ask GM Cheparinov (a team Topalov member) about some of the details.  Mentioned: GM Erwin L’Ami , Topalov-Anand World Championship Game 12, GM Vladimir Kramnik  42:00- Both GM Viswanathan Anand and Anand Files author, Michiel Abeln, wrote about Anand’s team’s  fears that team Topalov had a “super computer” at their disposal in 2010 to help with World Championship preparation- Was this true?  Mentioned: Silvio Danailov, Rybka Chess Engine, GM Romain Eduoard, Thinker’s Publishing  47:00- What are GM Chepariniv’s current study methods? What did he do as a rising scholastic player?  Mentioned: GM Vassily Ivanchuk, GM Boris Gelfand, Csaba Balogh’s Chess Books, Perfect Your Chess  59:00- Thanks to GM Cheparinov for joining the show. You can keep up with him via Facebook. Watch his last few rounds of the Gibraltor Chess Festival here.  If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/donate    

This week features another return guest, as John Hartmann joins me from the US Chess Championships in St. Louis. As listeners who heard  our popular first interview will recall, John is the book reviewer for Chess Life Magazine, but they may not know that he was also recently named digital editor for Chess Life Online. Some of the highlights of this conversation include:  a discussion of the 2019 US Championship, a rundown of some recent standout chess books, details on John’s new job, and his reflections on how to find work in the chess world. For timestamps, links and more details, please continue reading: 0:00- Intro and John’s report from the US championship in St. Louis. He recorded the first half of this interview at the St Louis Chess Club following the first half of the tournament’s completion. The games we referenced were Xiong-Shankland, as annotated by IM Kostya Kavutskiy at US Chess online here. The Sevian-Garyev swindle we reference can be found here. 11:00- What are John’s duties in his new gig as digital editor of US Chess? As John tells, the planned schedule for US Chess podcasts will be: Cover Stories with Chess Life, hosted by Dan Lucas (1st Tuesday of each month) One Move at a Time, hosted by Dan Lucas  (2nd Tuesday of each month) Ladies Knight hosted by Jenn Shahade  (3rd Tuesday of each month) Chess Underground with Pete Karagianis  (4th Tuesday of each month, coming soon) You can keep with all of US Chess’ podcasts here. 18:00- John’s first Perpetual Chess appearance can be heard here. (If you haven’t heard that one yet, you are in for a lot of great background and book recommendations. :) In this segment, John discusses some of his favorite newer chess books, including Game Changer (John’s review here), Better Thinking, Better Chess and Understanding Minor Piece Endings. As John mentions the analysis from the Karsten Müller & Yakov Konoval book can be downloaded here, courtesy of Russell Enterprise. 25:20- Our discussion of chess books and Alphazero segues into the topic of Leela, the open-sourced neural network chess engine, which has quickly become a world class chess engine. 33:00- We discuss John’s excellent nascent Youtube series, First Look Chess, which gets into the nuts and bolts of how to use Chessbase. 37:00- What is the state of John’s own chess game, what tournaments does he plan to play?   39:30- Back to books! What did John like about Joel Benjamin’s latest book? Other books that John mentions enjoying include My Magical Years with Topalov by Romain Eduoard, Gata Kamsky: Chess Gamer by Gata Kamsky, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson. Chess Coaching for Kids.  The Longest Game by Jan Timman, and  Practical Chess Beauty by Yochanan Afek. He also gives a glowing review of the book, Andy Soltis teased on Perpetual Chess, Tal-Petrosian-Spassky-Korchnoi, a Chess Multibiography with 207 games. 53:00- Why should we watch the Chess24 series,  “Inside the 2018 World Championship Match”? 57:00- What advice would John would give to someone who wants to write about chess or work in the chess world? John felt this was an important topic to get right, so we re-recorded this part of the conversation. This also includes a discussion of how John deals with negative feedback on his reviews. His reviews have ruffled some feathers even when they aren’t uniformly negative. The books mentioned include The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess: From Club Player to Master by Mikahil Shereshevsky, Active Pieces: Practical Advice from America's Most Relentless Tournament Player  by Jay Bonin, and Applying Logic in Chess by Eric Kislik. Read John's reviews of the three books here (Bonin), here (Shereshevsky) and here (Kislik). The game John mentions from the 2019 US Women’s Championship is Foisor-Krush, available here. 1:28- Goodbye! Here is how you can keep up with John Hartmann: Chess Life Online Twitter YouTube Channel John’s Book Review Archive Email If you would like to help support the podcast, and you can so here.

28 year old Grandmaster Romain Edouard has been a top 50 chess player in the world, with a peak rating over 2700, but in recent years, he has been quite busy with other chess related work. He is the author of the highly regarded, Chess Calculation series, and this year, has published,  My Magical Years with Topalov.a book about his time working as the second to one of the strongest players in the world. GM Edouard is also the Editor-in-Chief at Thinker’s Publishing, the publisher of his acclaimed works. For more detail about all that we discussed, plus recommendations and contact information, please read on:   0:00- Intro and discussion of GM Edouard’s new book, My Magical Years with Topalov. This book annotates games and shares stories and reflections from GM Edouard’s time working as a second to GM Veselin Topalov, between the years of 2010-2014. Romain shares how the relationship began and how it evolved in the ensuing years. 17:00- What differentiates GM Topalov’s chess style from other top-level players? 20:00- Romain discusses his most recent chess tournament. He recently played in the super strong 2019 Gibraltar International, and finished with 7 points, as part of a big tie for 6th-22nd place. 25:30- GM Edouard retells how he became the Editor-in-Chief with Thinker’s Publishing, and what that works entails. The two new books that we mention are: Gata Kamsky - Chess Gamer, Volume 1: The Awakening 1989-1996, and Michal Krasenkow - Learn from Michal Krasenkow 32:00- Romain’s gives his chess improvement advice for those with a limited amount of time. 1) Play lots of games 2) Find openings you like and know well   3) Learn Endgames from Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual 4) Practice Calculation 37:30- Discussion of the London Lions of the Pro Chess League, who have had a disappointing season, but just had a strong showing in defeating the Montreal Chessbrahs. 39:00- Discussion of GM Edouard’s favorite game of his own (Edouard-Tkachiev 2010) , as well as his favorite game of all time (Kasparov-Topalov 1999) 43:30- Goodbye and contact info, you can follow Thinkers Publishing on Facebook and their website, and GM Edouard on Facebook and Twitter.

Ремикс совместно с DJ Nejtrino для нового сингла Влада Топалова.

Ремикс совместно с DJ Nejtrino для нового сингла Влада Топалова.

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