Ep154 - Vidit Gujrathi | Chess Grandmaster

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We hear from Magnus Carlsen, who in 2014, became the first player ever to win all three world chess titles in one year, achieving the highest official rating of any player in history.Woman grandmaster, three times British champion and chess historian, Yao Lan is our guest. She ta ...  Show more

What happens when a chess grandmaster makes the biggest move of his life—and it’s not on the board? 🤯 Vidit Gujrathi, India’s 30th Grandmaster, has checkmated every opponent, but has someone finally checkmated him? Born in Nashik, to doctor parents, Vidit’s chess journey began a ...  Show more

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's experience training with Kasparov. I asked him to handicap Kasparov's chances ...  Show more

This week we are joined by a legend of Norwegian Chess, GM Simen Agdestein. Simen was the first Norwegian Grandmaster, a childhood trainer of Magnus Carlsen, and is a nine-time champion of Norway, who holds the record of being both the country’s youngest and oldest national champ ...  Show more