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On this week\u2019s Perpetual Chess, the popular and sometimes entertaining GM Jan Gustafsson returns! Jan, of course, is a popular commentator, Twitch streamer, Chessable author, and renowned opening theoretician. His last visit to the podcast was a mere four months ago, but a lot has changed since then. GM D Gukesh has qualified for the World Championship match, and it has been revealed that Jan worked on GM Ian Nepomniatchtchi\u2019s team. In this interview, Jan reflects on these occurrences and describes what it was like to be in Toronto as a second for the FIDE Candidates. He also looks ahead to the Gukesh-Ding World Championship match, which will take place in November in Singapore. Jan also answers plenty of listener questions on a wide range of topics, including the upcoming Olympiads, the closing of Chess24, the status of the Chicken Chess Club Podcast, and, of course, the openings covered in his new Chessable course, GM Jan Gustafsson Aggressive 1. E4 part 2 (co-authored with CM Vjekoslav Nemec). We covered a ton of topics in this one, but as always, timestamps of topics discussed are below.\xa0\n\nThanks to our sponsors Chessable.com. They have tons of new offerings in addition to Jan\u2019s new course If you sign up for Chessable pro, please use the following link:\n\ufeffhttps://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro\n\n\n0:02- Banter- Bronny James! Should Jan become co-host of Perpetual Chess?\n\n0:05- Actual chess! Jan reflects on working on Ian Nepomniachtchi prep team, and shares his thoughts on the FIDE Candidates.\xa0\n\n0:14- Jan\u2019s World Championship Match thoughts\xa0\n\n\n20:00- How does Jan feel about #chesspunks?\n\n22:00- Donner\u2019s The King and other books\n\n25:00- Where did referring to the pawn formation \u201cthe bathtub\u201d come from?\nMentioned: More info on the bathtub here:\nhttps://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/which-of-these-4-are-the-bathtub-formation\n\n25:00- Will Jan do more banter blitz?\n\n27:00- What are best athlete chess players?\n\n29:00- Which below 2700 players have the most impressive opening knowledge?\nMentioned: GM Alexey Sarana\xa0\n\n32:00- Patreon mailbag questions: WHEN WILL THE CHICKEN CHESS CLUB COME BACK?\n\n34:00- Jan discusses a recent chess/poker event he participated in.\xa0\n\n37:00- Has Jan ever played 1. E4?\n\n39:00- How did Jan choose to cover the Advanced French, the Fantasy variation, and the Open Sicilian in his new Chessable course?\xa0\n\n44:00- Jan\u2019s top 5 variations of the Sicilian defense\n\n49:00- Are GMs using Jan\u2019s suggested moves from his Chessable courses?\n\n52:00- What are the goals for the German Olympiad team?\n\n54:00- What did Jan think of Germany\u2019s performance in the Euro cup?\n\n57:00- Why doesn\u2019t Germany have any elite chess players?\n\n59:00- Update on Jan\u2019s 1000 game match with his friend\xa0 Ettienne\n\n1:01:00- What is the origin story of Chess24?\n\n1:03:00- Jan\u2019s upcoming travels and chess plans\xa0\n\n1:05:00-Jan\u2019s tv recs\nMentioned: Presumed Innocent, The Bear, IM Greg Shahade\n\n1:09:00- Jan\u2019s basketball podcast recommendations\nMentioned: The Rights to Ricky Sanchez, Down to Dunk\xa0\n\nThanks as always to Jan for joining me! You can follow him on X here:\nhttps://x.com/gmjangustafsson?lang=en\n\nOr on Twitch here:\nhttps://www.twitch.tv/janistantv\n\nIf you would like to support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here:\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices