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This week I am honored to be joined by author, trainer, and 2 time Swedish National Champion, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson. Tiger has a unique background for a GM, as at the age of 26, when\xa0 he was not yet an IM, he decided to pursue chess professionally nonetheless. From there he made rapid progress and has been an active player ever since. But Tiger is equally passionate about another complex game, Go, which he started playing at the age of 40. He has become a master-level player, and has represented his native Sweden in international Go tournaments as well. In our conversation, Tiger discusses the challenges and rewards of improving at both games, and why he thinks substantial improvement is possible at both if one is honest with oneself and works hard. We also discuss Tiger\u2019s fantastic new book, Tiger\u2019s Chaos Theory. The book deconstructs and gives vocabulary to some uncommon and important patterns and situations in chess, and is a pleasure to read. I found this conversation very insightful, and I trust that you will as well. Timestamps of topics discussed are below.\xa0\n\nThanks to our sponsors:\nCheck out new Chessable courses by me, GM Nils Grandelius, and GM Sam Shankland- if you sign up for Chessable Pro, be sure to use this link:\nhttps://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro\n\nCheck out the app of our new sponsors Chess Universe in your app store.\xa0\nhttps://chess-universe.sng.link/Dqw52/kbhh\n\n\n\n0:02- GM Tiger Hillarp Persson joins the pod. We begin by discussing why Tiger decided to devote himself fully to chess at age 26, when he was not even an IM at that point.\n\nMentioned: Karpov-Miles 1980, The Soviet Chess Conveyor by Shereshevsky\xa0\n\n18:00- What has pursuing excellence at Go taught Tiger about chess improvement?\xa0\nMentioned:\nCheck out Tiger\u2019s blog here:\nhttps://tiger.bagofcats.net/\nIvanchuk-Van Foreest 2022:\nhttps://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2416368\n\n37:00- Patreon mailbag question: \u201cDoes Tiger play unorthodox openings in Go as well? \u201c\n\n42:00- Tiger discusses the study method of trying to imitate the play of a player whose style you admire, as he did for Karpov.\xa0\n\n48:00- Patreon mailbag question: \u201cHave computers been a blessing or a curse for chess?\u201d\n\n52:00- Patreon mailbag question: \u201cWhat is Tiger\u2019s advice for lower rated players for assessing sacrifices?\u201d\xa0\nMentioned: The Art of Sacrifice by Rudolph Spielman\xa0\n\n56:00- Tiger\u2019s other favorite chess books\nMentioned: Under the Surface by GM Jan Markos\xa0\n\n59:00- What is a hecatomb?\n\n1:00:00- Tiger\u2019s favorite tournament memories\xa0\nMentioned: GM Jonathan Rowson, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Lembit Oll\xa0\n\n1:05:00- Tiger is playing on the Swedish team at the Olympiad. How does he prepare?\xa0\n\n1:10:00- Tiger discusses his most famous win, an amazing game against GM Peter Hiene Nielsen\xa0\nhttps://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1434778\n\n1:12:00- Thanks to Tiger for joining me! Here are links to check out his book:\nhttps://qualitychess.co.uk/products/improvement/23034/tigers_chaos_theory_by_tiger_hillarp_persson/\n\nFree preview from Quality Chess:\nhttps://qualitychess.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tigers-Chaos-Theory-060-excerpt-1.pdf\n\nForward Chess:\nhttps://forwardchess.com/product/tigers-chaos-theory\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices