This week I am joined by 25 year old\xa0GM Alex Ipatov. Alex is quite an accomplished chess player who is well known for winning the 2012 World Junior Chess Championship, among many other distinctions. These days, Alex\xa0is graduate student at St. Louis University, and he has recently published an original chess book called Unconventional Approaches to Modern Chess Volume 1: Rare Ideas for Black. His book is available from Thinker\u2019s Publishing, Amazon and Forward Chess.\nFor timestamps and relevant hyperlinks, please go to the episode webpage here:\nwww.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2019/4/30/episode-124-gm-alex-ipatov\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, please go here:\nBen Johnson is creating Perpetual Chess Podcast | Patreon\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices