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b"This week the esteemed Grandmaster Evgeny Bareev joined me on the podcast. GM Bareev has been ranked as high as #4 in the world.\\xa0 He has been the trainer of the Russian National Team, and was a vital member of the team that assisted former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in the early 2000s.\\n\\nEvgeny is also an acclaimed chess author. His prior book,\\xa0From London to Elista,\\xa0(co-authored with Ilya Levitov), won the 2007 Book of the Year, from the British Chess Federation. This year, Thinker\\u2019s Publishing \\xa0has recently released his new work,\\xa0Say No to Chess Principles\\xa0. This fun and informative book contains some great stories and explores the topic of when one should \\u201cbreak the rules\\u201d in chess, as shown in Evgeny\\u2019s and some other top level games.\\xa0 In our interview, Evgeny discussed both of his books, shared some stories, and offered some chess improvement advice. Read on for details, links and timestamps.\\n\\n0:00- Intro and discussion of\\xa0Say No to Chess Principles\\xa0. GM Bareev tells the story of\\xa0 the idea behind the book and of how\\xa0the project came to fruition.\\xa0 \\xa0He also shares some memorable stories from growing up in the Soviet Chess School which are touched on in his book. People and books mentioned include Boris Postovsky, who headed the Vasily Smyslov School of chess, and the book\\xa0Devoted to Chess: The Creative Heritage of Yuri Razuvaev\\xa0. This includes a discussion of whether or not it's important to have a good memory (14:00) \\xa0to be a top chess player. According to GM Bareev, former World Champion Anatoly Karpov had a notoriously faulty memory in his prime. Evgeny gives some helpful tips for how to approach chess if you have a bad memory.\\n\\n23:00- How do we know when to \\u201csay no to chess principles\\u201d anyway?\\n\\n28:00- As a former member of his \\u201cTeam Kramnik,\\u201d was\\xa0 GM Bareev surprised by\\xa0the retirement of former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik? Evgeny also reflects on some of the stories and perspectives from the classic book\\xa0From London to Elista. His current take on the some of the stories shared in this book might surprise you. We also touch on Carsten Hensel\\u2019s\\xa0recent book\\xa0\\xa0about his time as the manager of GM Kramnik. You can hear my interview with Carsten Hensel\\xa0here.\\n\\n37:00- GM Bareev shares some stories dealing with getting sick at a chess tournament and about how to deal with tough losses. This includes some discussion of Peter Leko, who lost to GM Kramnik for the 2004 World Championship in a very close match.\\n\\n45:00- Who were GM Bareev\\u2019s toughest opponents? Players mentioned include Garry Kasparov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexey Dreev and Alexei Shirov.\\n\\n49:00- Chess books! Since GMs Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri have been tradingbarbs about Vladimir Tukmakov\\u2019s\\xa0new book, I asked Evgeny if he had read it. Evgeny does not read all of the chess literature, but has enjoyed the books of\\xa0Boris Gelfand,\\xa0Matthew Sadler\\xa0and\\xa0Yasser Seirawan.\\n\\n54:00- A\\xa0Patreon supporter of Perpetual Chess\\xa0asks if GM Bareev uses a particular method as a trainer.\\n\\n58:00- We talk a bit about how GM Bareev ended up emigrating to Toronto, Canada, and he answers a question from a Patreon supporter comparing chess and literature.\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"