EP.152 - GM Adrien Demuth
b'GM Adrien Demuth is a 28 year old chess trainer, author and competitor. Adrien has worked as a trainer for the French National Team at Olympiads, and due to his own performance over the board, he recently qualified to play in next year\\u2019s French Closed Championship. He has published two opening books with Thinkers Publishing, The Modernized Reti, and The Modernized Dutch and also created a course on the London System for Chess24. In our conversation, we discussed all of these openings, and also touched on Adrien\\u2019s career highlights and interests away from the board. Please read on for more details, timestamps and links. (If hyperlinks aren\\u2019t showing up in your podcast feed, go to the podcast webpage to see them: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2019/11/19/episode-152-gm-adrien-demuth )\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n0:00- We begin by discussing a recent tournament in which Adrien played. He tied for first in the \\u201cAccession\\u201d\\xa0 section of the French championship, which qualifies him to play in next year\\u2019s closed French Championship.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: 2019 French Chess Championship\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n9:30- Adrien discusses the current state of chess in France, as well as giving some historical perspective.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Boris Spassky, GM Anatoly Vaisser, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n13:00- We dive into Adrien\\u2019s recent publications on openings, these include The Modernized Reti, The Modernized Dutch and a Chess24 course on the London System.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n16:00- We discuss one of Adrien\\u2019s career highlights, a victory over former World Champion Viswanathan Anand in 2016.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Anand-Demuth 2016, GM Richard Rapport, Rapport-Demuth 2016, Grande-Zuniga-Demuth 2014\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n26:00- We return to the topic of Adrien\\u2019s opening publications. Which is a better choice for club players- the Reti or the London?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Josif Dorfman, Gledura-Demuth 2019, GM Boris Gelfand, GM Fabiano Caruana, The Stonewall Dutch, The Leningrad Dutch, GM Gata Kamsky, GM Hikaru Nakamura\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n40:00 GM Demuth shares improvement advice that he often gives to his students.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Dvoretsky\\u2019s Endgame Manual, Silman\\u2019s Endgame Course, Practical Endgame Play by Glenn Flear, Chess Calculation Training , Lichess Tactics Trainer , Greatest 460 Puzzles by Csaba Balogh\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n48:30- Adrien grew up partially in Tahiti, a tropical paradise. What\\u2019s it like to play chess there? Where else has he enjoyed playing chess?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Fahim: The Little Chess Prince\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThanks to GM Adrien DeMuth for coming on the show- you can keep up with him on Facebook.\\xa0\\n\\nFind his books here:\\n\\nModernized Dutch from Thinker\\u2019s Publishing\\n\\nModernized Reti from Thinker\\u2019s Publishing\\n\\nModernized Dutch on Amazon\\n\\nModernized Dutch on Forward Chess\\n\\nModernized Reti on Amazon\\n\\nModernized Reti on Forward Chess\\n\\nChess 24 Course on the London System\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nIf you would like to help support the podcast, you can do so here.\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'