EP.162 - GM Ivan Cheparinov
GM Ivan Cheparinov is a very active player whose name can regularly be found amongst the top 50 players in the world,. He attained a peak rating of 2718, and has won or tied for first place in many tournaments, including the 2007 European Individual Championships, the 2014 Gibraltar Chess Festival, and the 2009 and 2010 Ruy Lopez Masters.\xa0\n\n\xa0He has just released his first book, with Thinker's Publishing, called Cheparinov's 1. d4. As we discuss, this is to be the first of a multi-volume project, and offers some fighting lines to play against the Grunfeld and King\u2019s Indian defenses.\xa0\n\nLast but not least, Ivan was former FIDE World Champion, GM Veselin Topalov's second for 7 years, and had some great stories to tell from those times. He also dispensed a few important recommendations about the importance of visualization training and fitness for chess players. Please read on for more info and timestamps.\xa0\n\nIf you aren't seeing embedded hyperlinks on your podcast feed,you can find them here:\n\nhttps://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2020/1/28/episode-162-gm-ivan-cheparinov\n\n2:30- Ivan joined me days before jetting off to the Gibraltor Chess Festival. At the beginning we discussed how he prepares before a big event such as this.\xa0\n\nMentioned: WGM Antoaneta Stefanova (his wife)\n\n4:15- We dive into his book, Cheparinov\u2019s d4, which is available from Thinker\u2019s Publishing (Thinker\u2019s website includes a free preview),\xa0 and is also now available on Forward Chess.\xa0\n\nMentioned: Grandmaster Repertoire 1.d4 by GM Boris Avrukh, GM Veselin Topalov, GM Jan Gustafsson\u2019s Lifetime Repertoire, GM Ding Liren, GM Vishy Anand, GM Wesley So, GM Gawain Jones, GM Bassem Amin\xa0\n\n18:50-A Patreon supporter of the podcast asks for a less common opening recommendation to use in play against 1. D4 for club players.\xa0\n\nMentioned: The Benoni, The Benko, The King\u2019s Indian, The Grunfeld Opening, Nimzo-Indian, The Slav\xa0\n\n21:30 Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable. If you are a club-level player who would like to improve her visualization skills, check out this cool course called Visualize: https://www.chessable.com/visualise-1/course/25695/\n\n22:30- GM Cheparinov worked with GM Veselin Topalov for 7 years. He shares some stories and reflections from that period.\xa0\n\nMentioned: Topalov-Kasparov 2005 (Kasparov\u2019s last game) , Topalov-Kramnik 2008, GM Jan Smeets\xa0\n\n31:00- With the recent publication of the books The Anand Files and Mind Master, a lot of information has been shared about the 2010 Anand-Topalov World Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria, so I was excited to ask GM Cheparinov (a team Topalov member) about some of the details.\xa0\n\nMentioned: GM Erwin L\u2019Ami , Topalov-Anand World Championship Game 12, GM Vladimir Kramnik\xa0\n\n42:00- Both GM Viswanathan Anand and Anand Files author, Michiel Abeln, wrote about Anand\u2019s team\u2019s\xa0 fears that team Topalov had a \u201csuper computer\u201d at their disposal in 2010 to help with World Championship preparation- Was this true?\xa0\n\nMentioned: Silvio Danailov, Rybka Chess Engine, GM Romain Eduoard, Thinker\u2019s Publishing\xa0\n\n47:00- What are GM Chepariniv\u2019s current study methods? What did he do as a rising scholastic player?\xa0\n\nMentioned: GM Vassily Ivanchuk, GM Boris Gelfand, Csaba Balogh\u2019s Chess Books, Perfect Your Chess\xa0\n\n59:00- Thanks to GM Cheparinov for joining the show. You can keep up with him via Facebook. Watch his last few rounds of the Gibraltor Chess Festival here.\xa0\n\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here:\n\nhttps://www.perpetualchesspod.com/donate\n\n\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices