EP.168 - FIDE Candidates Preview with GM Daniel King

Published: March 12, 2020, 3:27 a.m.

b'With the highly anticipated FIDE Candidates tournament starting in a matter of days, I am honored to be joined by Grandmaster Daniel King to preview the tournament. GM King is well known for his accomplishments as a chess player, journalist and announcer. The videos on his YouTube channel, Powerplay Chess, are always a must-watch for me.\\xa0 GM King will be part of FIDE\\u2019s announcing team for this event, and we talked to him just days before he planned to leave for Yekaterinaburg, Russia for the tournament. We recorded this interview on Tuesday, March 10.\\xa0 Please read on for details and timestamps.\\xa0\\n\\n0:00- Intro.\\xa0 We set the scene for the FIDE Candidates Tournament and discuss the dramatic late entry of GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who is replacing GM Teimour Radjabov who withdrew from the tournament due to concerns about the Corona/Covid-19 virus.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: FIDE World Senior Team Championship: https://www.europechess.org/fide-world-senior-team-chess-championship-2020-starts-today/\\xa0\\n\\n10:00- This episode is brought to\\xa0 you in part by Chessable! Check out GM Simon Williams brand new course \\u201cThe Black Lion\\u201d here:\\n\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/the-black-lion/course/34040/\\n\\n12:00- The odds I listed for the Candidates come from Unibet UK, you can find them here (They have changed a bit since we recorded):\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://www.unibet.co.uk/betting/sports/filter/chess/world_championship/candidates/all/competitions/1005917216\\xa0\\n\\nWe discuss the individual Candidates in the following order:\\xa0\\n\\n13:00- GM Kirill Alekseenko\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Ali Firouzja\\n\\n16:23- GM Fabiano Caruana\\xa0\\n\\n19:00- GM Anish Giri\\xa0\\n\\n23:20- GM Alexander Grischuk\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Chess24\\u2019s Candidates 2020 A Preview: https://chess24.com/en/learn/advanced/video/candidates-2020-a-preview/candidates-2020-intro GM Peter Svidler\\xa0\\n\\n26:15- GM Wang Hao\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Chessbase India\\u2019s IM Sagar Shah interviews Wang Hao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_elqkx-IgI\\n\\n30:30 GM Ding Liren\\xa0\\n\\n34:30- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi\\xa0\\n\\n39:00- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave\\n\\nMentioned: UEFA Euro 1992 Final: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1992_Final, GM Etienne Bacrot\\xa0\\n\\n45:00- Thanks so much to Daniel King for joining the show. You can watch the FIDE Broadcast with GMs King, Judit Polgar and Evgeni Miroschenko beginning on March 15 here:\\n\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9B47GnzCRFHTT1BIBWvStQ\\n\\nSubscribe to GM King\\u2019s PowerPlayChess here:\\n\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMBATpFb--uLNAODOVWvCTA\\n\\nSupport GM King via Patreon here:\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://www.patreon.com/powerplaychess/posts\\n\\nIf you would like to support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here:\\n\\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchessual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here:\\n\\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'