EP.170 GM Daniel King Returns

Published: March 24, 2020, 2:55 p.m.

b'Two weeks after Part 1 of our interview GM Daniel King returns. We catch up on the all of the drama surrounding the first 6 rounds of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, both over the board, and away from the board, as the spread of the Covid-19 virus continues to be an unwelcome, but serious disruption to some wonderful chess games.\\n\\nFollowing the Candidates discussion, GM King updates us on the many other projects that have been keeping him busy, including a discussion of his forthcoming book, Sultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire.\\n\\nPlease read for many more details and timestamps relating to this fun and wide-ranging conversation.\\n\\nIf you are not seeing embedded hyperlinks in your podcast feed, you can find them here: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2020/3/24/episode-170-gm-daniel-king-returns\\n\\n0:00-\\xa0 We begin by discussing the FIDE Candidates. Why did Daniel cancel his plans to announce at the tournament, why didn\\u2019t FIDE call it off? Should/will they call it off now? And last but not least, what does GM King think of the chess so far?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Teimour Radjabov, Powerplay Chess, GM Jesse Kraii for Chess Dojo, GM Jacob Aagaard for US Chess, Giri-Nepomniatchi 2020\\n\\n20:00- We discuss GM King\\u2019s forthcoming book, Sultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire. Daniel gives a bit of background about how he became enthralled by this story, and a taste of what we can read about in this book. Free excerpts of the book are available via New in Chess Magazine, and New in Chess Publishing.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Sultan Khan-Capablanca 1930, Sultan Khan-Tartakower Match, GM Daniel King\\u2019s Patreon page, GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Maia Chiburdanidze\\xa0\\n\\n40:55- This episode is brought to you in part by Chessable. Links for GM Harikrishna\\u2019s Game of the Day Analysis and Candidates Course and the Candidates sale are below:\\n\\nCandidates Course- https://www.chessable.com/candidates-2020/course/34649/\\n\\nCandidates Sale- https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/all/offer/\\n\\n41:30- Daniel tackles a couple questions from a Patreon supporter of the podcast, relating to how he learned to speak German, and to the philosophy behind Powerplay Chess, Daniel\\u2019s excellent YouTube channel.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Daniel King\\u2019s Powerplay DVD\\u2019s from Chessbase, GM Alexander Morezevich, GM Nigel Short, GM Ruslan Ponamariov, GM Jan Gustafsson, GM Baskiran Adhiban\\xa0\\n\\n54:30- GM King discusses another project he has been busy assisting, a forthcoming Chessable course called Tournament Ready, by Alex and Sarah Longson.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: IM Mike Basman, FM Alex Longson, WFM Sarah Longson\\xa0\\n\\n58:00- GM King shares some chess study advice for those who are stuck at home with extra time on their hands.\\xa0\\n\\n1:02- Daniel shares some stories about one of his other passions- playing music.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Geert van der Velde of Chessable, Juga on Jenn Shahade\\u2019s Ladies Knight Podcast\\xa0\\n\\n1:10- Thanks to GM King for coming back on the show! All the links you need to keep up with him are below\\xa0\\n\\nYoutube channel, Powerplay Chess:\\n\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMBATpFb--uLNAODOVWvCTA\\n\\nGM King\\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielKingChess\\n\\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here:\\n\\nhttps://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'