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b'35 year-old Grandmaster Erwin L\\u2019Ami has had quite a varied and interesting chess career thus far. He is one of the top players in the Netherlands, and has competed on every Dutch Olympiad team since 2006. He has had many impressive finishes in individal tournaments, including winning the 2015 Reykjavik Open.\\n\\nWhen not competing himself, Erwin is a highly respected opening theoretician, who has worked with former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov and currently works with perennial top 10 player, GM Anish Giri. All of this makes Erwin the perfect person to publish a Lifetime Repertoires course on the Caro-Kann defense for Chessable. In our conversation, we touch all aspects of his chess career. Topics included how he works with engines, the life of a traveling second, the 2020 FIDE Candidates, Anish Giri and Magnus\\u2019 Carlsen\\u2019s twitter banter, the latest in Caro-Kann theory, improvement advice,and the identity of his favorite player of all time. As you can imagine, there is lots to dig into! Show notes and timestamps can be found below:\\xa0\\n\\n0:00- We begin by chatting a bit about the Caro-Kann and about Erwin\\u2019s new course. Why was now a good time to do a course on the Caro-Kann? This also includes talk of what sort of engine use goes into top-level opening preparation generally.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Leela Chess Zero, Stockfish Open Source Engine, Setting up Engines in Chessbase Video with John Hartmann of US Chess- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_G-tvePe6Q, Jon Edwards, GM Viswanthan Anand\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n14:00- Erwin tells some stories about working with GM Veselin Topalov during his 2010 World Championship Match\\xa0\\n\\nMind Master by GM Viswanthan Anand, The Anand Files by VIshwanathan Anand, Episode 177 with GM Peter Heine Nielsen\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n19:00- Should the format of the World Chess Championship be changed?\\n\\nMentioned: Daryl Morey interview with GM Hikaru Nakamura- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prI_EEq6Xsc\\n\\nIM Greg Shahade, GM Magnus Carlsen, FIDE Candidates Tournament 2011\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n23:30- We talk about what it was like for GM Erwin L\\u2019Ami to travel to the 2020 FIDE Candidates tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia and what he thinks of how the tournament was handled generally.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Perpetual Chess Episode 174 with GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov , GM Teimour Radjabov, GM Emil Sutovsky\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n33:00- GM Anish Giri has been showing great results in rapid and blitz chess lately. What is his secret to his improvement?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Ian Nepomniatchi, Chessable Masters 2020, GM Mikhail Botvinnik\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n41:00- We finally tackle the Girl-Carlsen \\u201cTwitter Beef!\\u201d Erwin answers two related questions from the Perpetual Chess Patreon mailbag!\\n\\nMentioned:\\xa0 IM Anna Rudolf\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n46:30- As always, Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable!\\n\\nCheck out GM Erwin L\\u2019Ami\\u2019s Free Short and Sweet Caro Course here:\\n\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/short-sweet-the-caro-kann/course/45388/\\n\\nCheck out his comprehensive and impressive,\\xa0 Lifetime Repertoire Caro-course here:\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-caro-kann/course/37366/\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n47:30- We talk about some of Erwin\\u2019s favorite chess books and a novel he has been enjoying.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: On the Origin of Good Moves by IM Willy Hendriks, Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, My Great Predecessors, GM Jacob Aagaard, Game Changer by GM Mathew Sadler and WIM Natasha Regan\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n54:00- What is GM Erwin L\\u2019Ami\\u2019s Best Chess Improvement Advice?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Peter Svidler\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n59:00- Erwin tells the story of being in attendance while Garry Kasparov, his favorite player,\\xa0 played one of his most famous games, vs. GM Veselin Topalov in Wijk an Zee in 1999.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Test of Time by GM Garry Kasparov\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:02:00- A Patreon supporter of the podcast asks about the role that body language plays in top level chess.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Viswanthan Anand, GM Michael Adams, IM Stuart Rachels\\u2019 The Best I Saw in Chess, see Chess24\\u2019s coverage of Magnus\\u2019 2014 blunder against Anand, here:\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-blunders-but-wins-game-6-video-recap\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:08:00- Erwin briefly discusses what it was like to be the student of famed trainer GM Vladimir Chuchelov, who has also worked with GMs Caruana and Anand.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:10:00- What is life on the road like\\xa0 for the second of a top 10 player?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Max Euwe, GM Jan Timman, IM Alina L\\u2019Ami, Jeroen Van Den Berg, organizer of Tata Steel Chess\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:20:00- We bring it back to the Caro-Kann, and Erwin answers some questions, including one from a Patreon supporter, relating to the theoretical state of the Caro Kann defense.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Panov-Botvinnik attack, Shirov variation, Short variation of the Advanced Caro\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Danil Dubov, GM Alireza Firouzja, GM Vladislav Artemiev, GM Jan Gustafsson\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:28:00- Thanks to GM Erwin L\\u2019Ami for an insightful and enjoyable interview.\\xa0\\n\\nGet his Caro-Kann Chessable course here:\\n\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-caro-kann/course/37366/\\n\\nFollow him on Twitter here:\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://twitter.com/erwinlami?lang=en\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do here:\\n\\nhttps://www.perpetualchesspod.com/donate\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. 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