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b"Czech grandmaster Vlastimil Hort\\xa0 was among the world's best players in the 1960s, '70s, and into the mid-'80s. Born in Czechoslovka, the five-time national Czech champion emigrated to West Germany in 1985\\xa0 and was subsequently the 3 time West German national champ.\\xa0 GM Hort has played against most World Champions of the modern era, and has memorable stories about Bobby Fischer,\\xa0 Boris Spassky, Paul Keres, and countless others.\\xa0 GM Hort is also the co-author of the classic instructional book, The Best Move, and his latest book,\\xa0 My Chess Stories, 64 Stories From His Life Near the Top in Chesshas recently been translated to English. GM Hort reflects on a few of the standout stories in our interview, including how a bribe at a chess tournament in Tunis helped him escape Czechoslovakia in 1985.\\xa0 He also gives us the details of his less-than-pleasant interactions with GM Mikhail Botvinnik. So many fun stories below, and such an honor to speak with GM Hort. Please read on for timestamps and more details.\\n\\n\\xa0In addition to listening via audio, a transcript is available of this podcast thanks to the efforts of Dr. Stephen Sparks. You can read the interview transcript here.\\xa0\\n\\n0:00- We launch in by GM Hort sharing his memories of attending Hastings 1967, a tournament for which he had no money to attend, so he ended up sleeping in a park en route to the facilities. Chess has come a long way!\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Hastings 1967-1968\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n7:30- Why did GM Hort decide to emigrate from the Czechoslovakia to Germany? He tells the amazing story of bribing passport control after theTunis Interzonal in 1985.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Wilfried Hilgert, Tunis Interzonal 1985, GM Mikhai Suba, GM Evgenij Ermenkov\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n14:00- Hort tells a story involving his fellow Czech native who recently passed away, GM Lubomir Kavalek.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Anatoly Karpov, Leonid Brezhnev\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n16:30- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. Get Chessable\\u2019s IOS app if you haven\\u2019t already, and you can check out their latest offerings here:\\n\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/\\n\\n17:30- GM Hort did not have the best relationship with former World Champion, GM Mikail Botvinnik. What events led to this bit of discontent?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Bent Larsen, GM Paul Keres\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n24:00- GM Hort had a famously tough loss against GM Boris Spassky in 1977 during the Candidates cycle. How does he look back on that match? And how is GM Boris Spassky doing today?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Vladimir Kramnik, GM William Lombardy. GM Lajos Portisch, GM Pal Benko, GM Bent Larsen, GM Viktor Korchnoi\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n30:00- GM Hort answers a Patreon mailbag question: how did it feel to compete against Soviet players when one had to worry about the possibility of collusion?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Karpov, GM Lajos Portisch, GM Bent Larsen, Wolfram Hartmann,\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n34:00- It has been alleged that GM Milan Matulovic accepted a bribe to throw the Candidates match against Taimanov\\xa0 in the FIDE Candidates in 1970? Does GM Hort find this story credible?\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n36:30-\\xa0 Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessmood.com!\\xa0\\n\\nCheck out their blog here:\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://chessmood.com/blog\\n\\n\\xa0and check out their YouTube, featuring Lessons with a Grandmaster here:\\n\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/c/ChessMood\\n\\n37:30- Was there a test given to Czech youth to assess chess talent? What constitutes chess talent?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Lubomir Ljubovic, GM Tony Miles, GM Lajos Portisch\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n42:00- How did GM Hort study middlegames?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Hans Kmoch, Rubinstein Chess Masterpieces\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n44:00- Another Patreon question: How did the idea for the classic book, The Best Move, come about?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Boris Gelfand, GM Jacob Aagaard\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n46:30- Patreon question: Who was the most intimidating player to play against? This leads to GM Hort sharing some recollections of the famed Match of the Century in 1970.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Lev Polugaevsky\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n50:00- How was GM Hort\\u2019s relationship with Bobby Fischer?\\n\\nMentioned: GM Svetozar Gligoric, GM Eugenio Torre\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n55:00- What does GM Hort think of modern chess and the increased importance of computers? He also mentions the name of the player who, in his opinion,\\xa0 is the best player that ever was.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Firouzja, GM Jorden van Forrest, GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Anish Giri, Bobby Fischer\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n58:00- Patreon question: What keeps GM Hort loving chess after all of those years?\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:02:00- How does GM Hort keep up with modern chess?\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:03:00- What are GM Hort\\u2019s favorite activities outside of modern chess?\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n1:06:00- Thanks so much to GM Hort for joining us and sharing some amazing stories! His book is available here:\\n\\nhttps://chess.co.uk/products/vlastimil-hort-my-chess-stories\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThanks to Michael Busse of the Schachgefl\\xfcster Podcast.\\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\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"