EP.49 - Woman Grandmaster Tatev Abrahamyan

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, noon

WGM Tatev Abrahamyan was my guest this week on Perpetual Chess.\xa0Tatev recounted the challenges of moving from Armenia to Southern California with her family at the age of 13. Tatev's family moved for economic and professional reasons, but the young chess talent quickly made a mark on the American chess scene while slowly acclimating to American culture and language.\xa0After overcoming the culture shock, Tatev has built a nice life for herself as a chess professional who plays, teaches and reports on chess events all over the world.\xa0She gave us some simple advice for improving at chess, discussed the past and future of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship and, of course, we talked about\xa0penguins. Follow Tatev on Twitter here.\xa0See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices