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b'This week marks the return of the very first Perpetual Chess guest,\\xa0IM Greg Shahade. With the Pro Chess League set to resume\\xa0Thursday, January 18, Greg told us about the changes that he and the\\xa0Chess.com\\xa0team have cooked up with the goal of improving the viewer experience.\\xa0He also reeled off the names of some of the top players slated to play this year (Carlsen, Anand, MVL, Caruana, among others). Greg talked about the rules that are in place to incentivize teams to recruit top players, including strong female players.\\xa0Greg also\\xa0named a few favorite chess books and relayed advice that he absorbed in his younger days when he took a few lessons with the legendary trainer, IM Mark Dvoretsky.\\xa0Lastly,\\xa0Greg and Ben reminisced about the time Greg had a chance to play Garry Kasparov in a simul in 1997.\\xa0Be sure to tune in to watch the Pro Chess League starting\\xa0Thursday, January 18\\xa0on\\xa0chess.com.\\xa0See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'