EP.82 - Frederic Friedel (Co-Founder of Chessbase, hosted by Macauley Peterson)
Summer substitute Macauley Peterson takes another turn on the mic, this time close to home with a sort of guided oral history by ChessBase co-founder Frederic Friedel. Frederic tells stories of meeting Garry Kasparov, Nigel Short, Viswanathan Anand and many others for the first time, and later hosting them at his home in a suburb of Hamburg. There may be something in the water there because it seems like practically every World Champion and challenger since Kasparov has spent time with the Friedels over the past 35 years.\xa0You'll learn how ChessBase came to be, how Vladimir Kramnik felt about an early version of Fritz, what endgame kept Peter Leko up at night, which Leonard Barden book Frederic keeps in arms reach, and much more.\xa0\xa0Check out bonus material and\xa0support Perpetual Chess\xa0using this special link at the\xa0ChessBase shop.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices