EP.88 - Grandmaster Yannick Pelletier (hosted by Macauley Peterson)
b"Today's show was recorded in Switzerland: Biel to be exact, home of the 51st International Chess Festival\\xa0\\u2014 which included a GM tournament won by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ahead of Magnus Carlsen \\u2014 and also the birthplace of today's guest, Grandmaster Yannick Pelletier. In chess, he's the Tournament Director in Biel as well as an accomplished player and commentator, but also polyglot and soon-to-be art/design/lifestyle media entrepreneur. Check out his YouTube channel and new magazine project Yunomi.\\xa0Pelletier has been the Swiss Champion six times, and although he doesn't play more than a few tournaments a year nowadays, he has won three games from Magnus Carlsen, including one after Carlsen became World Champion. Yannick talks about life as a chess professional both before and after having kids, provides a history of the Biel Festival plus gives the 101 on how the Swiss manage to get along so well despite having multiple official languages.\\xa0Macauley Peterson (Editor in Chief of ChessBase News) guest hosts once again, and he strongly suggests you\\xa0support Perpetual Chess either via Patreon or\\xa0using\\xa0this special link\\xa0at the\\xa0ChessBase shop. Perhaps a video series from Yannick himself \\u2014 he's recorded several and also contributes to ChessBase Magazine!\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"