The new guest of my podcast is Alexander Grischuk, the legend and OG of chess, 3-time World Blitz Champion, and 5-time Candidates participant (top rating: 2810).
My X: https://x.com/mustreader
My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader
My podcast with Van Foreest: https://youtu.be/89Kq33XgC2o?si=a6JHOkpWW0s0XpEm
My podcast with Erigaisi: https://youtu.be/3Nvfuk70v6g?feature=shared
My podcast with Gustafsson: https://youtu.be/7gV7nxBaoQs?si=i2AGda_HB-MMtx7h
My podcast with Naroditsky: https://youtu.be/-PqUZ2h9uGg?si=jGmP8aV-UQM923YO
My podcast with Kramnik: https://youtu.be/dgVuleGYnk4
My podcast with Fabi: https://youtu.be/1LMPYFf1iLo
My podcast with Nepo: https://youtu.be/sW-i4CPCa_w?si=kLM8n4gAPcgfB1QB
My podcast with Aronian: https://youtu.be/THyL4D2Clbw?si=HQ4exmwH4aKsWk4V
00:00 - Intro
01:52 - Thug life
03:39 - Rare tournament appearances
07:32 - A sad story
08:28 - Regaining the form
09:02 - Chess improvement routine
10:43 - Motivation
13:23 - Classical chess is dead?
17:07 - Shift to Chess960
21:09 - Freestyle chess series
24:30 - Online tournaments: fun or serious?
26:48 - Chess ambitions
29:56 - Grischuk on his contemporaries
40:08 - Gukesh vs. Ding
42:42 - Future of chess
46:03 - Cheating concerns
50:01 - Smoking and fitness
52:35 - We play blitz
My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts.
In this channel, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Kramnik, Aronian, Naroditsky and many others), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play).
I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 31 year old, I have a girlfriend, three dogs and three cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese.
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