Bonus Pod- FIDE Candidates Round 7 Breakdown (Part 2)- GM Daniel King on the Tournament So Far

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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We are back for with an in-depth breakdown of the first half of the FIDE Candidates. I am honored to be joined by commentator, author, Chessable author and Excellent YouTuber, GM Daniel King to discuss all that has transpired so far. What makes Nepo so good in these tournaments? Does Fabi have another gear? What has surprised Daniel the most? Tune in for this, plus player-by-player analysis. Timestamps of topics discussed below as always! 0:00- Brief big picture thoughts on the tournament 0:05- Nepo! What stands out about his performance? Mentioned: The Chess Mind’s Blog Post: https://thechessmind.substack.com/p/candidates-round-7 22:00- Fabiano Mentioned: Anthony Levin’s Round 7 Recap: https://www.chess.com/news/view/2024-fide-candidates-tournament-round-7 30:00- Gukesh Final moments of Firouzja-Gukesh: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1c1sxzb/final_moments_of_gukesh_vs_firouzja/ 37:00- Firouzja 41:00- Pragganandha 48:00- Nakamura 53:00- Vidit 57:00- Abasov 59:00- Final thoughts on Open Section 1:00:00- Women’s sections 1:05:00- Viewer Q & A- Daniel’s next projects, Genna Sosonko, Collusion Mentioned: Daniel’s Anti-Sicilian Chessable Course (forthcoming to New in Chess as a book) , The Essential Sosonko If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.0	Good morning slash afternoon, everyone. We are here for a perpetual chess and power play chess collaboration.
0:40.8	Regular perpetual chess listeners know I'm a huge fan of Grandmaster Daniel King,
0:44.7	who is a top commentator, author, chessable author.
0:48.9	We've seen the players using his stuff in this tournament, as we will discuss.
0:52.8	But without further ado, let's welcome Daniel King to his channel.
0:56.3	Welcome, Daniel.
0:58.8	Hi, Ben. Nice to see you again.
1:01.3	Yes, so it's been, at least from my perspective, quite an exciting tournament.
1:04.9	Have you enjoyed it, Daniel?
1:06.2	Very much. I always love the candidates' tournaments.
1:09.7	I think this particular format, the eight-player
1:11.6	double-round format, as has been going since, I don't know, 2013, I think it is. I absolutely
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