Bonus Pod- The FIDE Women's World Championship is at the Halfway Point: American Chess Olympian WGM Begim Tokhirjonova joins to discuss it

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Perpetual Chess LLC

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4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After 6 games, the 2023 FIDE Women’s World Championship is closely contested. The challenger, GM Lei Tingjie leads the Champion, GM Ju Wenjun 3.5-2.5 as the players take a 2-day break to switch host cities. One of the top female players in the United States, WGM Begim Tokhirjonova joins me to share her thoughts on the match. Begim was the 2018 Uzbek Women’s Champion and is now a member of the U.S. National team and a student at the University of Missouri. She has been annotating the games for Chess Life Online, you can view her annotations here. Thanks as always to Chessable for sponsoring Perpetual Chess! I forgot to mention in the podcast, but if you want to play the Italian game like Lei Tiangjie check out WGM Tatev Abrahmayan’s new course: The Italian Game: Inside & Out! You can check out some of my favorite courses here: https://go.chessable.com/perpetual-chess-podcast/ 0:01- WGM Begim Tokhirjonova joins the podcast. Begim joins and shares her perspective on the match and on the openings we have seen so far. Mentioned: Cover Stories with Chess Life December 2022 (#49) 11:30- Begim discusses her experience playing both GM Lei Tiangjie and GM Ju Wenjun 13:30- Can either player make any stylistic adjustments other than switching openings? 17:30- Begim discusses her plans for her own chess career including her study plans and her upcoming tournaments. Mentioned: How to Reassess Your Chess by IM Jeremy Silman . 26:00- Thanks so much to Begim for joining us! Here is how to keep up with her: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/begim09/?hl=en Twitter: begim09 https://twitter.com/Gulruhbegim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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