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hello everyone i'm ben johnson and this is the Perpetual Chess podcast.

On perpetual chess, I have weekly conversations with the chess world's best players,

promoters, and educators about their lives, careers, current projects, and best practices.

For more information, go to perpetual chesspod.com.

I'm here with U.S. women's champion, Nazi Pekidzee, coming off of the Olympiad.

She is an international master. Most of you listeners probably have heard of her.

Great, young chess player in the United States.

Thanks for coming on, Nazi.

The way I usually like to start with my guess is beginning with your childhood and how you got into chess.

So I know that you started playing chess in Georgia in the former Soviet Union.

Why don't you take it from here and tell us about your initial introduction to playing chess?

Sure. First of all, thank you for having me.

Yes, I started playing chess in Georgia when I was five years old. My dad taught me how to play.

I think it's a tradition in Georgia that every family has a chess set

at home and their parents teach the kids and if kids are interested, then they continue on

playing chess, maybe even professionally. And I was one of those kids who just loved the game

and I would not stop playing. All my free time And I was one of those kids who just loved the game and I would not stop playing.

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