EP.15 - GM Alex Yermolinsky

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Perpetual Chess LLC

Sports, Leisure, Hobbies

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

GM Alex Yermolinksky takes us through his storied chess career which has spanned decades and has taken him from Leningrad to Rome to several different cities in the US. Yermo has crossed swords with legends like Kasparov and Kramnik, and also enjoyed a time as a dominant force on the US Chess tournament circuit. These days, he lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and focuses on family, and chess teaching. Alex is an entertaining and outspoken storyteller, so please sit back and enjoy this interview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.5	Hello, everyone.
0:58.5	I'm here with US, two-time U.S. champion, U.S. Chess Hall of Fame member, Alex,
1:03.3	Your Malinsky.
1:03.9	Alex, thank you so much for coming on to perpetual chess.
1:08.3	Ben, thank you for having me.
1:09.8	I really look forward to our talk.
1:12.4	Okay, so I think that you're going to be a popular choice, especially in the United States.
1:16.4	You're basically a chess legend. When I was growing up, you were a fixture at the U.S.
1:22.9	tournaments, the U.S. Open and the World Open, and you won those tournaments several times.
1:26.3	And now you've got a popular show on ICC, and you've been doing some announcing for the Pro Chess League.
1:31.1	So I think people enjoy hearing you shoot from the hip.
1:35.6	So I wanted to ask what else you're up to these days, Alex, when you're not broadcasting online.
1:44.0	Well, I do have some private students, although I keep the number to a minimum.
1:49.6	Well, I have currently, I think, five or six students.
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