EP.158 - GM Jan Gustafsson returns again!

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Perpetual Chess LLC

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4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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It’s an annual tradition! Popular Chess24 personality, noted opening theoretician and friend of Perpetual Chess, GM Jan Gustafsson returns to the show! Jan has just released his first Chessable course, Lifetime Repertoires: Jan Gustafsson’s 1. e4 e5 , so it was a great time to catch up with him. In addition to discussing the details of his course, and a bit about the theoretical trends of double king pawn openings, we also discussed Jan’s near term plans with Chess24, past and future World Championship matches, plus much more. Please read on for more details and timestamps. 0:00- We kick off by discussing a few recent Bundesliga games of Jan, and Jan’s impressive new Chessable course, Lifetime repertoires: 1. e4 e5 Mentioned: German Chess Bundesliga (aka Schachbundesliga), Fatih Baltic-Jan Gustafsson 2019, Gustafsson-Naumann 2019, LeelaZero, Rybka, Stockfish, IM Christof Sielecki, GM Larry Kaufman, IM David Vigorito 15:00- We transition to discussing a popular Chess Reddit thread, in which Jan dared to criticize the theoretical status of the King’s Gambit opening. Mentioned: The End of the King’s Gambit by GM Ivan Salgado. The Petroff defense 21:00 - A couple of our Patreon supporters ask some questions relating to Jan’s current work plans and the business of Chess24.com Mentioned: Essential Pawn Structures by GMs Jan Gustafsson and Laurent Fressinet, GM Magnus Carlsen 28:00- How much credit does Jan deserve for GM Magnus Carlsen’s Fantasy Football (soccer) League dominance? What are the latest trends in coffee consumption? . Mentioned: flat white coffee, cold brew coffee, Bulletproof coffee, GM Laurent Fressinet, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 31:30- We revisit a topic we discussed in our very first Perpetual Chess interview. How important is talent in chess? Mentioned: Magnus documentary 34:30- Jan recently read The Anand Files by recent guest of Perpetual Chess, FM Michiel Abeln, so I was very excited to pick his brain about it, based on his experiences on World Championship prep teams. Mentioned: GM Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov, GM Radoslaw Wotjasek, GM Surya Ganguly, The Exchange Slav, IM Gary Lane, Facebook Chess Book Collectors Group, GM Cristian Chirilia, GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Leineir Dominguez 47:00- What are Jan’s early thoughts on who will win the 2020 World Championship Candidates Tournament (for the right to face Magnus Carlsen in the next World Championship Match)? Mentioned: GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Ding Liren, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM Peter Svidler, GM Alexander Grischuk, GM Anish Giri, Wijk an Zee chess (aka Tata Steel Chess) 54:30- We discuss a few movies, TV shows and podcasts, with a tinge of chess improvement philosophizing at the end. Mentioned: Barry, Succession, Bill Burr, Jeselnik and Rosenthal Vanity Project, How Neal Feel, Two Bears One Cave, Frozen 2, Parasite, FM Fatih Baltic , IM Yochanan Afek, The Lowe Post, The Bill Simmons Podcast, Hollinger and Duncan NBA Podcast, and US Chess Podcasts Thanks to Jan for coming on the show! The best place to keep up with him is on Chess24.com Catch Jan Gustaffson’s prior Perpetual Chess visits here: Episode 2- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-02-grandmaster-jan-gustafsson/id1185023674?i=1000378779364 Episode 62- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-62-grandmaster-jan-gustafsson-returns/id1185023674?i=1000405079252 Episode 115- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-115-gm-jan-gustafsson-returns-again/id1185023674?i=1000430646087 If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/donate If you would like to help support the podcast via Patreon, you can do so here. https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.6	Happy 2020, everyone. We have a return guest this week. 2020 will be the year of the next
1:07.5	candidates for the next world championship, the year of the next world championship,
1:13.2	and the year of Jan Gustafsson. He is a chess 24 presenter, as you guys know, renowned opening
1:20.0	expert, not so secretly, has been a member of Team Magnus, and now he is a chessable course author also a thailand proponent and he is
1:30.8	joining us now on brand live from thailand how are you yon i'm good ben good to be back how you doing
1:38.3	good we're ahead of schedule usually i bug you around february but you volunteered early um do i sure, had nothing to do with the fact that you have a course to sell.
1:48.4	But obviously, I snap called when you suggested that you were ready to come on and
1:53.4	share your wisdom and your witticisms.
1:57.6	No, I'm planning to plug my chestable course for the next 60 minutes.
2:02.7	Okay, let's do it.
2:04.0	So I thought maybe we should play a blindfold chess game.
2:06.6	I'll go first.
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