EP.16 - IM Greg Shahade Returns for a Pro Chess League update

Perpetual Chess Podcast

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4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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With Chess.com's Pro Chess League headed into its Final Four this weekend, Greg fought through sickness to give us a quick rundown of the teams and players that will be playing this weekend, including Carlsen, So and Caruana. Greg also reflected a bit on the first season of the Pro Chess League and touched on his forthcoming chess book and on the upcoming US Championships. For more coverage of the Pro Chess League final 4 head over to chess.com and enjoy the extravaganza. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Ben here. I just wanted to check in with you guys. I got a few inquiries about my well-being
0:05.1	after we did not publish an episode on Tuesday. Everything's good. I just had a really crazy week last
0:11.0	week where I had two hours in the whole week where I wasn't busy with work or family stuff,
0:16.2	and I was not able to line up a guest for that exact time slot to record an interview.
0:22.6	But we've already got guests lined up for the next couple weeks. I don't think this is going
0:26.6	to happen very often. And I'm happy to report that in the interim, we're going to do a mini
0:31.5	episode with Greg Shahati and just talk about the pro chess league, the state of the league,
0:35.7	the final four is coming up, talk about the
0:37.5	matchups, make sure you all tune in and support this great endeavor that is great for the health of chess
0:42.9	overall.
0:44.0	I also wanted to thank you all who email me and ping me on Twitter.
0:48.4	My handle is Beneficial One.
0:50.1	I really appreciate all the feedback and the nice reviews, and it really, it keeps me going,
0:54.6	because this is a lot of work, but I'm really enjoying doing it, and I like hearing from you guys.
0:58.4	So thanks again.
0:59.6	Enjoy this little interview with Greg, and I'll be back in full force next week.
1:04.2	Take care.
1:10.1	Hello, everyone. I'm Ben Johnson, and this is the Perpetual Chess podcast.
1:14.5	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.
1:23.6	For more information, go to perpetual chesspod.com.
1:26.6	Thank you. For more information, go to perpetual chesspod.com.
1:35.6	So I am here for the triumphant return of Greg Shahati.
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