EP.23 - Grandmaster Mesgen Amanov

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Perpetual Chess LLC

Sports, Leisure, Hobbies

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2017

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Although just 30 years old, GM Mesgen Amanov has many great stories to tell. In our interview, Mesgen tells the remarkable story of his emigration to the US after growing up in Turkmenistan. He also recounts how he got the idea for his successful chess education site, improvemychess.com. In addition, GM Amanov reveals his unique college major, tells some GM drinking stories, and gives some helpful chess improvement tips. To reach GM Amanov go to improvemychess.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Hi, I'm here for the interview. Ah, now, this would be the pre-pre-interview.
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0:39.2	Oh, how many stages?
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1:04.0	Hello everyone, I'm Ben Johnson and this is the Perpetual Chess podcast.
1:09.0	On perpetual chess, I have weekly
1:11.4	conversations with the chess world's best players, promoters, and educators about their lives,
1:16.2	careers, current projects, and best practices. For more information, go to perpetual chesspod.com.
1:27.3	Hey, everyone, I'm here with Grandmaster Mezgen Ammanov of Chicago by way of Turkmenistan
1:32.8	Mezgen. Thanks for coming on the perpetual chess podcast. Thank you for having me, Ben. It is a pleasure,
1:38.2	and I actually did listen to some of your podcasts, and it was very, very interesting. So I'm of course not prepared.
1:45.9	I don't know what should be done to be prepared for that. So it's more of a conversational,
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