EP 384- IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess) on renewing his GM title pursuit, lessons learned from his first attempt, and what we needs to do to improve.

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🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This week IM Levy Rozman (Gotham Chess) makes his annual return to Perpetual Chess to discuss what is new with him. I was particularly excited to chat with Levy as he recently announced his renewed pursuit of the GM title. Levy has been sharing lesson snippets and discussing his tournament plans on his channel, but I wanted many more details. What did he learn from his first norm-chasing experience? What will he do differently this time? Does he think he will be able to stick with it? Although most of us will never make GM, Levy’s quest to make it to the next level is relatable for me and for many other chess players. Aside from his OTB comeback, we discussed the swift rating-rise of popular gamer, Tyler 1, and the successes and lessons learned from Levy’s book. Levy shared a few stories from meeting celebrities in recent months. It's always fun catching up with Levy, and I am especially excited to follow his renewed pursuit of the GM title! Timestamps of topics discussed can be found below. Thanks to our sponsor, Chessable.com! If you sign up for Chessable Pro in order to unlock discounts and additional features, be sure to use the following link: https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro 0:00- What will be different about levy’s second public quest for GM? Will his mental health be ok? What will he do differently? Mentioned: Road to GM Episode 3 with GM Arturs Neiksans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFILafuQgPg&t=1704s 11:00- What will Levy do to address the weaknesses that GM Neiksans highlighted? Mentioned: IM Alex Ostrovskiy 15:00- Levy discusses his upcoming tournament in Spain. 17:30- Will Levy stream his tournament games? What tournaments is he planning to play? 26:00- Patreon mailbag question: “What can Levy’s fans do to support his renewed GM quest?” 29:00- Will Levy hire a sports psychologist? 31:00- Does Levy have a timeframe in mind for this GM pursuit? 34:00- Levy has been covering popular Twitch streamer and gamer Tyler1’s unusual chess progress. What interests him about this story? Mentioned: Tyler1 is a ChessGM! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gler9fDuhRY 41:00- What led Levy to work on his fitness? 43:00- Has Levy been pleased with the reception to his book? Mentioned: Rey Enigma, Blitzstream 49:00- What was the story behind meeting NBA superstar Luka Donkic? 53:00- What was it like to finally meet Magnus Carlsen IRL? 55:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Can Levy tease any upcoming collaborations?” Mentioned: More info in an article from Tarjei Svensen here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/4-million-buy-in-tournament-wadim-rosenstein-abdusattorov-caruana-nepomniachtchi-niemann 58:00- Patreon mailbag question: “How will Levy work on positional evaluation in his renewed GM quest?” Mentioned: GM Jacob Aagard’s books https://www.amazon.com/Books-Jacob-Aagaard/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJacob+Aagaard 1:00:00- Thanks, as always to Levy for joining me! In addition to the usual channels, you can get inside access to his GM quest via his Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/gothamchessofficial If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello there, listeners and viewers.
0:06.8	We got a super fun interview with Gotham Chess coming your way in mere seconds.
0:11.0	But first, as always, wanted to give thanks to our sponsors, chescible.com, in addition to Levy Rosman's 1E4 course.
0:16.6	One of their new courses is every gambit refuted by friend of the pod, Grandmaster, Eugene
0:21.2	Perlstein.
0:22.1	These days, you got all these YouTubers recommending all these dodgy gambits.
0:25.8	It's hard to keep up.
0:26.8	It's hard to know how to play against them.
0:28.6	Eugene gives you one-stop shopping for what to do against these gambits.
0:32.7	And of course, if you sign up for Chessable Pro, which you should, it unlocks features
0:36.8	like Puzzle Connect get you discounts on courses.
0:39.2	And if you use the link in the description, it helps to support perpetual chess.
0:43.1	So I want to get you to this interview.
0:44.8	We cover a wide variety of topics, but especially go deep on Levy's renewed quest for the GM title.
0:51.1	I'm excited to follow it.
0:52.5	I love these quests.
0:53.8	And, you know, I really think
0:56.3	he can do it if he sticks with it. So it'll be fun to follow. We also talk about him finally
1:00.6	meeting and interviewing Magnus Carlson, his meeting NBA superstar Luca Donchich, the success
1:05.6	of his book. Lots of fun stuff in there for you guys to dig into. So I will get you to it without
1:09.8	further ado.
1:12.8	Here is my interview with I am Levi Rosny.
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