EP 398- FIDE Olympiad preview with GM Jonathan Speelman: Magnus, Medal Chases & Prodigies in Action

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad begins September 11, 2024 in Budapest, and will feature many of the world’s top players. It is always a fun tournament for players and fans alike with its unique format and the opportunity for players to represent their countries. Joining me to help preview this year’s edition is 14- time British Chess Olympian, author, and 3 time British champion, GM Jonathan Speelman. Before Jon joins me, I discuss storylines I am excited for, including Magnus’ return to classical chess, a star-studded Indian team, and the Olympiad debut of a young British star. At the 14 minute mark, GM Speelman joins me to share some of his own Olympiad memories, as well as to share his thoughts on this year’s edition. The Olympiad is always one of my favorite tournaments to follow, and you can be sure that Perpetual Chess will be following and covering this year’s edition in detail. Timestamps of topics discussed are below. Check out the app of our new sponsors Chess Universe in your app store. https://chess-universe.sng.link/Dqw52/kbhh 0:12:00- 10 storylines I am excited for the in the Olympiad Mentioned: You can see the Olympiad rosters: Thanks to our longtime sponsors, Chessable.com! If you sign up for Chessable pro, please use the following link to help support Perpetual Chess: https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro 14:00- GM Jonathan Speelman joins me and reflects on his Olympiad experiences as a player and trainer. Mentioned: Kasparov-Speelman 1980 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069881 36:00- Jon shares his thoughts on this year’s Olympiad. Mentioned: 2700chess.com 55:00- Jon reminsices about the 1988 Olympiad, the young Polgar sisters and “Grandmaster Clash” Check out Grandmaster Clash here: Grandmaster Clash - 28th Chess Olympiad 1988 with Stephen Fry 1:00- Predictions? 1:00- Thanks, as always to GM Speelman for joining me, you can subscribe to this Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/jonspeelman 1:02- 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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0:37.6	Hello everyone and welcome back to perpetual chess.
0:42.0	My favorite chess tournament of the year, the Chess Olympiad, is almost here.
0:58.0	It starts September 11th in Budapest, and we're going to tell you all about it and welcome a great guest, a great returning guest to the three-time British champion, 14-time British Olympiad, author and trainer, the legend Grandmaster,
1:03.5	Jonathan Spielman. So I had a free-flowing conversation where he told a few stories and reflected on this year's field, as well as reflecting on his own Olympiad experiences. So we'll be getting
1:09.1	to you to that fun chat with Grand Master Spielman in a bit.
1:14.4	But first, I wanted to go over sort of what I'm excited about with this Olympiad and why this tournament gets me so hype while some other tournaments maybe kind of blend together at times.
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