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Perpetual Chess Podcast

World Championship Bonus Pod #5- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk on His Career, Twitch Streaming and his Thoughts on the Match

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Perpetual Chess LLC

Leisure, Sports, Hobbies

4.8706 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

GM Vasyl Ivanchuk is a modern chess legend who has won countless tournaments including the 2016 World Rapid Championship and the 2007 FIDE World Blitz Championship. He has been ranked #2 in the World on 3 separate occasions. Vasyl is known for his creative play and his wide opening repertoire. Vasyl joined me just after the World Championship concluded to share his thoughts on the match, and to discuss his recent foray into Twitch streaming, his passion for checkers, and to answer my many questions about his illustrious career. So much fun to talk chess with "Chucky!" You can follow/subscribe to Vasyl's Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/ivanchukchess 0:00- Intro, Match Wrapup 6:00- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk joins the podcast! If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Autopilot Order.

0:01.6

Now, informal.

0:02.9

The strong urge felt at the ordering kiosk or drive-through

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that takes over the entire body and mind

0:07.7

and results in a person ordering a Big Mac without even having to think.

0:11.4

Related phrases.

0:12.5

Looks like I've ordered a Big Mac again.

0:14.6

The Autopilot Order at McDonald's.

0:18.0

Serves from 11am, subject to availability.

0:24.4

Hello. served from 11 a.m., subject to availability. Hello, everyone. I am Ben Johnson, and this is the Perpetual Chess podcast. Perpetual Chess is a weekly chess interview show with accomplished chess players, authors, personalities, and adult improvers where they discuss their lives, their careers, and share

0:37.6

tips about how to improve at chess. For more information, go to perpetual chesspod.com. So without

0:44.2

further ado, let's get to the show. Hello everyone and welcome back to perpetual chess. Magnus

0:52.6

Carlson has successfully defended his

0:54.7

world championship title for the fifth time and has ended the match against Grandmaster Jan

0:59.3

Napomnichi. I know I said I might not do a bonus pod if the match ended early, but I had the

1:04.3

opportunity to interview an absolute legend of the game, Grandmaster Vasili Vonchuk, and I can't

1:09.5

wait to share it with you all.

1:16.2

Also known as Chucky, Vasile has been an elite player for decades and has been called a genius by none other than Gary Kasparov, among many others.

1:19.7

Those familiar with Ivanchuk won't be surprised that our interview has a little bit of

1:23.9

everything.

1:24.6

We talk some world championships, but I also couldn't pass up the

1:27.9

opportunity to ask him some questions about his own illustrious career. Please be sure to check out

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