At age 3, @akaNemsko learned chess. At 5, she won a Finland national championship. At 16 she became a woman grandmaster. Then - she quit. When you’ve spent your entire life winning a game you now hate playing - where do you go next?
Today Nemo shares why she quit chess, how she became a top Twitch streamer, and how she made peace with her parents on the Karat podcast.
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00:00 - Intro
02:23 - Growing up in Finland
03:43 - Chess BURNOUT
06:35 - How to actually get to know a person
08:26 - Nemo: pickleball master??
13:08 - Life after chess
14:42 - Moving to a new country
17:34 - Is Nemo a natural Chess player?
20:55 - Getting older aka changing priorities
27:22 - How I ended up in Finland
30:52 - Why Nemo didn't have friends growing up
35:01 - The strict structure of an Asian household
48:43 - Growing up a rebel
51:20 - Struggling with feedback
57:34 - My current relationship with my parents
01:00:36 - Why I won't go back to school
01:01:16 - Becoming a creator
01:02:33 - How COVID-19 helped Nemo's career
01:08:07 - The challenges of being a female in a male-dominated world
01:11:17 - Grandmasters aren't emotionally stable
01:14:27 - Nemo on facing adversity
01:19:40 - Nemo HATES losing
01:25:31 - Is streaming the most toxic environment?
01:29:04 - The positives of streaming
