EP. 58 - I quit pro chess for Twitch: akaNemsko's story [VIDEO]

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. ------------------------------------ Learn more about Karat at https://www.trykarat.com Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/ Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/ Follow Nemo at @akaNemsko https://twitter.com/akaNemsko https://www.instagram.com/akanemsko/ ------------------------------------

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