After 8 rounds, things have changed! As you may have heard, Magnus Carlsen has taken a 5-3 lead in the 2021 World Championship, highlighted by a record breaking, unforgettable win in Game 6. Please listen in as a do a quick rundown of the highlights of the match, then bring in two great guests: Grandmaster Jan Timman is the 9 time champion of the Netherlands, an award winning author, and was one of the highest rated players in the world for decades. Among other topics, Jan shares his thoughts on the match so far and discusses the ascendance of young Super GM Alireza Firouzja, who we could potentially see in the next World Championship.

My second guest, John MacArthur is an accomplished scholastic coach and Twitch streamer who joined me just after returning from Dubai on Monday. Dubai was the 6th World Championship match he has attended. John shares some great stories and contrasts this event with the many other memorable matches he has attended.

Timestamps and the links you need are below.

10:00- GM Jan Timman joins me!

Jan is a founding editor and columnist for New in Chess Magazine

His latest book is, The Unstoppable American: Bobby Fischer's Road to Reykjavik

33:30- NM John MacArthur joins

Check out his photos from Dubai on his Instagram here.

Follow him on Twitch here.

On Twitter here

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Horatio Sanz