Chess with Mustreader

I've interviewed Levon Aronian and discussed with him the hottest topics in chess, as well as his personal story, books for chess self-improvement, chess psychology, and playing against Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov. At the end, we played a fascinating blitz game. This was recorded in Samarkand at the end of 2023.My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader Levon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LevAronian My podcast with Nepo: https://youtu.be/sW-i4CPCa_w?si=fvUCPiLUHl5GWOVf My podcast with Fabi: https://youtu.be/1LMPYFf1iLo?si=Z_yQ8thdFWOpusxh DOP: timmmy_photos 00:00 — Intro 2:08 — Tournament in Chennai 5:52 — The future of chess 7:35 — Cheating online 11:33 — Strict anti-cheating measures 15:04 — Zen reaction to cheating 17:45 — Motivation behind cheating 25:12 — Rehab for cheaters 36:01 — Chess and rap battles 37:32 — Levon loves rap 38:10 — Role models 40:10 — Playing against Kasparov and Magnus 45:15 — Relaxation in chess 50:24 — We play blitz My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts. In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Aronian, Dubov and many others - the unreleased podcasts will be published in January-February), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play). I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, a dog and two cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese. Don't forget to subscribe!

A new podcast episode with Fabiano Caruana as my guest! In this episode, Fabi talks about his motivation, story of his decline and then ascent back to the top, the cheating scandal, Magnus, Hikaru, the Candidates, his training schedule, and much more. Also, we play blitz with time odds. Enjoy! My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader Fabiano’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana Episode with Nepo: https://youtu.be/sW-i4CPCa_w?si=PRZaShC57wtet3_m CSquared podcast: https://youtube.com/@csqpod DOP: timmmy_photos 00:00 — Intro 00:41 — About the episode 2:30 — Fabi dropped chess in 2020 8:00 — Problems with motivation 10:28 — How to stay in good shape 11:38 — Staying calm despite external drama 14:59 — Chess and working out 17:32 — Chess training schedule 23:30 — Training now 27:56 — Calculation vs tactics 31:31 — Comparing with Magnus, Nepo, Hikaru, Ding, Wesley 38:50 — How Fabi rates himself 41:45 — If Fabi wins the Candidates 43:21 — Kramnik’s ban 52:35 — We play blitz My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts. In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Aronian, Dubov and many others - the unreleased podcasts will be published in January-February), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play). I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, a dog and two cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese. Don't forget to subscribe!

I've interviewed Ian Nepomniachtchi and discussed with him the hottest topics in chess. This was recorded in Samarkand at the end of 2023.I've interviewed Ian Nepomniachtchi and discussed with him the hottest topics in chess. This was recorded in Samarkand at the end of 2023.My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader Nepo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lachesisq My previous podcast with Nepo (in Russian with Eng subtitles): https://youtube.com/watch?v=_8rBWqaImPE DOP: timmmy_photos 00:00 — Intro 00:57 — Kramnik's ban from ChessCom 6:40 — Why people cheat 8:44 — How it works 16:18 — New detection methods 22:55 — Alireza and the scandal 28:26 — Ian's letter to FIDE 34:18 — The Candidates 39:17 — Nepo vs Fabi vs Hikaru 41:13 — Chess players Ian looks up to 45:24 — How Ian works on chess 50:32 — Physical preparation/psychology My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts. In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Aronian, Dubov and many others - the unreleased podcasts will be published in January-February), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play).I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, a dog and two cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese. Don't forget to subscribe!