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Perpetual Chess Podcast
We are back for another edition of Chess Books Recap...
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Oct 29 2021 1h 53m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Why did we pick Korchnoi’s Chess is My Life?Chapter 2 9 mins
We go over Korchnoi’s amazing chess resume and exceptional life storyChapter 3 29 sec
Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessmood.comChapter 4 59 sec
Perpetual Chess is also brought you in part by Chess.com!Chapter 5 12 mins
We read a few excerpts from the Preface (by Kasparov), the Foreword(by GM Sergey Ivanov) and the Prologue by Korchnoi himself and discuss Korchnoi’s playing styleChapter 6 44 sec
Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. Check out what's new from them here: New Chess Courses Online For All Levels- Chessable.com Don’t forget to subscribe to the How to Chess podcast as well!Chapter 7 59 sec
Perpetual Chess is also brought to you in part by AImchess.com. Check out the site, and if you decide to subscribe use the code Perpetual30 to save 30%Chapter 8 5 mins
We each draft our top 5 storylines from Chess if My Life, starting with Korchnoi’s difficult upbringingChapter 9 14 mins
We discuss the insanity of the 1978 World Championship Match with KarpovChapter 10 4 mins
Why did Petrosian and Korchnoi hate each other?Chapter 11 4 mins
How was the Korchnoi-Fischer relationship?Chapter 12 5 mins
Did Korchnoi know the rules of castling?Chapter 13 5 mins
Patreon mailbag question- “Korchnoi had a rules issue in a game with a young Magnus Carlsen- What happened there?”Chapter 14 4 mins
Korchnoi played Maroczy while he was dead! How was the game?Chapter 15 2 mins
Korchnoi played Che Guevara!Chapter 16 3 mins
What were Korchnoi’s interactions with Tal like?Chapter 17 2 mins
Korchnoi lived in New York for 2 years!?Chapter 18 4 mins
Korchnoi on Nimzowitsch!Chapter 19 9 mins
John discusses his own involvement in one of Korchnoi’s most legendary displays of poor sportsmanshipChapter 20 1 min
Coming next month-- recapping the allegedly excellent book for newer players: A First Book of MorphyChapter 21 10 mins
Thanks to John for helping out!