The Chicken Chess Club

This week we praised the new Indian #1, whoever he may be, looked back at Magnus's victory at the chess 960 GOAT challenge and finally returned to some more cheating talk, as a treat.

More cheating blah blah, more Hans shenanigans, Peter is excited for 960 in Germany!

This week we were joined by English IM Ali Mortazavi and even though everyone has moved on, we talked about women's tournaments & titles, along with more cheating stuff. This episode was recorded before the latest Hans & Nepo shenanigans.

This week we talked about Alireza's unstoppable race to the Candidates, the World Rapid & Blitz controversies and important upcoming travel plans.

A busy week for FIDE & the very exciting Candidates circus.Note: This episode was recorded before the end of the Chennai Grandmasters & when Firouzja had only won 2 games in Chartres. For #transparency!

Super coach GM Ramesh joins us to share his some of his teaching philosophies & more!

This week we talked even more about cheating (because enough has not been said) and tried to figure out ways to game the final candidates spots. Enjoy!

This week we were joined by Ukrainian #1, GM Pavel Eljanov. Pavel is one of the many chess players whose life has been turned upside down by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

This episode was recorded earlier in the week (before the latest allegations about Hans Niemann and many, many Kramnik blogs).

As a compensation (punishment?) for the lack of CCC episodes recently, we present Peter's new bonus podcast, the FIDE Segment. This week we were joined by Emilia Castelao from the Women in Chess Foundation. If we can find any of Peter's enemies that are willing to speak to him, we'll have regular guests. Enjoy!

We're back. For now.

The tricky 65th episode.

This time it's really the final episode.

Sorry for Laurent's terrible audio, blame the French mountains.

It's episode 63 and it's here. Like or subscribe or both.

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0:00 New intro and smalltalk3:04 Warsaw Grand Chess tour recap from our roving reporter Jan30:50 ChessKid Cup42:00 Next WC cycle & upcoming World Cup56:24 Five minutes of FIDE1:01:14 Wildcard discussion, usual end of show awkwardness

This week we covered the not-surprise winner of Tepe Sigeman, the shock winner of Bucharest and suffered many questions from the people!Support the Chickens: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclub

Honorary Chicken Peter Svidler leads in Tepe Sigeman, whilst Ding and Nepomniachtchi are immediately back in action after their World Championship match.Support the Chickens: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclub

Our second-ever guest is the one and only Mr Dodgy for some reason.Support the Chickens: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclub

Our first ever guest is the one and only Peter Svidler.Support the Chickens: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclub

Support the Chickens: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclubThe 49th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.0:00 Smalltalk & Legoland3:33 World Championship Games 1-4 41:36 Armageddon in Berlin - Gukesh, Abdusattorov, Kramnik(Jan Criminal Drama!)49:00 Chessable Masters won by Hikaru Nakamura & Hikaru beef56:14 Happy birthday Garry Kasparov59:33 Correspondence Update01:01:49 Five Minutes of FIDE

Check out our new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclubThe 48th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

Check out our new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclubThe 47th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

Check out our new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclubThe 46th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.0:00 Intro & Smalltalk06:15 Chessable Masters play-in (featuring Laurent)23:20 Pro Chess League (not featuring Laurent)26:05 European Championships32:23 Norway Chess field announced38:26 Lichess Olympiad statement43:00 Offerspill training camp (Magnus will Inspire)52:32 Ramirez/CSQ podcast & discussion of Olympiad captains01:12:25 Correspondence update01:18:44 5 minutes of FIDE

Check out our new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclubThe 45th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.0:00 Intro & smalltalk03:57 European Championship (mostly the chicken's successes from the distant past)15:19 Magnus Carlsen's final classical games as World Champion & discussion of Ding vs Nepo38:29 PRO Chess League update40:47 Kramnik "breaks his silence"55:01 Chess joins the Olympics!59:08 Alejandro Ramirez update01:17:11 Peter's Correspondence update01:23:33 New motto!01:24:39 Patreon suggestion & questions01:33:30 1 minute Dutch recap

Check out our new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclubThe 44th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.0:00 Intro and smalltalk09:53 WR Masters recap (starting with bughouse for some reason)36:55 Baadur Jobava response to chess.com42:32 Alejandro update (kind of)45:20 Carlsen/Niemann update (kind of)47:18 PRO Chess League (Laurent wasn't paid to follow this week)48:26 Tinder uses the elo system54:59 Russia moves to Asia1:04:47 Attempted correspondence update1:08:24 Five(ish) Minutes of FIDE

Check out our new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclubThe 43rd episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.This week Jan is in Dusseldorf to help Anish Giri at the WR Masters, Peter is thinking about openings and Laurent is in Paris.0:00 Intro and smalltalk04:25 WR Masters recap of the first 4 rounds & basketball talk28:56 Alejandro Ramirez allegations38:25 Pro Chess League47:59 50 Greatest Chess Games53:02 Five Minutes of FIDE1:04:18 Excellent Viewer Suggestions

Check out our new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chickenchessclubThe 41st episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.0:00 Intro & Smalltalk07:12 CCT - final recap, Magnus Carlsen & Hikaru Nakamura face off in the final27:28 Alireza's new career?37:43 TV & Sports40:16 PCL -Carlsen & Giri join forces in the Chessbrahs46:53 Women's Grand Prix & Alexandra Kosteniuk50:27 WR Masters in Dusseldorf mini-preview57:20 Top 50 chess games of all time...1:07:33 Five Minutes of FIDE01:14:04 Question from You People

The 41st episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclub0:00 Intro & smalltalk04:42 CCT recap29:14 Jobava's ban33:42 Women's Grand Prix in Munich45:30 Five Minutes of FIDE51:18 Jan & Laurent return to cause trouble56:10 QUESTIONS

A special celebration episode where the chickens graciously congratulate Anish Giri on his victory in Wijk aan Zee. We take a look at who the biggest winners, losers & surprises were.Five Minutes of FIDE is our new uninterrupted Peter Heine Nielsen segment and we even found time to answer a couple of questions from the fans!The 40th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclub

The 39th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclub

The 38th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubIt's a Wijk aan Zee-heavy episode this week with Jan & Peter working as seconds for different top players at the tournament! The episode was recorded during the Giri-Carlsen so discussion of that will have to wait until next week. Laurent has also been falling the tournament closely by providing expert non-engine-assisted commentary with Peter Svidler for the first two rounds.We even managed to answer some of your deep and insightful questions (no deep and insightful answers, though).

This week we did a full & extensive preview of the famous Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee! The fun begins on the 14th of January and 14 elite players will battle it out in the Wimbledon of chess.00:00 Intro07:03 Wijk preview begins14:20 Jorden van Foreest23:54 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa31:29 Vincent Keymer38:06 Nodirbek Abdusattorov47:52 Parham Maghsoodloo54:31 Arjun Erigaisi01:04:40 Gukesh01:10:57 Levon Aronian01:15:19 Richard Rapport01:21:59 Wesley So01:26:28 Anish Giri01:32:44 Fabiano Caruana01:38:41 Ding Liren01:46:58 Magnus Carlsen

The 36th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubThis week's episode featured a look back at 2022 with our chickens awarding 12 incredibly important awards.The awards were:Best newcomerBest streamerBest dressedBest controversyBook of the yearBest tournamentFIDE official of the yearQuote of the yearGame of the yearBest playerBest female playerBest player who isn't MagnusAnd we also got stuck in to our 2023 predictions!

The 35th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubThis week's episode focused on the World Rapid & Blitz Championships, a 5-day speed chess extravaganza featuring Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi and breakout German star Vincent Keymer. There was a lot to discuss in this action-packed event, with some exciting chess interrupted by questionable arbiter decisions, Magnus Carlsen arriving 2.5 minutes late for a 3-minute game and a strictly enforced dresscode.0:00 Intro & smalltalk08:48 World Rapid Championship42:26 World Blitz Championship01:18:20 Fantasy Basketball talk (ending on a high)

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The 30th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclub

The 28th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclub

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