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.
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.
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!
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.
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 enemie
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