Alexander Grischuk: Podcast with the Chess Legend

The new guest of my podcast is Alexander Grischuk, the legend and OG of chess, 3-time World Blitz Champion, and 5-time Candidates participant (top rating: 2810).

My X: https://x.com/mustreader
My Twitch:   / gregmustreader  

My podcast with Van Foreest:    • Jorden van Foreest: work for Magnus, ...  
My podcast with Erigaisi:    • How Arjun Erigaisi's mindset made him...  
My podcast with Gustafsson:    • COACH of MAGNUS and NEPO! Podcast wit...  
My podcast with Naroditsky:    • DANIEL NARODITSKY: Magnus, Gukesh, Hi...  
My podcast with Kramnik:    • KRAMNIK: "I apologize, but I don't se...  
My podcast with Fabi:    • FABIANO CARUANA: "I couldn't even loo...  
My podcast with Nepo:    • NEPO on cheating, Magnus, Hikaru, Fab...  
My podcast with Aronian:    • LEVON ARONIAN: chess psychology, chea...  

00:00 - Intro
01:52 - Thug life
03:39 - Rare tournament appearances
07:32 - A sad story
08:28 - Regaining the form
09:02 - Chess improvement routine
10:43 - Motivation
13:23 - Classical chess is dead?
17:07 - Shift to Chess960
21:09 - Freestyle chess series
24:30 - Online tournaments: fun or serious?
26:48 - Chess ambitions
29:56 - Grischuk on his contemporaries
40:08 - Gukesh vs. Ding
42:42 - Future of chess
46:03 - Cheating concerns
50:01 - Smoking and fitness
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 channel, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Kramnik, Aronian, Naroditsky and many others), 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 31 year old, I have a girlfriend, three dogs and three cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese.

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