Alexander Grischuk: Podcast with the Chess Legend

Chess with Mustreader

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: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader

My podcast with Van Foreest: https://youtu.be/89Kq33XgC2o?si=a6JHOkpWW0s0XpEm

My podcast with Erigaisi: https://youtu.be/3Nvfuk70v6g?feature=shared

My podcast with Gustafsson: https://youtu.be/7gV7nxBaoQs?si=i2AGda_HB-MMtx7h

My podcast with Naroditsky: https://youtu.be/-PqUZ2h9uGg?si=jGmP8aV-UQM923YO

My podcast with Kramnik: https://youtu.be/dgVuleGYnk4

My podcast with Fabi: https://youtu.be/1LMPYFf1iLo

My podcast with Nepo: https://youtu.be/sW-i4CPCa_w?si=kLM8n4gAPcgfB1QB

My podcast with Aronian: https://youtu.be/THyL4D2Clbw?si=HQ4exmwH4aKsWk4V

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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