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: My Twitch: My podcast with Van Foreest: My podcast with Erigaisi: My podcast with Gustafsson: My podcast with Naroditsky: My podcast with Kramnik: My podcast with Fabi: My podcast with Nepo: My podcast with Aronian: 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. Don’t forget to subscribe! #alexandergrischuk #chess #grischuk