DANIEL NARODITSKY: Magnus, Gukesh, Hikaru + BLITZ LIFEHACKS

What this episode covers

We discuss with GM Daniel Naroditsky the results of the Candidates, the future of chess, and how to get better at blitz chess. We've also played a time odds game. This is one of the most fascinating podcasts I've ever recorded, enjoy! My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader Danya's Twitch: https://witch.tv/gmnaroditsky Danya's YouTube: @DanielNaroditskyGM My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader Danya's Twitter: https://twitter.com/GmNaroditsky Danya's course on the Jobava London with Bortnyk: https://danielnaroditsky1.podia.com/bortnyk-and-naroditsky-s-jobava-london 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 — Highlights from the episode 00:26 — Start 1:50 — Emotions after Candidates 5:17 — Trends seen in Candidates 6:22 — Danya predicted the result! 10:16 — Danya had tears in his eyes? 11:02 — Tata Steel vs Candidates 12:20 — Gukesh = new Magnus? 14:27 — New era in chess 15:50 — Is Alireza washed? 22:15 — World Champ prediction 23:40 — Will the Ding we know return? 28:58 — Gukesh's secret sauce 32:30 — Gukesh and online chess 35:10 — Does blitz help classical skills? 37:25 — Danya's childhood story 39:40 — Blitz vs Classical 44:25 — Hikaru is special! 46:30 — No cheating? 48:10 — Blitz improvement insights 51:50 — Danya's learnt from Hikaru 54:30 — Openings for blitz 59:29 — Blitz grind 1:03:00 — No more flagging? 1:06:00 — Important advice 1:08:00 — Danya = neural network! 1:10:00 — 1000 comments! 1:10:45 — ChessCom vs Lichess 1:13:07 — We play a game 1:17:03 — My kitten 1:17:50 — "That was scary!!" 1:19:55 — Next episode? My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts. In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Aronian, Dubov and many others - the unreleased podcasts will be published in January-February), 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 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, a dog and two cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese. Don't forget to subscribe!