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0:00- Intro. We set the scene for the FIDE Candidates Tournament and discuss the dramatic late entry of GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who is replacing GM Teimour Radjabov who withdrew from the tournament due to concerns about the Corona/Covid-19 virus.

Mentioned: FIDE World Senior Team Championship: https://www.europechess.org/fide-world-senior-team-chess-championship-2020-starts-today/

10:00- This episode is brought to you in part by Chessable! Check out GM Simon Williams brand new course “The Black Lion” here.

12:00- The odds I listed for the Candidates come from Unibet UK, you can find them here (They have changed a bit since we recorded):

https://www.unibet.co.uk/betting/sports/filter/chess/world_championship/candidates/all/competitions/1005917216

We discuss the individual Candidates in the following order:

13:00- GM Kirill Alekseenko

Mentioned: GM Ali Firouzja

16:23- GM Fabiano Caruana

19:00- GM Anish Giri

23:20- GM Alexander Grischuk

Mentioned: Chess24’s Candidates 2020 A Preview: https://chess24.com/en/learn/advanced/video/candidates-2020-a-preview/candidates-2020-intro GM Peter Svidler

26:15- GM Wang Hao

Mentioned: Chessbase India’s IM Sagar Shah interviews Wang Hao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_elqkx-IgI

30:30 GM Ding Liren

34:30- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi

39:00- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Mentioned: UEFA Euro 1992 Final: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1992_Final, GM Etienne Bacrot

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