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What's up guys?! Episode 9 I had my good friend Eugene Yanayt on the podcast! Eugene is a avid chess player, Fide master, and a very strong chess player with wins over strong GMs. He also is a huge poker star and has played some big tournaments. We go through his chess career, ask him some poker questions, and sprinkle some interesting questions throughout, enjoy!! Hope you guys are entertained! Episode 9 - Eugene Yanayt0:25 Eugene Yanayt1:05 LA Open2:35 Catalan vs. King’s Indian5:25 Opening journey 8:25 Are there wrong openings?9:30 Prepping before the round10:35 The Angel in Philly 11:25 Win tilt11:50 How does age affect chess? 14:10 Training/Playing blitz/Monroi-Databases 17:30 How did Eugene start playing/go from 0-140020:25 First good tournaments21:35 Magnus Carlsen21:57 Karpov vs. Kasparov match24:15 Boston Chess/GM Alex Ivanov26:40 1400-1800/Patriots 28:55 State Championship/Denker 30:00 Danny Wrench/Sitting at the board 35:40 Playing against lower rateds/After 1800/Playing wild39:00 Position over submission/The best move isn’t always the best move40:40 Favorite opening/Easiest opening to learn/Favorite Country44:40 GM Timur Gareyev/Physical condition effects chess/Daily tactics48:45 Playing Online blitz/During the tournament/Putting a run together53:30 Experience in chess/Post win or loss/Kovalyov 57:03 What has chess taught you about life?58:40 Pokerrrr/Playing Balanced/Bluffing1:02:00 Eugene’s best tournament/GM Sam Sevian1:09:10 Favorite Chess Tournament/Thanksgiving Tournament1:12:50 Nepo vs. Carlsen/Favorite Poker-Chess story1:16:35 Lightning round