Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam is a Dutch  chess journalist, organizer and commentator who is best known as the Editor-in-Chief of New In Chess magazine.  New in Chess Magazine has been the industry leading chess magazine for decades and is known for its on-the-scenes reporting of major events, its high-level Grandmaster analysis of games, and insightful interviews and book reviews. In conjunction with his work for New in Chess, Dirk Jan has travelled the world and shared conversations and meals with many of the games most revered figures. In our conversation, Dirk shared several of the amazing stories he has collected over the years, and also discussed how New in Chess is being affected by the pandemic and the chess boom.  Please read on for more details and the timestamps. GM Alireza Firouzja, GM Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen interview with GM Jonathan Tisdall here: https://new.uschess.org/news/were-trying-grow-chess-interview-magnus-carlsenhttps://www.chessable.com/courses/all/all/offer/Mentioned: The Day that Kasparov Quit, Finding Bobby Fischer, GM Viswanathan AnandMentioned: The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein by GM Genna Sosonko, Zurich 1953 Mentioned: GM Ljubomir Ljubojević, GM Vassily Smyslov, GM Mikhail Botvinnik, GM Hein Donner, GM Max Euwe, GM Tony Miles, GM Alexei Shirov Mentioned: GM Garry Kasparov, Haruki Murakami Mentioned: GM Jan Timman Mentioned: GM Nigel Short You can learn more about or subscribe to New In Chess Magazine here:https://www.newinchess.com/en_US/new-in-chess-2020-8If you would like to help support the podcast, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices