This week on Perpetual Chess, we are fortunate to get a return visit from the legendary commentator, Super GM, and now Chessable author, GM Peter Svidler! Peter talked with me a few days before he was set to depart for Yekaterinaburg, Russia. Yekaterinburg, of course, is where the FIDE Candidates Tournament will resume after being postponed amidst the Covid pandemic in March 2020. The tournament resumes on April 19, and the winner of the tournament will face GM Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship in November of 2021. As a competitor in prior Candidates Tournaments, and someone who is now assisting GM Kirill Alekseenko, one of the participants, it was amazing to hear GM Svidler’s perspective on the tournament. Of course, GM Svidler has also just released his much anticipated Chessable course, Lifetime Repertoires: Peter Svidler’s Grunfeld. We talked about how he researched this huge project, as well as what surprised him about the process of writing his first Chessable course. Lastly, we got lots of questions from supporters of the Perpetual Chess Podcast. GM Svidler tackled questions relating to his famed modesty, his plans for competing and commentating in 2021, and much more. Please read on for more details, timestamps, and relevant links.    We begin by discussing the FIDE Candidates Tournament, which is set to resume on April 19, 2021. Mentioned: Russian Superfinals, GM Kirill Alekseenko, FIDE Candidates Wikipedia Page including participants and standings here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2021Candidates odds to win:https://sports.bwin.com/en/sports/events/candidates-tournament-2020-9514213Peter answers the first question from the Perpetual Chess Patreon mailbag: “is it possible that Peter’s famed modesty gives him a competitive disadvantage?”Mentioned: GM Sergei Shipov  https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-peter-svidlers-grunfeld-part-1/course/63116/The free short and sweet version is here:https://www.chessable.com/short-sweet-peter-svidlers-grunfeld/course/70030/Mentioned: GM Danill Dubov, GM Harikrishna  Mentioned: Peter’s Svidler’s “Training with Tani” Youtube Series   GM Evgeny Tomashevsky, GM Ian Nepomniatchi  Mentioned: Masterclass with GM Yannick Pelletier:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paCReNKAcNgPeters’s Recap of his Tilburg 1997 win vs. GM Garry Kasparovhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1iefMAb-Tk Also Mentioned: GM Boris Gelfand’s books with GM Jacob Aagaard, FM Michiel Abeln’s The Anand Files, From London to Elista   Mentioned: Leisure Suit Larry  https://twitter.com/polborta?lang=enhttps://www.twitch.tv/plbrtahttps://www.chessable.com/discussion/thread/242991/lifetime-repertoire-the-grunfeld-peter-svidler-/Peter Svidler “Lifetime Repertoires” Grunfeld-Part 1- Course Giveaway Instructions! Go to Perpetual Chess Youtube page here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtcudElmRsQYTwULtd_gnFw/videos Subscribe to the channel and take a screenshot Email the screenshot to ben@perpetualchesspod.com with the subject header “YouTube” Done! Deadline April 30. Winners will be determined by random drawing, and announced via email on May 1. I will not be able to respond to all contestants emails, but you all should get an email when the winners are announced. Thanks for playing!If you would like to join the Perpetual Chess Patreon community, or to help support Perpetual Chess in other ways, you can learn more here:Donate — The Perpetual Chess Podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices