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Tim Krabbé is a popular Dutch novelist who is probably best known for the cult cycling classic The Rider, and the book The Vanishing, which was adapted into film in both The Netherlands and the U.S. In chess circles, Tim is a strong player who was once among the top 20 in the Netherlands, and he was a competitor in two Dutch National Championships. He has written for New in Chess Magazine, and wrote a classic (out of print) book called Chess Curiosities. Around the late 1990s and 2000s, Tim maintained an amazing blog which tracked chess news, shared stories and contained many noteworthy chess studies and records. Tim no longer updates the blog, but fortunately he maintains the archive, so that chess fans still can immerse themselves in it. Tim has accumulated some great stories from his interactions with legends like GMs Jan Timman, Garry Kasparov, and Vishy Anand. In our interview, he shares a few of the stories, assesses the chess boom, and shares his wisdom on the topics of writing, cycling, longevity, and of course, chess. Please read on for more details and relevant hyperlinks. Mentioned: GM Anish Giri, GM Ian Nepomniatchtchi, Babson tasks , Episode 210 with Tom Vanderbilt. See Tom Vanderbilt’s profile of Tim Krabbé here- https://www.bicycling.com/news/a20026829/think-you-understand-the-rider-think-again/ New Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com Mentioned: Marc Cavendish, GM Simen Agdestein, Tim’s article about Simen is here:https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess2/agd_eng.htm Game 1 here- https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044722Also mentioned: GM Friðrik Ólafsson Mentioned: Leonid Yarosh’s Babson Task- more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babson_taskAlso mentioned: Chessbase.com, Chessvibes.com Mentioned: The Kingby GM Jan Hein Donner, Hein Donner, The Biography, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal Mentioned: GM Jan Timman, Read Tim’s chess short story, Master Jacobson, here:https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/text/jacobson.htm Mentioned: Lev Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev Mentioned: Kasparov vs. Piket 1995, Tim’s piece A Walk with Garry Kasparov:https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/text/kaspeng.html Thanks so much to Tim for sharing his stories and wisdom!Read his archive here:https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/chess.html Purchase his books here: https://www.amazon.com/Tim-Krabbe/e/B000APEA88%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareYou can reach him at timkr At xs4all.nl See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
