WFM Maria Emelianova a/k/a “Photochess” is a popular Twitch streamer, photographer, translator, and chess journalist. Maria often spends more than half of her time travelling to cover and help organize chess tournaments.   She has accumulated many memorable images and great stories from her time on the chess beat. To give an idea of her schedule, Maria worked on staff at the 2020-2021 FIDE Candidates in her native Yekaterinaburg, Russia, and she joined the podcast en route home from working at the Russian Team Championship in Sochi. In our conversation, Maria gave a first hand perspective on the Candidates Tournament, and we also  touched on Maria’s chess book recommendations.  We talked about  her career as a chess competitor, as well as stories from her life as a chess photographer and advice regarding chess photography, Twitch streaming, and much more. Please read on for timestamps, lots more details and links related to this fun conversation. Mentioned: https://www.sima-land.ru/, WGM Leya Garifullina, GM Ian Nepomniatchtchi, GM Peter Leko, Lennart Ootes New Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com Mentioned: My Great Predecessors , Decision Making in Major Piece Endings , Chess Life Magazine, IM Elizabeth Paehtz’s Twitch channel-https://www.twitch.tv/ellipaehtz   Mentioned: Twitch Streamer MrLlamaSC- https://www.twitch.tv/mrllamascAlso Mentioned: Episode 180 with IM Levy Rozman, Episode 140 with GM Aman Hambleton Mentioned: GM Alexander Motylev, Former FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov   Mentioned: GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Ian Nepomniatchtchi, GM Anton Korobov, GM Alexander Grischuk  Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/photochessWebpage: https://photochess.com/Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/member/photochessInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/photochess/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/photochess?lang=enReddit Photo Challenge:https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/6kywwe/psbattle_world_chess_champion_receiving_golden/ If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do here:https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices