Show notes
As a fascinating and upset-laden FIDE World Cup comes to an end, 2022 Austrian National Champion GM Felix Blohberger joins me to break down the key moments, share stories from his own World Cup experience, and reflect on his chess career. GM Blohberger has been offering insightful commentary on his YouTube channel where he has been sharing his thoughts on the FIDE World Cup, and was able to elaborate on many themes from his channel in our interview. In our conversation we discuss: The new Candidates qualifiers: GM Javokhir Sindarov, Wei Yi, and Andrey Esipenko plus who Felix now sees as the favorite to win the Candidates. The pressure of tiebreaks including Felix’s take on GM Esipenko’s heartbreaking blunder against Wei Yi, plus what it’s actually like inside the venue between games. Felix’s chess career: including his favorite books, his rating goals, and reflections on the viral video that helped grow his channel. . This was another entertaining and surprising World Cup, and I am already excited for the FIDE Candidates next year. Timestamps are below. 0:00- Thanks to our sponsor, Chessable.com! If you sign up for Chessable Pro in order to unlock discounts and additional features, be sure to use the following link:https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=proAnd you can check out their new offerings here:https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/0:00- Thanks to our sponsor, Chessable.com! If you sign up for Chessable Pro in order to unlock discounts and additional features, be sure to use the following link:https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=proAnd you can check out their new offerings here:https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/Sub to his YouTube here:https://www.youtube.com/@feblohFelix’s video about the challenges of life as a chess pro:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8DW6XShofQ&t=0Esipenko’s blunder-https://x.com/GMJuditPolgar/status/1992651679108616301?s=2015:30- Patreon mailbag question:Why does Felix think so many players were content to go to tiebreaks? Sindarov’s 2700chess.com rating graph-https://2700chess.com/players/sindarov_javokhirFelix Rook Endgame Videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEESoSw164wMentioned: Yusopov’s Build Up Your Chess Series Mentioned: The Anand Files by FM Michael AbelnMentioned:Blohberger-Svane 2023https://www.chess.com/events/2023-2024-austrian-chess-bundesliga/04/Blohberger_Felix-Svane_FrederikYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@feblohInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/felixblohberger/?hl=enWebsite:https://www.felixblohberger.com/If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here:https://www.patreon.com/c/perpetualchess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
