What's up guys?! Episode 9 I had my good friend Eugene Yanayt on the podcast! Eugene is a avid chess player, Fide master, and a very strong chess player with wins over strong GMs. He also is a huge poker star and has played some big tournaments. We go through his chess career, ask him some poker questions, and sprinkle some interesting questions throughout, enjoy!! Hope you guys are entertained!
Episode 9 - Eugene Yanayt
0:25 Eugene Yanayt
1:05 LA Open
2:35 Catalan vs. King’s Indian
5:25 Opening journey
8:25 Are there wrong openings?
9:30 Prepping before the round
10:35 The Angel in Philly
11:25 Win tilt
11:50 How does age affect chess?
14:10 Training/Playing blitz/Monroi-Databases
17:30 How did Eugene start playing/go from 0-1400
20:25 First good tournaments
21:35 Magnus Carlsen
21:57 Karpov vs. Kasparov match
24:15 Boston Chess/GM Alex Ivanov
26:40 1400-1800/Patriots
28:55 State Championship/Denker
30:00 Danny Wrench/Sitting at the board
35:40 Playing against lower rateds/After 1800/Playing wild
39:00 Position over submission/The best move isn’t always the best move
40:40 Favorite opening/Easiest opening to learn/Favorite Country
44:40 GM Timur Gareyev/Physical condition effects chess/Daily tactics
48:45 Playing Online blitz/During the tournament/Putting a run together
53:30 Experience in chess/Post win or loss/Kovalyov
57:03 What has chess taught you about life?
58:40 Pokerrrr/Playing Balanced/Bluffing
1:02:00 Eugene’s best tournament/GM Sam Sevian
1:09:10 Favorite Chess Tournament/Thanksgiving Tournament
1:12:50 Nepo vs. Carlsen/Favorite Poker-Chess story
1:16:35 Lightning round
