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EP 297- IM Carissa Yip on her love for the King’s Indian Defense, Why Levon Aronian is her favorite player and the ups and downs of her first Chess Olympiad.
This week we are joined by the 2021 US Women’s Champion and one of the top junior female players in the world, IM Carissa Yip. I talked with Carissa in early September, at an interesting juncture in her life- she had just concluded her first Chess Olympiad, and was setting out for California, soon to begin her freshman year at Stanford University. This gave Carissa an opportunity to reflect on her past and future in chess and beyond. We discussed the following questions: What went right (and wrong) for Carissa and the US Women’s Olympiad Team? Why does she love the King’s Indian Defense? How did she get to her current chess level, and what would she need to do to advance even more? How does she plan to balance academics and chess? Plus Carissa told some fun stories involving interactions with GM Levon Aronian, GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Garry Kasparov, and others. Timestamps of topics discussed can be found below.
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0:01-
Carissa discusses her day-to-day as she was on the verge of beginning life as a Stanford University freshman.
4:30- How did Carissa prepare for the Women’s Chess Olympiad, where the U.S. team finished tied for third place? How was the event?
Mentioned: GM Melih Khachiyan, GM Alejandro Ramirez
14:00- How did she interact with the team?
Mentioned: Levon Trolling, Carissa Yip (Note this is a Chess.com not Chessbase India video (as I said). My mistake):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxqiTZBAWFM
18:00- Carissa discusses her critical win over IM Tania Sachdev in the last round and her love for the King’s Indian defense.
Mentioned: Sachdev-Yip 2022,
22:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. You can check out all of their latest offerings here:
https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/
23:00- What parts of her game is Carissa trying to work on?
Mentioned: Carissa’s Ladies Knight podcast appearance, The Giant Chess Puzzle Book
32:00- Patreon mailbag question: Who are Carissa’s favorite players of the past and the present?
36:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. Aimchess’ algorithm reviews your games and gives you actionable advice on how to improve your game. Check it out for free, and if you choose to subscribe you can use the code Perpetual30 to save 30%.
Or use this link for the same discount:
https://aimchess.com/try?ref=benjohnson12
37:00- Patreon mailbag question: How does Carissa plan to balance academics and chess?
43:00- What is the real story behind GM Andrew Tang’s photo, taken with GM Magnus Carlsen?
Mentioned: Episode 241 with GM Andrew Tang, Andrew Tang blog post
50:00- Thanks to Carissa for joining the pod!
You can keep up with her:
Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/carissayipchess
https://www.instagram.com/carissayip/?hl=en
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This week we are joined by the 2021 US Women’s Champion and one of the top junior female players in the world, IM Carissa Yip. I talked with Carissa in early September, at an interesting juncture in her life- she had just concluded her first Chess Olympiad, and was setting out for California, soon to begin her freshman year at Stanford University. This gave Carissa an opportunity to reflect on her past and future in chess and beyond. We discussed the following questions: What went right (and wrong) for Carissa and the US Women’s Olympiad Team? Why does she love the King’s Indian Defense? How did she get to her current chess level, and what would she need to do to advance even more? How does she plan to balance academics and chess? Plus Carissa told some fun stories involving interactions with GM Levon Aronian, GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Garry Kasparov, and others. Timestamps of topics discussed can be found below.
Perpetual Chess Link Fest Sign Up-
https://benjohnson.substack.com/
0:01-
Carissa discusses her day-to-day as she was on the verge of beginning life as a Stanford University freshman.
4:30- How did Carissa prepare for the Women’s Chess Olympiad, where the U.S. team finished tied for third place? How was the event?
Mentioned: GM Melih Khachiyan, GM Alejandro Ramirez
14:00- How did she interact with the team?
Mentioned: Levon Trolling, Carissa Yip (Note this is a Chess.com not Chessbase India video (as I said). My mistake):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxqiTZBAWFM
18:00- Carissa discusses her critical win over IM Tania Sachdev in the last round and her love for the King’s Indian defense.
Mentioned: Sachdev-Yip 2022,
22:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. You can check out all of their latest offerings here:
https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/
23:00- What parts of her game is Carissa trying to work on?
Mentioned: Carissa’s Ladies Knight podcast appearance, The Giant Chess Puzzle Book
32:00- Patreon mailbag question: Who are Carissa’s favorite players of the past and the present?
36:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. Aimchess’ algorithm reviews your games and gives you actionable advice on how to improve your game. Check it out for free, and if you choose to subscribe you can use the code Perpetual30 to save 30%.
Or use this link for the same discount:
https://aimchess.com/try?ref=benjohnson12
37:00- Patreon mailbag question: How does Carissa plan to balance academics and chess?
43:00- What is the real story behind GM Andrew Tang’s photo, taken with GM Magnus Carlsen?
Mentioned: Episode 241 with GM Andrew Tang, Andrew Tang blog post
50:00- Thanks to Carissa for joining the pod!
You can keep up with her:
Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/carissayipchess
https://www.instagram.com/carissayip/?hl=en
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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