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EP 87 | Who Were The True World Chess Champions?
GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess discuss the history of the the World Chess Championship - its many different formats, organizations, and qualifications. What makes someone the real world chess champion? Out of all the world chess champions, who are the real ones?
To view the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/Mn6D_iRdhYM
Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.club/training
Chess is more than a game, it's a lifestyle. Live it with ChessDojo gear: https://www.chessdojo.club/shop
Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive
0:00 Intro
0:07 3 Perspectives on World Champs
1:36 World Championship as Crucible
3:41 Morphy, Carlsen, and Tennis
4:40 FIDE Legalism
6:07 Champions Before FIDE
7:26 Influence of Time
12:39 Magnus, Morphy, and Others Blew It
14:04 How FiDE Blew It
15:18 Make the Championship Epic
16:56 Who Should Be Involved
18:27 Degrees of Being a Champion
18:55 The FIDE Conundrum
20:47 The Lineage of Greatness
25:27 Kostya Mortifies Jesse and David
25:47 Championship Alternatives
27:37 Importance of Tournaments and Matches
30:30 Critiques of Lineage
34:35 1948 Botvinnik
36:02 Forming the Dojo's Official List
36:38 Ding Liren
37:48 Emanuel Lasker
43:00 Discussion of Everyone Before Steinitz
59:48 David's Dark Horse
1:02:17 Post-Kasparov Troubles
1:14:36 Official Dojo World Champion List
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By IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, GM Jesse Kraai
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GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess discuss the history of the the World Chess Championship - its many different formats, organizations, and qualifications. What makes someone the real world chess champion? Out of all the world chess champions, who are the real ones?
To view the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/Mn6D_iRdhYM
Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.club/training
Chess is more than a game, it's a lifestyle. Live it with ChessDojo gear: https://www.chessdojo.club/shop
Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive
0:00 Intro
0:07 3 Perspectives on World Champs
1:36 World Championship as Crucible
3:41 Morphy, Carlsen, and Tennis
4:40 FIDE Legalism
6:07 Champions Before FIDE
7:26 Influence of Time
12:39 Magnus, Morphy, and Others Blew It
14:04 How FiDE Blew It
15:18 Make the Championship Epic
16:56 Who Should Be Involved
18:27 Degrees of Being a Champion
18:55 The FIDE Conundrum
20:47 The Lineage of Greatness
25:27 Kostya Mortifies Jesse and David
25:47 Championship Alternatives
27:37 Importance of Tournaments and Matches
30:30 Critiques of Lineage
34:35 1948 Botvinnik
36:02 Forming the Dojo's Official List
36:38 Ding Liren
37:48 Emanuel Lasker
43:00 Discussion of Everyone Before Steinitz
59:48 David's Dark Horse
1:02:17 Post-Kasparov Troubles
1:14:36 Official Dojo World Champion List
Follow ChessDojo here:
Website: https://chessdojo.club
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive
Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo
Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/
Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/
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