In this episode, James Canty III reveals why hitting the gym is the ultimate Elo booster and how he sustained a 2000-day uninterrupted chess streak. Learn his secrets for juggling chess, boxing, workouts, investments, and content creation, along with his plan to earn the GM title. We also duscuss his passion for rap & freestyle, his unreleased tracks and his potential chessboxing participation, and finish with an epic blitz game — don’t miss it!

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00:00 — Intro

01:14 — Gym & chess routine

05:25 — 2000 days of nonstop chess training?!

07:53 — Chessboxing offers

11:52 — Chessboxing championship plans

14:31 — James calls out for a fight?!

16:13 — How are you improving in chess?

20:15 — James IM & GM timeline?

25:28 — Content creation pressure

29:19 — Canty on haters

35:39 — Haters don’t see what matters

39:34 — Does content creation hurt chess?

40:35 — James Canty’s media goals

46:12 — Physical shape affects your Elo

50:17 — Investment insights

52:55 — James’ investment portfolio

55:23 — Daily investment time?

57:24 — Rap & freestyle

59:31 — Blitz vs James

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My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts.

On the Chess with Mustreader channel, I interview top chess players, play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play).

I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 31 years old, I have a girlfriend, three dogs and four cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese.

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