• Ep 81: Life Lessons From Chess in 2024

  • Jan 15 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Ep 81: Life Lessons From Chess in 2024

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  • Chess is a beautiful game -- and holds many lessons for life.

    A lot happened in chess in 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju won the World Chess Championships, Arjun Erigaisi reached 2809, India won Olympiad golds, Magnus Carlsen threw his weight around -- and there are Life Lessons in it for all of us.

    Welcome to Episode 81 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

    In this episode, Amit shares the nuances in the events in chess in 2024 -- and draws timeless learnings from them.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Packaging 00:13 Intro: Finding Life Lessons 01:35 Chapter 1: The Last Blunder 13:45 Chapter 2: The Game Outside the Game 25:50 Chapter 3: The Different Journeys of Gukesh and Arjun 42:13 Chapter 4: The Decline of Classical Chess 52:24 Chapter 5: Magnus’s Misbehaviour 1:10:44 Chapter 6: Computers and Coverage 1:14:14 Chapter 7: Sagar and Amruta

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