FIDE Segment #8 - Guest Ali Mortazavi, Cheating & Women's Chess

This week we praised the new Indian #1, whoever he may be, looked back at Magnus's victory at the chess 960 GOAT challenge and finally returned to some more cheating talk, as a treat.

More cheating blah blah, more Hans shenanigans, Peter is excited for 960 in Germany!

This week we were joined by English IM Ali Mortazavi and even though everyone has moved on, we talked about women's tournaments & titles, along with more cheating stuff. This episode was recorded before the latest Hans & Nepo shenanigans.

This week we talked about Alireza's unstoppable race to the Candidates, the World Rapid & Blitz controversies and important upcoming travel plans.

A busy week for FIDE & the very exciting Candidates circus.Note: This episode was recorded before the end of the Chennai Grandmasters & when Firouzja had only won 2 games in Chartres. For #transparency!

Super coach GM Ramesh joins us to share his some of his teaching philosophies & more!

This week we talked even more about cheating (because enough has not been said) and tried to figure out ways to game the final candidates spots. Enjoy!

This week we were joined by Ukrainian #1, GM Pavel Eljanov. Pavel is one of the many chess players whose life has been turned upside down by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

This episode was recorded earlier in the week (before the latest allegations about Hans Niemann and many, many Kramnik blogs).

As a compensation (punishment?) for the lack of CCC episodes recently, we present Peter's new bonus podcast, the FIDE Segment. This week we were joined by Emilia Castelao from the Women in Chess Foundation. If we can find any of Peter's enemies that are willing to speak to him, we'll have regular guests. Enjoy!