An interview with Alexander Grischuk // Grischuk thug life 🕶️♟️

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Our new "No chess, shall we?" show on Levitov Chess created high expectations. This time Ilya Levitov's interlocutor is the three time World Blitz Champion, alongside one of the strongest grandmasters in the world for the last twenty years, Alexander Grischuk.

We thought for a while about how to call that show. As a result, we decided on "Thug Life". This name perfectly suits our today's guest! This name has caught tens and even hundreds of thousands of views on Youtube.

Why? It's all very simple. Because Grischuk never shies away from expressing his thoughts, he always and everywhere says what he thinks! Not fearing anything and not dreading that he may have problems, on account of what a lot of chess players do. But... it does not mean that he does not care about his image, that he wants to swin against the tide, or wants to look headstrong? Not at all. Simply, Alexander always has takes of his own. He simply cannot but call a spade a spade, and shy away from condemning something outright unfair. That's how he is, that's how he sees the world. To hell with the rest!

Thanks to all the viewers of Levitov Chess that positively responded to our offer to send your questions to the show. We shall of course let Grischuk know about them. And a lot more...

We're sure you will remember this interview with the grandmaster for a long time.

00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - Shorter time controls
03:15 - Understanding his future in chess
04:20 - Did his family support him in his chess journey?
06:03 - About Anatoly Abramovich Bykhovsky
07:30 - Moving on from junior chess to adult chess
10:13 - Favourite player
12:18 - Rise to the elite, V.Kramnik and V.Anand
14:53 - Chess disappointments
17:15 - Moral dilemma because of the match against Kramnik?
18:40 - About poker
21:53 - Аre you a gambler?
23:12 - Differences between blitz and classical chess
25:47 - About quarantine, live chess and the knock-out format
27:22 - Chess: a sport or an art?
27:38 - Did the chess world change a lot during the last 20 years?
33:11 - About creation in chess
35:26 - About his temper and his friends
36:59 - Friendship in chess
39:14 - On smartphones and social networks
40:36 - On the current FIDE leadership
43:08 - On the Candidates Tournament
44:38 - Online chess: its development, on cheating
59:16 - Оn Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
1:02:16 - About the popularity of chess
1:06:33 - What threatens the world of chess?
1:08:25 - The jokes in press conferences, "Grischuk Thug Life"
1:09:53 - Why can't the Russian team win the Chess Olympiad?
1:12:10 - On Russian chess
1:13:51 - Who among the juniors can fight for the chess crown?
1:19:10 - If given a chance, what would he change in his chess career?
1:20:36 - Оn belief in God
1:21:29 - On pets
1:22:18 - Does his family distract him in his career?
1:23:34 - The shock caused by Magnus Carlsen's tournaments
1:25:53 - Оn bad luck
1:26:22 - Is he an absent-minded person?
1:27:33 - Оn Streamers Battle
1:28:28 - Bad luck: his participation in Titled Tuesday

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