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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!

We're back. For now.

The tricky 65th episode.

This time it's really the final episode.

Sorry for Laurent's terrible audio, blame the French mountains.

It's episode 63 and it's here. Like or subscribe or both.

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0:00 New intro and smalltalk

3:04 Warsaw Grand Chess tour recap from our roving reporter Jan

30:50 ChessKid Cup

42:00 Next WC cycle & upcoming World Cup

56:24 Five minutes of FIDE

1:01:14 Wildcard discussion, usual end of show awkwardness

This week we covered the not-surprise winner of Tepe Sigeman, the shock winner of Bucharest and suffered many questions from the people!

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Honorary Chicken Peter Svidler leads in Tepe Sigeman, whilst Ding and Nepomniachtchi are immediately back in action after their World Championship match.

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Our second-ever guest is the one and only Mr Dodgy for some reason.

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Our first ever guest is the one and only Peter Svidler.

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The 49th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

0:00 Smalltalk & Legoland

3:33 World Championship Games 1-4

41:36 Armageddon in Berlin - Gukesh, Abdusattorov, Kramnik(Jan Criminal Drama!)

49:00 Chessable Masters won by Hikaru Nakamura & Hikaru beef

56:14 Happy birthday Garry Kasparov

59:33 Correspondence Update

01:01:49 Five Minutes of FIDE

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The 48th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 47th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 46th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

0:00 Intro & Smalltalk

06:15 Chessable Masters play-in (featuring Laurent)

23:20 Pro Chess League (not featuring Laurent)

26:05 European Championships

32:23 Norway Chess field announced

38:26 Lichess Olympiad statement

43:00 Offerspill training camp (Magnus will Inspire)

52:32 Ramirez/CSQ podcast & discussion of Olympiad captains

01:12:25 Correspondence update

01:18:44 5 minutes of FIDE

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The 45th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

0:00 Intro & smalltalk

03:57 European Championship (mostly the chicken's successes from the distant past)

15:19 Magnus Carlsen's final classical games as World Champion & discussion of Ding vs Nepo

38:29 PRO Chess League update

40:47 Kramnik "breaks his silence"

55:01 Chess joins the Olympics!

59:08 Alejandro Ramirez update

01:17:11 Peter's Correspondence update

01:23:33 New motto!

01:24:39 Patreon suggestion & questions

01:33:30 1 minute Dutch recap

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The 44th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

0:00 Intro and smalltalk

09:53 WR Masters recap (starting with bughouse for some reason)

36:55 Baadur Jobava response to chess.com

42:32 Alejandro update (kind of)

45:20 Carlsen/Niemann update (kind of)

47:18 PRO Chess League (Laurent wasn't paid to follow this week)

48:26 Tinder uses the elo system

54:59 Russia moves to Asia

1:04:47 Attempted correspondence update

1:08:24 Five(ish) Minutes of FIDE

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The 43rd episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

This week Jan is in Dusseldorf to help Anish Giri at the WR Masters, Peter is thinking about openings and Laurent is in Paris.

0:00 Intro and smalltalk

04:25 WR Masters recap of the first 4 rounds & basketball talk

28:56 Alejandro Ramirez allegations

38:25 Pro Chess League

47:59 50 Greatest Chess Games

53:02 Five Minutes of FIDE

1:04:18 Excellent Viewer Suggestions

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The 41st episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

0:00 Intro & Smalltalk

07:12 CCT - final recap, Magnus Carlsen & Hikaru Nakamura face off in the final

27:28 Alireza's new career?

37:43 TV & Sports

40:16 PCL -Carlsen & Giri join forces in the Chessbrahs

46:53 Women's Grand Prix & Alexandra Kosteniuk

50:27 WR Masters in Dusseldorf mini-preview

57:20 Top 50 chess games of all time...

1:07:33 Five Minutes of FIDE

01:14:04 Question from You People

The 41st episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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0:00 Intro & smalltalk

04:42 CCT recap

29:14 Jobava's ban

33:42 Women's Grand Prix in Munich

45:30 Five Minutes of FIDE

51:18 Jan & Laurent return to cause trouble

56:10 QUESTIONS

A special celebration episode where the chickens graciously congratulate Anish Giri on his victory in Wijk aan Zee. We take a look at who the biggest winners, losers & surprises were.

Five Minutes of FIDE is our new uninterrupted Peter Heine Nielsen segment and we even found time to answer a couple of questions from the fans!

The 40th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 39th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 38th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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It's a Wijk aan Zee-heavy episode this week with Jan & Peter working as seconds for differenttop players at the tournament! The episode was recorded during the Giri-Carlsen so discussion of that will have to wait until next week. Laurent has also been falling the tournament closely by providing expert non-engine-assisted commentary with Peter Svidler for the first two rounds.

We even managed to answer some of your deep and insightful questions (no deep and insightful answers, though).

This week we did a full & extensive preview of the famous Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee! The fun begins on the 14th of January and 14 elite players will battle it out in the Wimbledon of chess.

00:00 Intro

07:03 Wijk preview begins

14:20 Jorden van Foreest

23:54 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

31:29 Vincent Keymer

38:06 Nodirbek Abdusattorov

47:52 Parham Maghsoodloo

54:31 Arjun Erigaisi

01:04:40 Gukesh

01:10:57 Levon Aronian

01:15:19 Richard Rapport

01:21:59 Wesley So

01:26:28 Anish Giri

01:32:44 Fabiano Caruana

01:38:41 Ding Liren

01:46:58 Magnus Carlsen

The 36th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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This week's episode featured a look back at 2022 with our chickens awarding 12 incredibly important awards.

The awards were:

Best newcomer

Best streamer

Best dressed

Best controversy

Book of the year

Best tournament

FIDE official of the year

Quote of the year

Game of the year

Best player

Best female player

Best player who isn't Magnus

And we also got stuck in to our 2023 predictions!

The 35th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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This week's episode focused on the World Rapid & Blitz Championships, a 5-day speed chess extravaganza featuring Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi and breakout German star Vincent Keymer. There was a lot to discuss in this action-packed event, with some exciting chess interrupted by questionable arbiter decisions, Magnus Carlsen arriving 2.5 minutes late for a 3-minute game and a strictly enforced dresscode.

0:00 Intro & smalltalk

08:48 World Rapid Championship

42:26 World Blitz Championship

01:18:20 Fantasy Basketball talk (ending on a high)

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The 34th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 33rd episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 32nd episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 31st episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 30th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 28th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 28th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 27th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

The 26th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 25th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 24th episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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A special bonus episode because Magnus Carlsen decided to release a statement on recent cheating accusations just after we had finished recording!

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The 23rd episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 22nd episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The 21st episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The twentieth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The nineteenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The eighteenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The seventeenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The sixteenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The fifteenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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Chickens in Chennai, everyone is exhausted, just listen you don't need notes.

The SADDEST episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen. Magnus Carlsen has retired from the World Championship cycle - what happens now?!

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The fourteenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The heatwave is not yet cooking our chickens.

The Champions Chess Tour finished this week. Although the youngsters like Xiong, Erigaisi and Sevian put in strong performances, Levon Aronian won the final in style.

Olympiad talk this week involves a famous cheating scandal that may or not have involved the French team.

The Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb is up next, with Magnus Carlsen playing and Jan talking about it. He'll be joined by 1 Lawrence and 1 Laurent (no Peters).

Biel continues with Gukesh becoming the 3rd or 4th (who knows?) youngest 2700 player.

Dortmund also began this week and Jan is not happy with it!

The chicken's pre-tournament predictions came under fire from Hikaru Nakamura - will they hit back?!

Lots of FIDE talk.

Questions from you people were answered!

Finally, Chickens of the Week broke a new record, so the episode kind of ended on a high. See you next week!

The thirteenth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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This week Laurent has had some adventures in the Bundesliga while Jan recovers from a rare and unknown illness. Peter has Big Luggage News.

Magnus Carlsen has been playing poker in Las Vegas and he may not be ready for a career switch (yet!).

The Leon Masters was a rematch of the 2012 WC match between Anand & Gelfand.

In FIDE news, Peter joined a debate with Baryshpolets, Dvorkovich & Kouatly. Sadly, it wasn't recorded, so we don't know who won.

This week's Chickens of the Week were an old favourite, a debate-dodger and a chicken!

0:00 Intro & catch up

05:42 Bundesliga

18:13 Magnus match talk

23:42 Magnus's poker adventures

28:27 Leon Masters

35:30 Champions Chess Tour

38:35 Olympiad

45:15 FIDE section

1:02:00 Lauren's food preferences

1:06:45 Chickens of the Week

The twelfth episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The Candidates is over so we have a new Challenger! And he's just as good as the old one! Ian Nepomniachtchi is the man, but will Magnus Carlsen defend his crown?

All of the Candidate's performances are discussed, along with the revelation that Alireza Firouzja has been working with a former World Champion...

Magnus Carlsen headed to Madrid to play some park blitz where he was joined by Judit Polgar & Anish Giri - they even played a local club blitz tournament!

Vladimir Kramnik ran into some clock problems on chess.com and had things to say.

Exciting news in the FIDE section this week as the Baryshpolets/Nielsen campaign announces their new website. It's so good it even impressed Laurent!

As always, we end with Chickens of the Week.

The eleventh episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The FIDE Candidates rumbles on and after 9 rounds, Ian Nepomniachtchi is the man to beat. He's a full point ahead of Fabiano Caruana with Ding Liren & Hikaru Nakamura trailing on 50%.

There's a lot to discuss at the Candidates from Nepo's impressive performance to Rapport's risk-taking.

"What are you going to fix in FIDE this week, Peter?" continues to provide few answers on what Peter will fix. This week Emil Sutovsky was challenged to a debate and there will now be an epic battle to find a suitable date.

Nigel Short has resigned as VP of FIDE and has gone to war with (one of) the US Virgin Islands Federation.

Dvorkovich has a new website and was recently interviewed for chess24 but have we learned anything new?

We end on Chickens of the Week, with a special birthday chicken!

The tenth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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Laurent is back from his triumphant French teams victory, Peter is back from his triumphant teaching sessions (despite luggage issues) and Jan continues his triumphant Candidates commentary.

At the time of recording, 3 rounds of the Candidates have been played. Fabiano Caruana & Ian Nepomniatchtchi are the early leaders.

"What are you going to fix in FIDE this week, Peter?" gets heated this week - Jan demands a more positive campaign.

There are 3 questions this week but Laurent refuses to answer one of them.

There are only 2 Chickens of the Week because Peter disconnected from the call and nobody was interested in waiting. See you next week!

The ninth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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Jan & Peter are back from witnessing Magnus Carlsen's Norway victory. Anand's impressive performance is discussed.

Peter is now in Charlotte teaching the next generations of American stars.

Laurent is busy at the French League and proudly displays his chicken credentials.

The kids are doing okay in Prague with Neimann, Abdusattorov and Keymer leading the Challengers.

Our new segment is "What are you going to fix in FIDE this week, Peter". Don't worry, the content is remarkably similar to a previous popular segment

The FIDE campaigns are discussed and questions are asked about whether FIDE politicians can use FIDE funds for campaigning.

We end with everyone's favourite segment - Chickens of the Week!

The FIDE Candidates will take place in Madrid (16th June-7th July) and the winner will have the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen to a match for the world title - if he chooses to defend it.

Our chickens will be ranking the players based on their Current form, Motivation, Chances to win, Chances for Magnus to play, and our two specialist subjects - Chickenness and Openings.

The players are: Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniatchtchi, Richard Rapport, Hikaru Nakamura, Jan-Krzysztof & Teimour Radjabov.

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The eighth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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Jan & Peter are still in Norway and very impressed by Vishy Anand's form.

Jan's is a social butterfly and spends his time fluttering between the Carlsen, Giri, Topalov & Anand camps.

Olympiad-talk this week discusses the lack of top teams - will it be a walkover for the Americans?

What's Wrong With FIDE This Week, Peter? continues to be a tool for promoting Peter's political ambitions.

Finally, we have 4 very interesting questions including the origin story of Chicken Chess Club membership.

Also there are Chickens of the Week, of course.

The seventh-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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The discussion begins on a high with Laurent's incredible victory at the French rapid Championships.

Jan & Peter are in Norway for the 10th edition of Norway Chess. So far they've spotted Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri & Wesley So in the wild.

The Chessable Masters concluded last week with impressive performances by Ding Liren and Praggnanandhaa.

Richard Rapport's switch to Romania sparks some debate about the ease of players being able to switch countries.

"What's Wrong with FIDE this Week, Peter?" may be coming to an end as Peter announces his plans to run as deputy President and Fix FIDE Every Week.

We end with the big question - who will Laurent nominate as Chicken of the Week?!

The sixth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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Peter is playing the role of host today and he kicks off with a bang.

Vishy Anand is (was) kicking ass in the Grand Chess Tour and Magnus Carlsen drops to #4 on the blitz list.

Anish Giri (one of the greats) won the Chessable Masters preliminary and may or may not be the favourite in the knock-out stage.

Next, there is some sad news about the French Olympiad team and some happier news about the Norwegian team.

Our popular segment "What's Wrong with FIDE this Week, Peter?" returns with new candidates for FIDE president & a discussion about Russia being excluded from FIDE.

This week's questions will not sow division amongst our chickens, despite the best attempts by Ben Johnson from the Perpetual Chess podcast.

Tales from the training camps didn't include a tale from the training camps but Jan makes up for that with an excellent PSG song.

Finally, we had 3 brand NEW Chickens of the Week!

The fifth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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Fresh from a stunning Bundesliga victory, Jan is full of confidence. Maxime-Vachier Lagrave's victory in the Grand Chess Tour is discussed, along with the performances of four Candidates.

The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour starts this week, with Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri & the youngest grandmaster of all time, Abhimanyu Mishra taking part.

Our incredibly popular FIDE politics segment breaks the big news that 5-time World Champion Vishy Anand has joined Dvorkovic's campaign.

Some excellent questions were answered this week, such as "which top 20 player is most likely to be unable to swim"?

Tales from the training camps involve saucisson and a real live frog.

Finally, we have our first unanimous decision on who is Chicken of the Week!

The fourth-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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This week we have exciting news - at least 2 of our chickens will be going to the chess Olympiad in India!

They move on to discussing the Grand Chess Tour, Alireza Firouzja's return and Wesley So's impressive form. Hans Niemann's performance at the Sigeman tournament is also discussed.

The Olympiad will be a frequent topic but what goals do we have?

FIDE has introduced tiebreaks to the FIDE Candidates tournament (go FIDE!).

We have an exciting twist this week as Peter explains what's going RIGHT with FIDE.

Tales from the training camp features Sam Shankland & a prank on Jon-Ludwig Hammer - what more could you possibly ask for?

We end with our Chickens of the Week, one of which may not shock you.

00:00 Intro & bundestrainer/Olympiad news

11:34 Grand Chess Tour Romania

22:08 Sigeman

27:32 Back to Olympiad

33:25 Candidates tiebreaks

37:20 What's wrong with FIDE this week, Peter?

51:43 Tales from the training camps

57:42 Chickens of the week

The third-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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First this week, the boys discuss the Champions Chess Tour & Magnus Carlsen's failure to keep up with Polish superstar Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

They discuss Fabiano Caruana winning the American Cup, the start of the Grand Chess Tour & the return of Alireza Firouzja. The Sigeman supertournament starts this week with friends of the show Jorden van Foreest & Nils Grandelius taking part.

Anish Giri is now a Play Magnus ambassador - nobody is surprised that PMG would sign such an icon of the sport.

Our popular segment "What's Wrong With FIDE This Week, Peter?" returns with discussion of the upcoming election, the Candidates spots & Sergey Karjakin.

Our unpopular segment "Tales From the Training Camps" also returns with some very controversial stories!

Finally, Chickens of the Week lives up to its name with our 3 chickens showing their... chickenness.

The second-EVER episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

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First this week, they cover the Champions Chess Tour in Oslo - Magnus Carlsen's 1. f3, Giri vs Magnus & Praggnanandhaa's strong start.

They move on to discussing whether Magnus will defend his World Championship title.

Fabiano Caruana, Sam Shankland & others are playing in the American Cup - who is following it most closely? Does talent exist?

Our incredibly popular FIDE/politics segment continues. The new chess.com World Championship, Nigel Short, Alexandra Kosteniuk's statement, Arkady Dvorkovich, and Joel Lautier are the topics this week.

Tales from the Training Camps is Jan's big new idea - a fascinating deep dive into the intricacies of whether a French restaurant really is a French restaurant. Laurent is unimpressed.

Finally, we end with our Chicken of the week. You'll never guess TWO of them!

0:00 Intro & small talk

02:55 CCT

19:08 Magnus & the next WC match

26:33 The American Cup & talent in chess

35:58 FIDE & chess politics

51:42 Tales from the training camps

01:01:39 Chickens of the week

The first-ever episode of the Chicken Chess Club by Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.

Chess Grandmasters & seconds to the World Champion Magnus Carlsen start by discussing Carlsen's recent foray into the poker world and whether this is good training for his "real job".

Next, they discuss FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich's awkward position and how Russia's involvement in FIDE could play out in the long term. Sergey Karjakin's recent ban from chess is also covered.

Ding Liren's road to the Candidates has involved a marathon of 26 games this month - is that okay?

Finally, Hikaru Nakamura & Richard Rapport qualified to the Candidates via the GP. Was it a surprise to our trio?

Bonus: Laurent reveals EXACTLY what Alireza Firouzja has been up to!

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