
Veselin Topalov
Bulgarian chess grandmasterWikipedia
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Search complete. 3 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Veselin Topalov".
Oct 14, 2026
EP 503- GM Nikita Vitiugov on Chess Legends, Career Crossroads, and Team Nepo
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62:24Ben JohnsonHOST
It's called Chess Metamorphosis.
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62:26Ben JohnsonHOST
Can't recommend it more highly for pr- for listeners who've read books like From, From London to Elista and The Anand Files and, uh, My Magical Years with Topalov, these, these books.
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62:36Ben JohnsonHOST
But there's also the personal element interweaved, which I love because it's also, it's, it's in a sense half your biography, about half the behind-the-scenes details, and there's plenty of chess in it as well.
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62:49Ben JohnsonHOST
Uh, so definitely can't recommend it more highly, and thank you for taking the time to write it.
EP 503- GM Nikita Vitiugov on Chess Legends, Career Crossroads, and Team Nepo
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53:17Ben JohnsonHOST
It's called Chess Metamorphosis.
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53:19Ben JohnsonHOST
Can't recommend it more highly for, for listeners who've read books like From, From London to Elista and The Anand Files and, uh, My Magical Years with Topalov, these, these books.
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53:29Ben JohnsonHOST
But there's also the personal element interweaved, which I love because it's also, it's, it's in a sense half your biography, about half the behind-the-scenes details, and there's plenty of chess in it as well.
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53:41Ben JohnsonHOST
Uh, so definitely can't recommend it more highly, and thank you for taking the time to write it.
Prof. Christopher Chabris - Cognitive Science Insights into Chess Thinking
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67:54Christopher ChabrisGUEST
But we checked, we tried to check for that also because there are lots of people in our, in our survey who've been playing chess for a long time, who are like 1300 and God bless them that they're still playing chess, you know, even though they're probably not continuing to get better, they just love the game.
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68:09Christopher ChabrisGUEST
Like Topalov is playing in the grand chess tour today, right today.
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68:12Christopher ChabrisGUEST
Like he's not so old, but you know, still like he's, you know, um, Ivan Chuk, classic example of that in courts, right.
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68:18Christopher ChabrisGUEST
Classic example of that.