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Veselin Topalov

Veselin Topalov

Bulgarian chess grandmasterWikipedia

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Oct 14, 2026

Ben JohnsonHOST
62:24
It's called Chess Metamorphosis.
Ben JohnsonHOST
62:26
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.
Ben JohnsonHOST
62:36
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.
Ben JohnsonHOST
62:49
Uh, so definitely can't recommend it more highly, and thank you for taking the time to write it.
Ben JohnsonHOST
53:17
It's called Chess Metamorphosis.
Ben JohnsonHOST
53:19
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.
Ben JohnsonHOST
53:29
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.
Ben JohnsonHOST
53:41
Uh, so definitely can't recommend it more highly, and thank you for taking the time to write it.
Christopher ChabrisGUEST
67:54
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.
Christopher ChabrisGUEST
68:09
Like Topalov is playing in the grand chess tour today, right today.
Christopher ChabrisGUEST
68:12
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.
Christopher ChabrisGUEST
68:18
Classic example of that.

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