LEVON ARONIAN: chess psychology, cheating, Magnus, Kasparov

Chess with Mustreader

I've interviewed Levon Aronian and discussed with him the hottest topics in chess, as well as his personal story, books for chess self-improvement, chess psychology, and playing against Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov. At the end, we played a fascinating blitz game. This was recorded in Samarkand at the end of 2023.

My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader

Levon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LevAronian

My podcast with Nepo: https://youtu.be/sW-i4CPCa_w?si=fvUCPiLUHl5GWOVf

My podcast with Fabi: https://youtu.be/1LMPYFf1iLo?si=Z_yQ8thdFWOpusxh

DOP: timmmy_photos

00:00 — Intro

2:08 — Tournament in Chennai

5:52 — The future of chess

7:35 — Cheating online

11:33 — Strict anti-cheating measures

15:04 — Zen reaction to cheating

17:45 — Motivation behind cheating

25:12 — Rehab for cheaters

36:01 — Chess and rap battles

37:32 — Levon loves rap

38:10 — Role models

40:10 — Playing against Kasparov and Magnus

45:15 — Relaxation in chess

50:24 — We play blitz

My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts.

In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Aronian, Dubov and many others - the unreleased podcasts will be published in January-February), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play).

I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, a dog and two cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese.

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