Complete Index of Perpetual Chess Guests — The Perpetual Chess Podcast

Welcome! If you are new to Perpetual Chess you've got some catching up to do! You can find out more about why Perpetual Chess exists and what we do here, but primarily we do long-form interviews with chess players, created with the on-the-go chess fan in mind. We have had interviews with chess luminaries of all sorts, so if you are a hardcore chess fan, or are becoming one, you may just want to scroll back to the first page of the listed episodes, and listen to the whole back catalog. You would not be the first chess fan to do so! If you are primarily interested in improving your own game, you would probably want to start with the Adult Improver series. If you would like to start with the most popular episodes, this recent tweet lists the most downloaded episodes.

If you prefer to pick and choose which episode to listen to, I have tried to categorize the interviews a bit for what suits your interests. Of course there is a lot of overlap in the categories, so a few guests are listed more than once, and many more could be listed in many categories. Most importantly, every guest is listed at least once, so if you can't find your favorite chess personality listed somewhere on this page, they haven't been on the show (yet 😉) . :) (last updated on 3/18/2024).

Top Level Chess Players: GM Sam Shankland, GM Peter Svidler, GM Alex Lenderman, GM Timur Gareyev, GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, GM Sandro Mareco, GM Eugene Perelshytein, GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Judit Polgar, GM Loek Van Wely, GM Nils Grandelius, GM Elshan Moriadiabadi, GM Yaroslav Zherebukh, GM Vidit Gujrathi, GM Irina Krush, GM David Navara, GM Paco Vallejo, GM Lev Alburt, GM Michael Rohde, GM Jóhann Hjartarson, GM Joel Benjamin, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, GM Matthew Sadler and WIM Natasha Regan, GM Romain Edouard, GM Michal Krasenkow, GM Gata Kamsky, GM Evgeny Bareev, GM Pentala Harikrishna, GM Bassem Amin, GM Rafael Leitão, GM Jan Gustafsson is back again!, GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov, GM David Howell, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Patrick Wolff, GM Jan Timman, GM Boris Gelfand, GM Lubomir Kavalek (2003 Interview with Fred Wilson), GM Vlastimil Hort, GM Peter Svidler returns, GM Vladimir Kramnik, GM Surya Ganguly, GM Anna Muzychuk, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM Erwin L'Ami with a World Championship Wrap Up (and more), GM Matthew Sadler, GM Hans Niemann, GM Michael Adams, GM David Howell returns (2022), GM Fabiano Caruana on Engines, the Evolution of Chess, the Candidates, and the World Championship Cycle, GM Gregory Kaidanov- One of the US’ top players and trainers on Maintaining Motivation, Imparting Lessons to Students, and his Long Journey from the USSR to the US, Swedish Chess Legend, GM Ulf Andersson, GM Jonathan Speelman, GM Jorden van Foreest, GM Sam Shankland (2023), IM James Sherwin, GM Jan Timman (2023) GM Levon Aronian and Jagdish Mitra of the Global Chess League, GM Simen Agdestein, GM Abhimanyu Mishra, GM Paul van der Sterren , GM Jan Gustafsson (2024)