Andrey Esipenko on winning the Qatar Masters, facing off against Gukesh and Carlsen and future plans

Ilya Levitov interviewed Andrey Esipenko, one of the most promising Russian chess players of our days! Recently, Andrey has played almost every tournament at the highest level, but something was constantly missing – several titles escaped him due to a last-round defeat. And finally, the tournament in Qatar, and fate gave another chance. In order to win, he had to resist against the super-motivated Arjun Erigaisi. How to get ready for a game with such an opponent, when a string of painful defeats at the finish is at the back of your mind? Is classical chess dying, or are rumors of its death greatly exaggerated? What are Andrey Esipenko's plans for the near future? Answers to these and many other questions are in the new video on Levitov Chess! 0:00 Winning Qatar Masters 2024 8:13 Young and promising 13:29 Childhood memories 18:35 Who coached Andrei Esipenko? 25:35 "I would like to compete for the title of World Champion" 30:01 Top chess players have nowhere to play? 34:28 Do people cheat, or can they actually play chess? 41:00 On Arjun Erigaisi 44:12 On Gukesh and the 2024 World Championship Match 51:10 How to train memory? 55:11 Man or athlete? 56:49 On beating Magnus Carlsen 59:08 Does it pay off to work? ✅ Sign up to the channel https://bit.ly/LevitovChessWorld and don't forget to click on 🛎️ 🎥 Our Twitch channel-   / levitovchess   Don't miss what's most important for you on the Levitov Chess World channel: we regularly do commentary with the best chess players; we analyse the games of the leading players we release educational content; we teach chess to the beginners; we have a look as various chess contents, and many more #chess #levitovchess #podcast #interview