Welcome to Week 5 of the chess news podcast where I discuss the FIDE World Cup, Hikaru Nakamura’s road to the Candidates, Eberechi Eze returning to school, and more.
AUDIO SOURCES
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on beating Vladislav Artemiev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAZ3NLImJJk
Alexander Donchenko on beating Anish Giri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2hV0xGUByw
Frederik Svane on beating Gukesh Dommaraju
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcEz5Co5fRQ
Ian Nepomniachtchi exiting the World Cup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RYWtBqFKrk
Diptayan Gosh on beat Ian Nepomniachtchi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTURJDYxXKQ
Wesley So resigns in a drawn position
https://x.com/chess24com/status/1986084796880339160
Sam Shankland on beating Vidit Gujrathi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyCfagJipIc
Peter Leko on making it to the fourth round
https://x.com/ChessbaseIndia/status/1987763329927090279
Hikaru Nakamura into the Candidates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlpIYNxzA_E
OTHER SOURCES
Chess.com’s Naroditsky tribute
https://www.chess.com/article/view/naroditsky-chess-articles-videos-commentary
Eberechi Eze returns to school
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6743316/2025/10/24/eberechi-eze-arsenal-crystal-palace-chess/
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Week 5: FIDE World Cup, Nakamura in the Candidates, Eberechi Eze back to school
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12:19
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16:51
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18:58
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