Today my guest is Petr Limonov, who is a concert pianist, conductor, composer, and former male model - oh, and also a pretty decent chess player! 

In 2017 he also very kindly agreed to perform for charity at one of my biggest chess tournaments, at King’s Place in London. Chess players got to see first hand what a marvellous performer he is!  For your enjoyment there are two pieces of music in the podcast performed by Petr. The first is the tricky Scriabin Etude (1894), and the second a Mazurka.

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Thanks for listening!

• Who taught you chess?  Did you receive any formal training?
• Chess and music - is there a link?
• When did you move to the UK?  How did you find the UK chess scene?!
• Prokofiev v Ostroikh https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266497
• What is Levitov chess?  Are they collaborating with Chess24?
• Are there any chess books out there which are classics, but never translated into English?
• Do you think chess has a role to play in education?

MENTIONED DURING THE CHAT

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266497

https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-1937-prokofiev-oistrakh-match

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1252046

Levitov Chess - https://www.youtube.com/c/LevitovChess

Nikolai Lugansky - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Lugansky

Photographer - Chris Gloag - https://www.chrisgloag.com/

Let me know if I've missed anything and I will update this page!