Secrets to Success ft. GM Sasikiran Krishanan ( Current India No.5)

Time Stamps for the Youtube Video :

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1. 0:42 Dealing with Setbacks, Failures and so on
2. 8:57 World Cup win Against Anand
3. 11:40 How much does he focus on Rating
4. 14:15 His Opinion of Calculating Rating after Rounds
5. 15:07 How should one choose tournaments
6. 18:13 On Players who play around 20 Tournaments a year
7. 21:24 Balance on Strong Tournaments and Tournaments for Cash prizes
8. 27:10 Attitude, after Winning the first five Rounds of Aeroflot Open ( Staying in the present or thinking about tournament victory)
9. 29:02 How did he improve his openings ( Mentions Chuchelov) (Must Watch !!!)
10. 36:40 Explanation to How he works on Openings (Must Watch!!!)
11. 40:50 How to choose the Perfect opening for a Person
12. 43:38 His take on Playing Sidelines
13. 46:19 Why did he start with 1.d4 Opening instead of 1.e4 in his childhood
14. 50:31 Does he look at Opening Books and Databases
15. 54:19 How did he start Correspondence chess ? (Mentions Preparing for Anand for World Championship matches)
16. 56:45 Do strong players Build a Powerful PC or use cloud engines
17. 58:15 How a Player wins in Correspondence Chess ?
18. 1:03:20 On Chessable Course by Anish Giri and in General Chess course Online
19. 1:04:50 How does he face Opening Surprises from the Opponent
20. 1:06:48 Intense Preparation (2 Hours Work, 15 mins Break, 2 hours Work) ( Must Watch!!)
21. 1:09:40 On Multitasking while Preparing (Movie and Chess)
22. 1:11:23 Botvinnik Preparation (mentions 100 Selected Games)
23. 1:15:03 His work as a Second during World Championship Matches between Anand and Carlsen
24. 1:21:25 Second Indian to Cross 2700 (Mentions Asian Team championship, Sofia M-tel Masters)
25. 1:28:50 His Approach Playing Topalov in the Last round
26. 1:31:01 How does he celebrate a Tournament Victory
27. 1:32:33 His Feelings After Winning Arjuna Award in 2002
28. 1:33:46 Most memorable Tournament in his career
29. 1:37:30 Talks about Watching Adhiban Games during his Olympiad
30. 1:43:17 Pressure Before Olympiads or When representing India

31. 1:48:29 Expectations Before Olympiads

Audience Questions
32. 1:55:45 Role of Intuition
33. 1:59:02 Time spent on Analysis more than the duration of the game
34. 2:00:48 Why are you not active on Social Media?
35. 2:03:41 Age Factor , Can someone become Grandmaster at a late age
36. 2:07:50 What to do once you are stagnant at a Point


Rapid Fire Questions

37. 2:12:30 Who is your favorite chess player?
38. 2:14:23 Favorite Tennis Player
39. 2:16:21 Rajinikanth or Kamal Hassan
40. 2:18:30 Sachin or Virat Kohli
41. 2:19:15 Biggest Regrets in Life
42. 2:22:47 Favorite Chess books
43. 2:25:53 What would you tell your younger self ?

Video Link:-  https://youtu.be/vqgwFUAHIXU

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