The boys caught up with @JamesCantyIII while in Toronto, and had a deep dive look into Canty's life as a chess professional. We talked about his upbringing in Detroit, finding chess at an early age, and being able to turn his passion into a full time job. Enjoy! ? GET YOUR MERCH : https://c-squared.shop/ ▶️PLAY WITH US : https://go.chess.com/csqpod ▶️DISCORD : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr ▶️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod ▶️CLIPS CHANNEL ?️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips ?TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod ?INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ ?TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana ?INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... ?TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila ?INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila 00:00 Intro 01:25 James Childhood 04:44 Cool Chess Guy of the school 6:01 Fabi was little but VERY STRONG 08:07 Maurice Ashley as a mentor 10:59 Bringing fun to chess 15:02 Sponsors 19:47 Have You Always Been Business minded? 25:59 Early streaming days 29:10 New chessable course 33:05 Hikaru Nakamura 35:42 Favourite part of chess 38:38 how do you deal with failures? 41:49 Chess is the most written about subject 42:33 Do you still read chess books? 44:15 Flow state in chess 46:16 Endgames 49:39 Commentary, Playing or Streaming? 57:42 No more 9-5 58:44 James as a mentor
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