Peter Leko on how meeting Mikhail Tal as a 7-year-old changed his life

Peter Leko, who was once a draw away from becoming World Chess Champion himself, talks about how meeting 8th World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal impacted his future career, while Tania Sachdev shares a similar story about 15th World Champion Vishy Anand.
They were commenting live with Jan Gustafsson on the games from Day 2 of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge: chess24.com/en/watch/live-tou...
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[@Diffusion8]

Jan's comment at the end doe! 🤣🤣 Ever the joker!!!

[@phrophetsamgames]

My fave commentator honestly. Komarov is great and all but Leko just sees strategies so fast and can explain so well

[@iCancrizans]

Mikhail Tal! The genial genius!

[@daisiesndirt]

Peter Leko is one of my favorite commentators, he is so sincere, and he is so talented, his understanding of chess is incredibly deep, it's easy to get caught up in his excitement when he is commentating. Also Tania is a rising commentator in her own right.

[@landrover4444]

Jan, keeping it real, man, keeping it real !!!!!

[@rogerlie4176]

Peter Leko was never the most exciting chess player but he is a great commentator.

[@rogerlie4176]

@K M I of course know that he was a fantastic player but his games was usually not very exciting to watch.

[@rupayandas2188]

Yeah his games were not exciting for his opponents as well, because they found it hard to move their pieces after move 15 or so

[@raulvelez2827]

He’s the best commentator. And he’s a very solid strong player. He’s training the world championship challenger. Hands down.

[@pgck]

Meeting Tal changed Leko's life, but it did not change his playing style 🤣...

[@Mendax14]

Tal was great!

[@Manish-qg4zw]

Jan's comment ..lol😂😂😂

[@gluhpetel]

what exactly does he says , i cant get it

[@nabin6976]

@@gluhpetel I was so unathletic. I didn't have a choice.

[@noone-qu5ec]

Mikhail Tal!

[@Lifeisinruins]

Jan hahaha

[@vladimirzelenovic7807]

Can Leko speak Serbian

[@davidmencik9990]

Pretpostavljam da zna barem osnovno. Odrastao je u mađarskoj porodici u Subotici a kasnije se preselio u mađarsku tako da ne mogu da budem 100 posto siguran da priča srpski ali postoji dobra mogućnost.

[@vladimirzelenovic7807]

@@davidmencik9990 Ako je odrastao onda je vjerovatno i naucio, mada Madjari imaju jaku etnolingvisticku vitalnost, mislim da imaju i svoje skole u Subotici, nisam siguran.

[@therealtoth]

XD

[@dimitrijenovakovic3445]

Does Peter speaks serbian lol

[@trevorochmonek9024]

Jan as always ruined the whole sequence.

[@ktsak2952]

I find her so annoying .I Mean who cares how she inherited chess(Her peak rating is 2400 playing only against women)? Why is she even commentating ?Even trent is not that qualified as far as playing strength is concerned but at least he is funny he is entertaining....he is humble.What does she offer other than a pretty face?If at least she would realize that and stop putting her not so charming personality in full display...

[@kaleemullahnizamani7436]

Trent is fun guy he has coached Fabiano in past and I agree taniya is annoying and I can't bear her commantory she is hear because it increases their traffic that's all. Same with Trent he is here for entertainment purpose

[@ShubhamKumar-ex3nk]

She is doing commentary for 1200s like you therefore having 3 supergm is useless. Even 2400s are too good

[@ktsak2952]

@@ShubhamKumar-ex3nk You are missing my point

[@ktsak2952]

@@ShubhamKumar-ex3nk I mostly mentioned her playing strength because i find it ridiculous how eagerly she shared her chess inheritence story .She is too full of herself to realize how uninteresting it is compared to lets say chess protege almost world champion peter leko...Apart from that i already said being entertaining(with lawrence trent lvl of chess understanding) is enough of a quality as far as i am concerned to commentate...

[@fenrilorf534]

Lol mate, what are you on about? Tanja is very charming and more than qualified. Are you a GM? If not, her insides go way over your head. I suggest you get of your high horse and smell the coffe brewing bro.