French chess grandmaster
We retrieved 1 post and 30 comments from u/MVLchess, all from 2021, most often in r/chess.
On “Hey Reddit, I’m Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (aka MVL), chess grandmaster, 3-time French champion. AMA!”
You must play a game against any of top 10 rapid players, if you lose, you die. Who do you pick and what do you play?
Give me any opponent and I'll play the Najdorf or Grunfeld. Worst case I'll die happy!
On “Hey Reddit, I’m Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (aka MVL), chess grandmaster, 3-time French champion. AMA!”
Hi Maxime. At what point in your career did you chose to pursue chess full time. I understand you have a degree in mathematics, what factors did you consider when choosing this path?
I decided to pursue chess full time when I broke into top 100, when I was 16 years old. But I decided to get a math degree regardless, as some kind of safety net while maintaining a social circle outside of chess while I was still a teenager!