EP.217 - IM to GM Special Episode with IMs Lawrence Trent, Sean Nagle and Attila Turzo

This week’s podcast is a special feature that includes three different IM guests who are working to attain the Grandmaster title! My guests are popular commentator,  IM Lawrence Trent, 9-time Minnesota State Champion IM Sean Nagle,  and Hungary-based chess trainer,  IM Attila Turzo. These guests have very different backgrounds, chess distances to travel and life situations, but they all share the common goal of wanting to earn the highest title in chess. Why is it important to them? What do they need to improve in order to climb this final steep step? What will their study routines entail? I know that many of you will also be pursuing new chess milestones and goals post-pandemic, so I hope that you find some good advice and inspiration in these 3 interviews! Please read on for more details and timestamps for each interview.    0:00- Intro Mentioned: IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM Eric Rosen, IM Kassa Korley, IM John Bartholomew, IM Greg Shahade, IM Abimanyu Mishru, IM Christopher Yoo, IM Carissa Yip    5:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by HotSaucery.co You should try some of their delicious hot sauces.  Use the promo code PERPETUAL to save 10%.  You can Follow them on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/hot.saucery/     6:00-  IM Lawrence Trent joins the show! Lawrence is a frequent and popular chess commentator, streamer and content creator. He has served as the manager for his friend GM Fabiano Caruana, and was one of the co-hosts of the original chess podcast, The Full English Breakfast, with Macauley Peterson, GM Stephen Gordon, and GM Simon Williams. He joins us to share his reasons for deciding that now is the time for him to pursue his last GM norm and the 100 FIDE points that he requires to earn the GM title. If anyone dares to bet against Lawrence, he genuinely would appreciate it!  .  Mentioned: GM Magnus Carlsen, Mike McDonald, Olivier Busquet, Fedor Holz, GM Emil Sutovsoky, GM RB Ramesh    24:00- Patreon mailbag question:   “What defines the skill gap between IM and GMs?” Men