Afleveringen
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This is a chat with Ben Graff for the podcast, where we talked about his new book Checkmate, and discussed why you should all buy a copy as a present for your chess-playing friends this Xmas!
Thanks for listening to our podcast!
There are so many ways to get involved with chess. Add me (@adamraoof) on Facebook and Twitter, for one thing.... and sign up for my newsletter The Chess Circuit at https://chesscircuit.substack.com/
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Thanks for listening to our podcast!
There are so many ways to get involved with chess in England. Add me (@adamraoof) on Facebook and Twitter, for one thing....
If you are interested in getting involved with my chess tournaments do take a quick look at the calendar at www.chessengland.com - or search for "ECF Chess Calendar" for all the tournaments in England, including mine.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Episode 27: Adam and Ben meet Carl Portman, author of the award winning Chess Behind Bars, recently published Chess Crusader and purveyor of Tarantulas (if that is the right expression).
We talk about his writing, his work in prisons, other writing ( - his recent 100th chess column) and his thoughts about chess and life in general!
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I love David leMoir's books, having read and been highly entertained by "How to Become a Deadly Tactician", "How to be Lucky in Chess" and other titles. In this chat, Ben Graff and I get to talk through his amazing collection of articles written over a 50-year chess career, both for Chess Monthly and the award winning En Passant.
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Ben Graff reviews this excellent book here - https://chesscircuit.substack.com/p/a-history-of-chess-in-the-english
This book covers more than a hundred years of chess in the Civil Service, with information about the clubs, the individuals, the events they contested, the successes, and the arguments that sometimes resulted.
Clubs regularly featured leading players of the day and the Civil Service representative team frequently beat strong counties in 50-board matches, as well as participating in a mammoth 500-board match against the rest of England. Names of chess clubs bring a whiff of nostalgia, with India Office, War Office and Civil Service Rifles no longer in existence. Leading players served their country not only in their departments, but at establishments like Bletchley Park in the Second World War. Several civil servants represented their country in international matches. Over a thousand players participated in the league at one stage.
"The original plan was to include maybe 50 annotated games, as we had no idea how much material we would find. When it became clear that there was a lot of information, we (or maybe I) thought it better to concentrate on the history aspect. I have built a database of about 1400 games from CS league, matches and tournaments, and also CS players playing elsewhere, which I am adding to, and I thought I might offer John Saunders the games for Britbase at some stage. Once the book got over 500 pages, adding the games was difficult!" - Kevin Thurlow.
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Jonathan Arnott and Rosie Irwin join Adam and Ben to discuss their book The Queenâs Gambit Accepted! The exclamation mark is essential!
Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
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In this episode Ben Graff joins me for a chat with Andrew Wainwright and Matthew Webb of The Chess Centre. No, not that one, this one - https://www.chesscentre.online in Ilkley in Yorkshire!
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Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
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In this episode Ben Graff joins me for a chat with Anthony Eskinazi who is the CEO of JustPark.com - and was also a very successful player who regularly references chess when he talks to audiences about his business strategy.
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We talked about why Anthony has his chess achievements on his Linkedin profile, and why he is rightly very proud of those! We revisited fond memories of the chess scene, how he founded a very successful business, and we discuss whether chess skills helped him in that endeavour. We also looked at chess and business as problem solving. When Anthony encounters a problem, I can tell that he likes to solve it! But how do you go about solving a problem?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyeskinazi/
https://www.justpark.com/blog/exclusive-q-a-with-anthony-eskinazi
https://chesscircuit.substack.com/
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Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
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Listen to Ben and Adam discussing chess in the UK before, during and post-pandemic. Will we get back to over the board chess, and if so - when? Is there a future for talented players in the online world?
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Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
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In this episode Ben Graff (heâs a real journalist) and I talk to Sarah Longson of the UK Chess Challenge about what itâs been like running a chess business during lockdown, whether the Queenâs Gambit on Netflix has boosted participation in chess tournaments, and if there is an optimum way to teach chess. And most importantly what was it like appearing on Blue Peter with Gary Kasparov - at the age of 7!
https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/
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Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
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Ben Graff and I talk to International Master John Donaldson from the USA. John is not just a chess master, but also a historian and has just published "Bobby Fischer and His World: The Man, the Player, the Riddle, and the Colorful Characters Who Surrounded Him"
We covered a wide range of topics including - What was it that made him decide to write Bobby Fischer and his world? What were some of the most unusual things John learned in researching this book? How did Bobby make such an incredible leap in strength between the summer of 1955 and 1958?
John is one of those guests who is just so easy to interview - he has so many wonderful anecdotes and meticulously researched and surprising facts at his fingertips we just needed to press RECORD and occasionally ask a few questions. Thanks to John for being such an amazing guest! I hope to have him on again soon.
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Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
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Ben Graff and I are interviewing Chris Ross today, one of Yorkshire's finest chess players, my team mate in Geoff Brown's Darnall & Handsworth squad in the Sheffield League in the UK - and he also happens to be blind.
Can you give us an idea of how STEVE DAVIS got you into chess in the first place?
Playing chess around the world, whatâs been your most unusual experience?
You have to manage the clock, your guide dog Bovis (you can hear his squeaky toys in the background), take account of the match situation - how do you juggle all those things?
Whatâs been your most satisfying victory so far?
You do a lot of chess coaching with quite strong players, what are your top tips for improving your game?
What makes a good team Captain?THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS!
Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
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Ben Graff and Adam Raoof talk to the energetic CEO of Premier Chess.
You guys (Ben and Evan) have met before - when was that and what was the occasion?
In London we are gradually coming out of lockdown (kids are back in school, and over the board chess is scheduled tentatively for July and August - how about New York?
https://premierchess.com/ - you seem to be taking on more and more schools in the NY and NY state! Any plans to take on schools overseas?
You do a lot of fundraising for various charities, how is that going?
Make a difference - Premier Chess has a project in Tanzania - check out this lovely article - https://www.sparkchess.com/teaching-chess-in-africa.html
The Premier Chess Podcast has been running for a while now - https://premierchess.com/premier-chess-podcast - Iâm just a beginner at the podcasting game, any tips?
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Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
Buy quality e-books from Forward Chess - for instance The Woodpecker Method or 100 Endgames You Should Know.
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Ben Graff and I talk to Ian George about chess in Cornwall!
Have you had your vaccination?
Cornish Chess is very active on Social Media, with an excellent website, a Twitter Feed - https://twitter.com/cornwallchess
What do you think the future of chess in Cornwall might be post-Covid? Queenâs Gambit effect?
How did you enjoy the recent match between Cornwall and Fiji? (Taione beat Jeremy Menadue - Fiji Champion and winner of the best game
âOne of our leading players, David Saqui, died a couple of years ago leaving a substantial sum of money in his will for the development of chess in Cornwall. The Cornwall Chess Trust was set up with 5 trustees, including me as secretary and Robin Kneebone, and recently received the funds from the estate.. It would help greatly if we could have a segment on David and the trust to draw attention to its existence and objects.â - Ian George talks about the plans for the future of Cornish Chess
I am getting round to posting something about the match on my newsletter - https://chesscircuit.substack.com/p/cornwall-vs-fiji - the scores of all the games on the Cornwall Chess website with a report by David Jenkins. It's at http://www.cornwallchess.org.uk/html/archive-online/fiji-2021.shtmlTHANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS!
Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
Buy quality e-books from Forward Chess - for instance The Woodpecker Method or 100 Endgames You Should Know.
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Episode 16: Ben Graff and I talk to Voldi Gailans, Junior Development Officer from the Braille Chess Association.
How effective is chess playing software designed for visually impaired players?
Kaiser speaking chess clock - we had lots of fun trying to work out how to use that!
Is there a good range of accessible chess literature for chess enthusiasts?
Whatâs the one thing you would like to see happen that would improve the experience of visually impaired chess enthusiasts?THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS!
Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses on gingergm.com, and books such as Arkellâs Endings. I have won many games with his ideas!
Buy quality e-books from Forward Chess - for instance The Woodpecker Method or 100 Endgames You Should Know.
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Adam Raoof and Ben Graff explain DecodeChess.com with Gideon Segev, their marketing guru.
If you want to explore further, use the discount code chesscircuit for 10% off all plans before 1st May 2021 when you create your account at www.decodechess.com - get yourself a free account and listen to the podcast!
What is DecodeChess and who is it aimed at?
How many users are there? Are there any top players who use the app, maybe to teach? Can it offer players who are rated 2000+ something to help them improve? Who are your main competitors in the chess world? Decodea - Explainable AI - whatâs in development that you can talk about?Interested in chess? You can sign up for our free newsletter The Chess Circuit here - https://chesscircuit.substack.com/ - and for the bargain price of ÂŁ5.00 you can buy a quality colour pdf of all 13 issues of the original A5 print version here - https://payhip.com/b/Jvek including over 500 pages of articles and games analysed by authors like Simon Williams!
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Hello, and welcome to The Chess Circuit - a podcast all about the wonderful game of chess.
Today we are talking to Jonathan Levitt, who recently published Contemplating Comedy - a book all about one-liners, what we find funny and what we don't!
He also happens to be a chess Grandmaster, and an original thinker in several fields.
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You can buy his excellent book here - https://theconradpress.com/product/contemplating-comedy/
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Today my guests are David Jenkins, author of Spurious Games, and Ben Graff, who recently reviewed the novel for The Chess Circuit newsletter. We spoke for a few hours about a whole range of topics, including how novels shapeshift when they move to other mediums such as film or TV, or the web.
QUESTIONS
Is it me, or is the world a much smaller place? I seem to have come across your name as you played several of my friends in the Cornish Chess League and then as the author of this novel, then I was interviewing Goru Arvind President of the Fiji Chess Federation and it turned out that you had played him when he was a kid, and he told me that you had previously been the President and played for the Fijian Olympiad team!!
Did you get a chance to travel to some of the more remote of the 300 islands?MENTIONED DURING THE CHAT
https://www.fijichess.com/
Prof. David Jenkins and Spurious Games (novel) - http://spuriousgames.org/
One of my favourite galleries in the British Museum is the Oceania gallery - https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/oceania
Let me know if I've missed anything and I will update this page!
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Today my guest is Petr Limonov, who is a concert pianist, conductor, composer, and former male model - oh, and also a pretty decent chess player!
In 2017 he also very kindly agreed to perform for charity at one of my biggest chess tournaments, at Kingâs Place in London. Chess players got to see first hand what a marvellous performer he is! For your enjoyment there are two pieces of music in the podcast performed by Petr. The first is the tricky Scriabin Etude (1894), and the second a Mazurka.
If youâre a premium subscriber to my Newsletter, imaginatively titled The Chess Circuit - https://chesscircuit.substack.com/, you can suggest guests and topics for future episodes and enjoy many more yet-to-be-conceived perks.
You can find the link to my newsletter in the show notes, along with links to anything weâve talked about during this episode.
Thanks for listening!
Who taught you chess? Did you receive any formal training? Chess and music - is there a link? When did you move to the UK? How did you find the UK chess scene?! Prokofiev v Ostroikh https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266497 What is Levitov chess? Are they collaborating with Chess24? Are there any chess books out there which are classics, but never translated into English? Do you think chess has a role to play in education?MENTIONED DURING THE CHAT
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266497
https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-1937-prokofiev-oistrakh-match
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1252046
Levitov Chess - https://www.youtube.com/c/LevitovChess
Nikolai Lugansky - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Lugansky
Photographer - Chris Gloag - https://www.chrisgloag.com/
Let me know if I've missed anything and I will update this page!
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HELLO!
Todayâs podcast is an experiment. For a while Iâve been thinking about doing a podcast where we sit down and analyse a game of chess, preferably with the players.
This game was played in the 6th and final round of the Hendon Chess Club Championships 2020 https://www.hendonchessclub.com/ and would decide the winner of the overall championships.
Today my guest is Andrew Medworth, the winner of that game (vs David Amior), and the 2020 Club Champion.
You can follow along on Lichess.org by clicking the link in the show notes, or you can copy the PGN (portable game notation) into your chess browser of choice - ChessBase is a very popular chess database.
Let me have your feedback on this episode by leaving comments on The Chess Circuit newsletter - https://chesscircuit.substack.com/ and I will attempt to improve the presentation further.
If you fancy playing chess online, using Tornelo and Zoom, visit https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/chess-england or https://www.chessengland.com.
https://lichess.org/study/NAPTZcnW
[Event "Hendon Chess Club Championships 2020 - Open"]
[Site "on Zoom"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Medworth, Andrew"]
[Black "Amior, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ng1e2 e6 8. h4
h6 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Bb4 12. g5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bd3
15. Rxh8 Bxe2 16. Rxg8+ Nf8 17. Kxe2 Qxg5 18. Rh1 0-0-0 19. Rh1h8 Qe7 20. Rxg7
c5 21. Nd3 cxd4 22. Bg5 Qa3 23. Bxd8 Kxd8 24. Rxf7 Qxc3 25. Rh8xf8# 1-0
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