Episode 54 - May Musings The FEB gang share a bottle of wine and check in on the World Championship, Magnus Carlsen, online blitz grudge matches with Americans and what's (not) rotten in the state of Denmark. Dormant but not dead, subscribe to the podcast to get our irreverent if irregular inquiries into the state of chess and the chess world! Simo…

Episode 53 - FIDE-fi-fo-fum We go for gold with a preview of the Chess Olympiad in Batumi and the FIDE Presidential elections. Plus unplanned banter about Bitcoin and Twitch streams. Are players too lazy for politics? And 'Oh Capablanca' is music to our tears. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the show! You can help the show grow…

Episode 52 - The Full English Break... WTF, where have we been? Caruana and the Candidates, Agon limited success, and FIDE politics, plus hypnosis, bitcoin and a whatever else comes out with the help of a bottle of wine. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the show! You can help the show grow by sharing your favourite episode with …

Episode 51 - World Couple We discuss the format of the World Cup, elite ratings, and Candidates qualification heading into Isle of Man. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the show! You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a…

Episode 50 - Raw British Simon and Lawrence dish on their British Championship experiences in Llandudno, Wales. Official site: www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the show! You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please wr…

Simon in a boxing bout? GMs under 15 who may or may not become 2700, and Magnus Carlsen's heated interview. Photo: Lennart Ootes Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, S…

IM Malcolm Pein on the new Grand Chess Tour, plus Nick Murphy has a date with The Mating Game co-author IM Jovanka Houska. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.comNick Murphy can be reached at NickMurphy.info or on Twitter @MrNickMurphy You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a mi…

Trent tackles a unique American NFL football pro and M.I.T PhD candidate, whose middle name may as well be "chess". Simon Williams [name-checked] courtesy GingerGM.com. You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitch…

It's Awonder, grandmaster, why no one did CharityChess.org before! Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com. You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!…

Grappling with anonymous online chess cheats. Photo: Ray Morris-Hill Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!…

An interview with former Women's World Champion and current number 1, GM Hou Yifan, on sexism in chess and her final round protest in Gibraltar. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rat…

Sandu revisited, and what's the matter with the Moscow Grand Prix. WORLDCHESS.COM WIDGET TERMS OF USE Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. T…

Cheating paranoia in the case of Mihaela Sandu resolved after two years, and Polish #1 Radoslaw ("Radek") Wojtaszek tells us about the Shamkir tournament and the key to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's success. Photo courtesy ShamkirChess.com Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with fri…

Magnus Carlsen berates Lawrence at the GRENKE Chess Classic, and Simon finds a beard brah in Reykjavik, plus Ben Johnson's Perpetual Chess Pod. Photos courtesy GrenkeChessClassic.de and GrenkeChessOpen.de Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you ca…

On the road at the Grenke Chess Open, Lawrence and Macauley speak with GMs Nils Grandelius, Maxim Matlakov and tournament winner Nikita Vitiugov, plus Nick Murphy on life as a chess consultant in film and theatre. Photo by Georgious Souleidis Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.comNick Murphy can be reached at NickMurphy.info or on Twitter …

Observations on the U.S. Championships, and Kirsan keeps his job —FIDE V.P. Beatriz Marinello fills us in on that "extraordinary" Presidential board meeting. Photo by Lennart Ootes, for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.comYou can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with …

See who’s stepped in it now…the ChessBoxing ring that is! Plus take a look inside the mind of BlindfoldKing; Timur Gareyev joins us to talk about his new World Record. Photo by Lennart Ootes Las Vegas World Record event organized by Jennifer Vallens, OFF da ROOK Entertainment Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM and this week you can take 20…

A case of two Iranian teenagers banned from playing for (or in) their own country. Plus an "endspiel" on the Presidential cock up of the week (no not that one). Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM: GingerGM.com andSimon Williams on YouTube Photo by @AntonSquaredMe Help us out by sharing the show with your friends and if you can spare a minu…

Chess in the U.K. is the theme, with stories from the Varsity Chess Match in London, plus Nick Murphy (www.nickmurphy.info) gives us a his thoughts on being a chess loving actor in London. Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM: GingerGM.com andSimon Williams on YouTube Nick Murphy can be reached at www.nickmurphy.info Help us out by sharing t…

Georgian International Master Sopiko Guramishvili is our guest to talk women and chess, and the World Championship. Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM: GingerGM.com andSimon Williams on YouTube Help us out by sharing the show with your friends and if you can spare a minute, please write us a review / leave a rating on iTunes, Stitcher or S…