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/ 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 ..read more

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechesscircuit/message ..read more

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, what’s 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? What’s been your most satisfying victor ..read more

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 ..read more

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?  Queen’s 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 “One 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 ches ..read more

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? What’s 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 s ..read more

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 - what’s ..read more

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. If you like the podcast why not try our free newsletter?  You can sign up at https://chesscircuit.substack.com/ and if you upgrade to the paid plans you get more articles and lots of special offers on tournaments and books! You can buy his excellent book here - ht ..read more

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 King’s 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 you’re a premium subscriber to my Newsletter, imaginatively titled The Chess Circuit ..read more

HELLO! Today’s podcast is an experiment. For a while I’ve 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 b ..read more