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- Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:01 pm
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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This week in Episode 57 we ponder the effect PogChamps might have on the game, start a bidding war in Oxfordshire, and celebrate C. H. O'D. Alexander. Enjoy!
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:52 pm
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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In Episode 56 we ponder chess in a velodrome, celebrate South American Grandmasters, and ask whether the Dubai World Championship match is just another case of 'sportwashing'.
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:56 pm
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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For Episode 55 we investigate how many elite chess players can fit in a Mini, celebrate Koneru Humpy's BBC India sportswoman nomination, and ponder whether Crewe railway station is romantic or not. Enjoy!
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:19 am
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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Chess podcasts collide this week as we have Perpetual Chess Podcast host Ben Johnson round for tea. How well will he cope now the interview tables are turned? We also round up Wijk aan Zee and make some Candidates predictions. Enjoy!
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:26 am
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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Episode 53 is - as the title suggests - more than a little focused on the current Wijk aan Zee tournament. We also celebrate Mary Rudge and ponder which cereal packet characters resemble English football managers.
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:25 am
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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Episode 52 is here! We're joined this week by Robin Sarfas, a club player for Hammersmith, who's jumped several hundred rating points during the pandemic. Find out his improvement secret(s), and marvel at our Olympiad knowledge in the quiz...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:11 am
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The brand new Episode 51 is your regular hotchpotch of topics, from the longest possible chess game to the somewhat meta concept of whether you'd prefer to play against yourself with white or black. The quiz is sponsored by Google, and we also wonder how events like Caplin Hastings Online and Wijk a...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:39 pm
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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We're back in 2021 for Episode 50! This week Jon has raging ennui, Phil is sick of screens, and Chris is all snuggly. Also includes centrist dads, odds chess, and Just War Theory.
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:18 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: David Everington 1946-2020
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David was my captain for a few years up there. A tenacious player who could more than hold his own against 200+ players well into his sixties, but more importantly always the loveliest man in the room. A huge loss to Shropshire chess.
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:24 pm
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
- Replies: 105
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The final episode in our December Interview Season sees us in conversation with New Yorker columnist Rachel Syme ! Rachel's great-grandfather Harold Meyer Phillips was a leading American player and organiser, whose achievements included running the famous 1924 tournament in New York. She tells us ab...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:10 pm
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Do you like laboured puns? Yes? Tremendous! You'll love our Christmas special, then. This week we discuss the open letter to lichess, decide who the biggest winners and losers of 2020 are, and the quiz covers 70 years of Christmas music.
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:26 pm
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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For the third bite at our December Interview Season cherry, we invited former junior international and sextech entrepreneur Stephanie Alys on for a natter.
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:54 pm
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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Episode 46 is the second in our December interview season. How does chess processing fit within other creative industries? Can it? Should it? Writer, musician, poet, DJ, campaigner, and human, Chris T-T joins us for a lovely chat about his career and chess interest.
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 12:20 pm
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- Topic: The Chess Pit Podcast
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Episode 45 is the first of four interviews we’re doing in December with leading people in their respective fields, who also just happen to be a little chessy. The first one is a cracker as musician and football writer Philippe Auclair joins us for a discussion of chess romance, aesthetics, and part...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 2:28 pm
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Episode 44 sees us salute Magnus Carlsen’s sportsmanship, celebrate inspirational junior coaches, and invent our own novelty chess set!
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