Blindfold Chess Podcast

Cassidy Noble

0,0 (0)
CULTURA E SOCIETÀ
OGNI 2 SETTIMANE

A bi-weekly look into a chess game between 20-25 moves. The goal is to help players work on their visualization by examining games of the Masters.

4 GG FA

S3 E2 Judit Polgar v. S. Mamedyarov (2002)

In Season 1, we looked at one of the Polgar sisters - Susan. Today, we are looking at the youngest sister - Judit Polgar. Prepare yourself for a large list of records and milestones.Judit was born in 1976 in Hungary as the youngest of her two other siblings - Susan and Sofia. They grew up as part of an educational experiment carried out by their dad - Laszlo Polgar - with the hypothesis of - “Geniuses are made, not born”. The philosophy was to have the children focus on a specialized skill - ...

25 min
1 GEN

S3 E1 Howard Staunton v. D. Harrwitz (1846)

Hello everyone, welcome back to the third season of the Blindfold Chess Podcast. This week, we will be looking at a name synonymous with the chess community - Howard Staunton. If you have been around the game for any length of time, you may have heard of him as an unofficial World Champion in the mid-1800s, or you’ve heard of his opening - the Staunton Gambit of 1. d4 f5 2. e4, or you’ve heard of the House of Staunton chess sets/ company that has been recognized as the recommended chess ...

20 min
13/07/2024

S2 E28 Cassidy Noble (show host) v J. Fuller (2019)

Hi there, its me Cassidy, I’ve been the writer and voice of this podcast for a couple of years now. I have enjoyed doing the podcast, but life is starting to creep up so this will be my last episode before taking a hiatus. I appreciate each and every one of you who download and listen to me. The listenership has been so far beyond what I could imagine for. I was hoping to hold off on making an episode until I hit Master level myself, but that isn’t happening any time soon - in fact,...

14 min
29/06/2024

S2 E27 Deep Blue

This week, I wanted to look at a relatively new branch of chess - chess computers. The first ‘chess machine’ built in 1770 was called the Mechanical Turk. The supposed machine would play challengers with various indications that it was a functional machine. In reality, a human operated the machine using ‘The Turk’ as a sophisticated marionette. You have to jump almost 150 years in the future for the first verified chess computer. El Ajedrecista (ah-he-dre-sis-ta) in 1912 was capable...

22 min
15/06/2024

S2 E26 Francois Philidor v. Cotter (1789)

This week, we are looking at the opera writer and musician who documented chess books and endgames so well we are still using them today. Francois-Andre Danican (Dan-ee-con) Philidor came from a well known musical family. His grandfather was given nickname of Philidor by King Louis XIII of France because his oboe playing reminded him of the Italian oboist Filidor. When he was 6, Philidor joined the royal choir of King Louis XV of France in 1732. The story goes that Louis XV wanted t...

14 min
01/06/2024

S2 E25 Yasser Seirawan v. B. Spassky (1990)

This week, we are looking at one of the most influential names in chess - Yasser Sierawan. Yasser was born in Damascus, Syria to his Syrian father and English mother. At the age of 7, his family immigrated to Seattle, Washington.He didn’t start playing chess until the age of 12 - this was in 1972, right in the thick of the Fischer Boom that was happening in the United States. The next year, at the age of 13, he became the Washington Junior Champion.In 1975, he participated in his first U...

13 min
18/05/2024

S2 E24 Dommaraju Gukesh v. M. Vachier-Lagrave (2023)

This week, we are looking at the Indian prodigy - Dommaraju Gukesh commonly known as Gukesh D.Born in 2006, Gukesh D learned how to play chess at the age of 7. Two years after he started to play chess, he won the Under 9 Asian School Championships in 2015 with a 1770 rating. He did not stop there, with his rating rapidly climbing - his father gave up his career as an ear, nose, throat surgeon to support his son while his mum continued to be a microbiologist. In March of 2018, G...

13 min
04/05/2024

S2 E23 Anna Cramling v. T. Simon Lindgaard (2019)

With a birthday less than a week ago, this week, we are looking at Spanish-Swedish star Anna Cramling. Anna has a very strong chess background - her father is Grandmaster Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez - the 5 time Spanish Chess Champion and 11 time Spanish Olympiad player. Her mother is - Pia Cramling - the 5th woman to ever to have earned her Grandmaster title, the number 1 woman player in the world in 1984, and she has 9 gold medals between the European Club Cup and Women’s Chess Olympiad.&...

12 min

Elenco completo (58)

A bi-weekly look into a chess game between 20-25 moves. The goal is to help players work on their visualization by examining games of the Masters.

Creatore

Cassidy Noble
Anni di attività

2022 - 2025
Puntate

58
Classificazione

Contenuti adatti a tutti
Sito web del podcast

Blindfold Chess Podcast

Hobby

Hobby

Ogni 2 settimane
Giochi

Giochi

Ogni settimana
Hobby

Hobby

Ogni settimana
Hobby

Hobby

Ogni settimana
Giochi

Giochi

Ogni 2 settimane
Giochi

Giochi

Ogni settimana
Giochi

Giochi

Ogni settimana

Blindfold Chess Podcast

S3 E2 Judit Polgar v. S. Mamedyarov (2002)

S3 E1 Howard Staunton v. D. Harrwitz (1846)

S2 E28 Cassidy Noble (show host) v J. Fuller (2019)

S2 E27 Deep Blue

S2 E26 Francois Philidor v. Cotter (1789)

S2 E25 Yasser Seirawan v. B. Spassky (1990)

S2 E24 Dommaraju Gukesh v. M. Vachier-Lagrave (2023)

S2 E23 Anna Cramling v. T. Simon Lindgaard (2019)

Descrizione

Informazioni

Potrebbero piacerti anche…

Blindfold Chess Podcast

Puntate

S3 E2 Judit Polgar v. S. Mamedyarov (2002)

S3 E1 Howard Staunton v. D. Harrwitz (1846)

S2 E28 Cassidy Noble (show host) v J. Fuller (2019)

S2 E27 Deep Blue

S2 E26 Francois Philidor v. Cotter (1789)

S2 E25 Yasser Seirawan v. B. Spassky (1990)

S2 E24 Dommaraju Gukesh v. M. Vachier-Lagrave (2023)

S2 E23 Anna Cramling v. T. Simon Lindgaard (2019)

Descrizione

Informazioni

Potrebbero piacerti anche…