EP.40 - Grandmaster Robert Hess
GM Robert Hess is this week's guest on Perpetual Chess. Young GM Hess already has loads of experience as a chess competitor, announcer, and coach. (He coached some of the most talented youth for the U...
19 Sep 20171h 18min
EP.39 - Coach Jay Stallings
"Coach Jay" Stallings has taught over 35,000 students to play chess over the past 23 years. Jay takes us back to the beginning (1994) when you counted full-time chess coaches nationwide on your finger...
12 Sep 20171h 21min
EP.38 - Grandmaster Danny Gormally
GM Danny Gormally joined me to recap his experience at the recent British Chess Championships. In addition to discussing his near-miss there, Danny also reveals which GMs could be found at the pub aft...
5 Sep 20171h 31min
EP.37 - Fide Master Alisa Melekhina
Alisa Melekhina is a practicing lawyer who has managed somehow to write a book while working long hours at a major law firm. We talk about her book, Reality Check, which details the parallels between ...
29 Aug 20171h 8min
EP.36 - IM Eric Rosen
This week IM Eric Rosen joined me to give a report from the 2017 Sinquefield Cup, where he has been doing some reporting. I also asked him to recap his epic Summer Chess Europe trip. We also talked ab...
15 Aug 20171h 14min
EP.35 - Writer Sean Williams
On the heels of his terrific profile of GM Levon Aronian in the New Yorker, freelance writer Sean Williams joined me from Berlin to talk more about his subject. I was interested in hearing how this pr...
8 Aug 201738min
EP.34 - Woman International Master Fiona Steil-Antoni
I caught WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni just before she hopped onto her next plane for a chess tournament in Sicily. We discussed the production of Fiona's excellent travel/chess vlogs, and she shared insight...
1 Aug 201752min
EP.33 - Rex Sinquefield
The founder of the St. Louis Chess Club, Rex Sinquefield is my guest this week. We have a timely conversation about the upcoming Sinquefield Cup, and about how Garry Kasparov's return to competitive c...
25 Jul 201732min
