Episode 29 - Adam Raoof and Ben Graff talk about his new book "Checkmate! Great Champions and epic matches from a timeless game"
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 f...
1 Dec 202243min
Episode 28 - Adam Raoof and Ben Graff talk about opportunities to play chess in England post-Covid
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 ...
21 Feb 202250min
Episode 27: Adam and Ben meet Carl Portman, author of Chess Behind Bars, Chess Crusader and purveyor of Tarantulas
Episode 27: Adam and Ben meet Carl Portman, author of the award winning Chess Behind Bars, recently published Chess Crusader and purveyor of Tarantulas (if that is the right expression). We talk about...
29 Nov 20211h 5min
Episode 26: David LeMoir talks to Ben and Adam about his new book Chess Scribe, a 50-year anthology of articles all about our favourite game!
I love David leMoir's books, having read and been highly entertained by "How to Become a Deadly Tactician", "How to be Lucky in Chess" and other titles. In this chat, Ben Graff and I get to talk thro...
6 Okt 20211h 7min
Episode 25: Kevin Thurlow talks to Adam and Ben about A History of Chess in the Civil Service
Ben Graff reviews this excellent book here - https://chesscircuit.substack.com/p/a-history-of-chess-in-the-english This book covers more than a hundred years of chess in the Civil Service, with inform...
3 Aug 20211h
Episode 24 - The Queen's Gambit Accepted by Jon Arnott and Rosie Irwin, with Ben Graff and Adam Raoof
Jonathan Arnott and Rosie Irwin join Adam and Ben to discuss their book The Queen’s Gambit Accepted! The exclamation mark is essential! Grandmaster Simon Williams (GingerGM) does super video courses ...
28 Juni 20211h 5min
Episode 23: Andrew Wainwright and Matthew Webb of The Chess Centre, Ilkley
In this episode Ben Graff joins me for a chat with Andrew Wainwright and Matthew Webb of The Chess Centre. No, not that one, this one - https://www.chesscentre.online in Ilkley in Yorkshire! If you’d...
2 Juni 202152min
Episode 22: In this episode Ben Graff and Adam Raoof talk to Anthony Eskinazi CEO of JustPark.com
In this episode Ben Graff joins me for a chat with Anthony Eskinazi who is the CEO of JustPark.com - and was also a very successful player who regularly references chess when he talks to audiences abo...
19 Maj 20211h 7min
