Episode 29 - Adam Raoof and Ben Graff talk about his new book "Checkmate! Great Champions and epic matches from a timeless game"

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 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

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

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

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

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

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