E4: The Pride and Sorrow

This episode we hear about the life of Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais and his famous match in London, 1834. Before you listen, you can check out the full annotation here: https://www.chessgames....

2 Apr 202122min

This episode we’re in Moscow for the 1984 World Chess Championship. The game we’re studying is Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi, Moscow (1974). Before you listen, check out the full annotation here...

19 Mars 202126min

This episode we hear about an amazing display of blindfold chess. The game we’re studying is Pillsbury vs Winawer, Budapest (1896). Before you listen, check out the full annotation here: https://www...

5 Mars 202120min

This episode we're in 16th-century Spain, where a nobleman is imprisoned and awaiting execution. The game is Ruy Lopez vs Giovanni Leonardo (1560). It's one that Lopez played during his Italian trave...

19 Feb 202113min

It was October 1935 and Alexander Alekhine was on his way to Amsterdam to defend his World Champion title. To avoid a serious challenge he’d chosen a relatively easy opponent for the match, a man nam...

4 Feb 202117min

By the 1920s, the modern and more scientific approach to chess that began with Wilhelm Steinitz had been around for over half a century. It seemed that the core principles of the game had been discov...

21 Jan 202121min

He was a rising star in Russian chess, but after the First World War he fled the country to settle in France. Not long after, he found himself at the top of the chess world as the fourth World Chess ...

7 Jan 202121min