https://youtu.be/jHOSBB6BQw0 Episode 39 of "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" features our guest Diana Lanni, who helps us answer the question: "Was the character Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit" based on an actual person?
Episode 38: How has Chess changed in the last 50 years? Our guest today is Paul Whitehead
https://youtu.be/Aqlz_QAxw0I FM Paul Whitehead and I both played our first tournament chess game in 1972! We take a trip down memory lane together and compare what it was like then to what it is like now. Episode 38 of "The Chess Files: The Answers are OUT There"
Interview with Sean Manross
https://youtu.be/Mdj2WcY8oZI Sean Manross explains to us what it means to be a State Affiliate of the US Chess Federation. Sean is President of the Southern California Chess Association. He is a member of FIDE's Commission on Disability under GM Thomas Luther. He also...
Carol Jarecki Remembered
https://youtu.be/g-TuzC76lNE Polly Write joins us on Episode 33 of "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" to tell us what it was like working with Carol Jarecki (1935-2021) and what it was like being her friend. Go to Carol's Wikipedia page to learn more about...
Lauren Goodkind vs Bots
https://youtu.be/5qeaZlrHqKg Lauren Goodkind, chessbylauren.com, joins us on The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" to tell us about Chess bots. What we really want to know is how to beat them! She also tells us about her teaching, videos, books, and publishing...
Mahmud Hassain: Leadership and Teaching Chess
https://youtu.be/FjT2J1_hbTY The 29th episode of "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" talks about leadership and chess. Our guest Mahmud Hassain tells us about his experience studying leadership and teaching chess. We always learn something from our guests,...
Interview with Ralph Bowman
https://youtu.be/4wND8v2zCtQ Chess has an event they call the SuperNationals. What are they, what do they look like, and how did they get started? Ralph Bowman explains all of it to us as our guest on the 28th Episode of: "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out...
Cole Erskine Interview
https://youtu.be/hoiwlaww_TA Cole Erskine wanted to know how to order products from https://fbds.dollarstore.com/ using the discount code chess. After walking Cole through the purchasing process, we also discussed how to teach what makes a sound combination versus an...
Interview with Chess Journalists of America President Joshua Milton Anderson
https://youtu.be/xzuWV0QwABw Chess Journalists of America President Joshua Milton Anderson is our guest of Episode 23 of "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" We talk about Chess Journalism, Awards, and Judging. We also discuss his work on a chess oral history...