https://youtu.be/roJcD3yDq68 Dewain Barber joins us on "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" to tell us how and why he was named the Dean of Scholastic Chess in the United States. He tells us about the Denker tournament of High Scholl Champions and the Barber...
The question is how do you become Chess Educator of the Year? We asked Jerald Times the 2021 winner of the award to tell us. Due to production problems, we could only share some of his wonderful advice later. Holland is not the Netherlands. Teach chess to the whole...
https://youtu.be/7BlZ_ZzL_wg Watch and play with us! Chess4Solidarity initiative, which aims to cultivate connection and solidarity between participants from Israel and the US and different countries around the world, especially during the troubled times of covid-19....
By Jim Eade Many people in and out of chess circles are mourning the passing of Harold Winston. I will tell you about the Harold Winston I knew, but here is a link to his obituary:...
https://youtu.be/lCI9RQwPARI Elizabeth Shaughnessy has done the unthinkable. She has built a bricks-and-mortar school dedicated to chess. Her program: The Berkeley Chess School" has produced three GMs and has taught chess to an average of about 7,000 kids a year. The...
James Eade Interviews Marty Grund the President of the Internet Chess Club, and Brian Karen who talk about the early days of playing chess online. They had a huge role in broadcasting events in the early days of online chess matches and tournaments allowing viewers to...
GM Alex Yermolinsky, AKA The Yerminator, joins the "Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" to tell us what he thinks we can learn from the great Tata Steel tournament, and what we should not think we've learned. He talks about what makes a good chess commentator and...
Ben Johnson is the man behind the Perpetual Chess Podcast, and joins "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" to tell us how he got started, how he became popular, and how he has successfully monetarized his product. He has had famous guests, interesting guests,...
https://youtu.be/8ZAnlzc4Tfc Randy Bauer, VP of US Chess, helps us understand how the National Governing Organization of chess in the United States is coping with the COVID pandemic. His efforts to keep the organization solvent get a tip of the hat from Jim Eade the...