Episode 46 of “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There” asks: how we can for a business-to-business community with non-chess businesses? We examine one method and ask for more ideas!
Interviews
Episode 43 Chess Files The Answers are Out There with Abel Talamantez
Abel was the winner of the US Chess “Organizer of the Year” award for 2021. He is also the chair of their Club Committee. We talk with him about the value of the chess clubs and how they can add value to whatever community they are a part of. Building
Elliott Winslow Interview!
Episode 42 of “The Chess Files the Answers are Out There” features IM Elliott Winslow. He is the winner of the Northern California Senior State Chess Championship. This qualified him for the Irwin Tournament of Senior State Champions. Elliott tells us what that was like and much, much more.
Timur Gareyev at the Open. Live!
Live from the US Open! The blindfold champion tells us about how he manages feats of stamina such as playing so many boards simultaneously without seeing any of them! Except for in his brain of course!
Honorable Mention for “Best Interview.”
The Eade Foundation received an Honorable Mention for “Best Interview.” The interview James Eade did with Cyrus Lakdawala received the award. Cyrus is an International Master, a wonderful and prodigious chess author, and a composer. This was Episode 13 of “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There”
George Mirijanian. How do we get chess on TV?
George Mirijanian joins us on Episode 40 of “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There” to tell us how he got his own chess show on Fitchburg Access TV.
Was the Queen’s Gambit based on an actual person?
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?
How has Chess changed in the last 50 years? Our guest today is Paul Whitehead
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”
What does democratic chess mean? Interview with Sasha Starr
Episode 37 of “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There” discusses what is meant by the term democratic chess. Guest Sasha Starr tells us what he means when he says it.
Interview with Sean Manross
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 tells us more about the complicated governance of