https://youtu.be/MeZrrGuuz4o Episode 45 of "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" covers the 3rd International Kotlanowski Conference on Chess and Education. Our guests Al Lawrence and Beatriz Marinello tell us what it was like and what it was all about.
https://youtu.be/BjdkS5O4Jxg Paul Covington, a part of both the Senior and Club committees for US Chess, joins us today to answer the question: "How do chess clubs become part of the larger community?"
https://youtu.be/1j7dP1nFQ2M 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...
https://youtu.be/DjGTQ2T6es0 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....
https://youtu.be/UU5W4B6YUoA 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!
https://youtu.be/7Pi9WT31S9o 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.
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?
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"
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...