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FM Craig Mar joins us on “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There” to discuss how he went from a class player to a Master in the top 50 in the United States.
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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...
WIM Dr. Alexey Root
https://youtu.be/gX0gT7LUqks Dr. Alexey Root joins us on "The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There" to tell us about how she won the Eade Foundation's 2021 Arthur Award for Chess Excellence. The 1989 U.S. Women's Champion, Alexey is working on her eighth book, this...
Dewain Barber, Dean of Scholastic Chess
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...
Interview with 2021 Chess Educator of the Year Jerald Times
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...
Chess4Solidarity Initiative
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....
The Harold Winston I Knew
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:...
Interview with Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Founder of the Berkeley Chess School
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...