Blindfold Chess Podcast

This week, I wanted to look at a relatively new branch of chess - chess computers. 

The first ‘chess machine’ built in 1770 was called the Mechanical Turk. The supposed machine would play challengers …

This week, we are looking at the opera writer and musician who documented chess books and endgames so well we are still using them today. 

Francois-Andre Danican (Dan-ee-con) Philidor came from a well…

This week, we are looking at one of the most influential names in chess - Yasser Sierawan. 

Yasser was born in Damascus, Syria to his Syrian father and English mother. At the age of 7, his family immi…

This week, we are looking at the Indian prodigy - Dommaraju Gukesh commonly known as Gukesh D.

Born in 2006, Gukesh D learned how to play chess at the age of 7. 

Two years after he started to play ches…

With a birthday less than a week ago, this week, we are looking at Spanish-Swedish star Anna Cramling. 

Anna has a very strong chess background - her father is Grandmaster Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez - t…

Passing away in late 2023, International Master Jeremy Silman made a lasting impact on our game through his playing, his consulting, his writing, and his coaching. 

Born in 1954, Silman didn’t start p…

Fabiano Luigi Caruana, the chess phenom who was the youngest American to earn his Grandmaster title, the youngest to win the Italian Champion, the current top US player, and the number 2 player in th…

Welcome back to another episode! 

In today’s episode,  I will be providing you with the locations of the different pieces on the board. It is your job to figure out the solution by pausing the podcast…

The Iron Tigran was Tigran Petrosian’s nickname for his solid defensive style. Born in 1929, he started learning chess when he was 8. During WWII - Petrosian was orphaned and needed to sweep streets …

 Born in 1941, Nona Gaprindashvili was the youngest of 6 kids and the only girl. She began playing chess at 5 from watching her brother play. Her first major break came when her brother had to back o…

This episode was a struggle to cram all of Viswanathan Anand’s accomplishments into a highlight script! The Indian Grandmaster has been one of the most dominant and successful players in the game for…

This week, we are looking at the Hungarian chess player, commentator, and streamer - Anna Rudolf. 

She began playing chess at the age of 4 with her sister, Kata. The two of them had Laszlo Rudolf as a…

This week we are looking at the young and rising Russian star - Andrey Esipenko. Born on March 22, 2002, Esipenko started playing chess at the age of five, and he quickly showed great promise.

Esipenk…

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-Argentine chess grandmaster who was one of the strongest players who never won a world championship. He was born on April 15, 1910, in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland. He was …

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, sometimes nicknamed as Pragg, is a young Indian chess player who has made waves in the international chess scene with his impressive performances. Born on August 10, 2005, …

Hello and welcome back for another episode! This month, we will be looking at King and Pawn puzzles! 

In today’s episode,  I will be providing you with the locations of the different pieces on the boa…

Robert James Fischer, also known as Bobby Fischer, was an American chess player who is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Born in Chicago on March 9, 1943, he learned ho…

During the 2020 Pandemic, chess caught fire due to the access of streaming and the Netflix show - Queen’s Gambit. In the show, we saw the main character, Beth Harmon, go from discovering the game to …