The Chess Lounge
The Chess Lounge is your place to kick back, relax and explore the game of chess from all angles. We bring you weekly episodes with topics from all over the chess world and culture with a fresh twist. We strive to cover topics you won’t hear anywhere else and provide a much needed balance to the royal game. This podcast is for everyone that loves chess and the beautiful community it brings together. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE EPISODES!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2024
Ep 18. All 50 States with Megan Chen
Ep. 17. Multi-talented Kamryn
Ep 16. Jules Gambit
Ep. 15 - FM Canty in da Car
Ep. 14 - National Master Sarathi Ray
Ep. 13 - Director Gloria Iseli on the documentary King Chess
Ep. 12 - SimplyDevina aka WFM Devina Devagharan
Streamer, coach and chess master SimplyDevina aka Women Fide Master Devina Devagharan steps into The Chess Lounge this week for a leisurely chat about her career. Summer and Elaynah discuss the intri…
Ep. 11 - GM Ben Finegold & Karen Boyd
The streaming duo Ben & Karen come into The Chess Lounge with two big intentions: roasting the chess world and getting canceled. Ok, that's just the bonus. Ben Finegold is a Grandmaster with a depth …
Ep. 10 - 2x US Women's Champion Jennifer Shahade
The chess world has been shaken up by a big lawsuit that was recently filed by WGM Jennifer Shahade against US Chess. Shahade blew the whistle in early 2023 on a top Grandmaster that was abusing wome…
Ep. 9 - Chess Can Learn from Science ft. Dr. Cassidy R Sugimoto
This week in The Chess Lounge, Dr. Cassidy R Sugimoto introduces her book, Equity for Women in Science and discusses how these lessons can apply to the chess world. She relates the shocking informati…
BONUS EPISODE - Vishy, Kosteniuk and Nemo at the 2024 Candidates
A special midweek bonus Chess Lounge episode brings you a side event of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Toronto, CAN. Summer showed her film King Chess followed by talk with streamer Nemo (WGM…
Ep 8. NM Ben Johnson from The Perpetual Chess Podcast
This week in the Lounge, Elaynah and Summer talk to a podcasting legend, National Master Ben Johnson from the Perpetual Chess Podcast! They talk about his show, creating 450 episodes, chess tactics, …
Ep. 7 - ChessSharkz with GM Kayden Troff and Tony Padron
The Chess Sharkz step into the lounge for an absolutely RAUCOUS episode that explores the comedic and serious of the chess world. The Chess Sharkz are a twitch streaming duo comprised of GM Kayden Tr…
Ep. 6 - Getting to Know Your Hosts
Ep. 5 - Daniel Lona from The Chess Experience podcast
Elaynah and Dylan return home from an AMAZING trip in Vegas and a two week hiatus. This episode is worth the wait as they bring on Daniel Lona from The Chess Experience podcast. Daniel is a talented …
Ep. 4 - Fame, Play Styles, Titles, Identity
Elaynah and Dylan talk about a few of the different identities that exist in the chess world. Are you an attacking player? Do you have a title or want one? Are you famous? From playstyle to titles to…
Ep. 3 - All So Controversial Pt. 2
Elaynah and Dylan are back in the Lounge with another SPICY episode continuing the controversies from last week with LGBTQ+ topics and the Safety of Women in chess. We discuss the seeming lack of LGB…
Ep. 2 - All So Controversial Pt. 1
Elaynah and Dylan step into the lounge with some SPICY, controversial topics in the chess world. They discuss a few silly topics followed by some hard hitting journalistic content (well if twitter co…
Ep. 1 - GM Denes Boros - Mind, Body, Chess!
Grandmaster Denes Boros steps into the lounge to survey the current state of research on the mind, body and chess connection. Denes is a profession chess player, coach at the St. Louis Chess Club and…
Episode 0 - Elaynah & Dylan in the Lounge
Welcome to Episode 0 of the Chess Lounge, a different and fresh kind of chess podcast. Get to know a little about Elaynah and Dylan as they discuss future topics that will be covered in The Chess Lou…