Note: Due to a technical issue, the host's voice is poorly recorded. Our guest Emily Allred's recording is good. Welcome to the April 2019 edition of...
April 2019
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Sometimes people think that boys are stronger than girls but the Her Move Next tournament helps girls think that they should always fight for the same...
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UTRGV, 2019 Final Four Champs While New Yorkers packed the streets and parks to enjoy the beautiful spring weekend of April 6th and 7th, four of the...
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The Morphy Chess & Cultural Center (“Morphy”) celebrated its grand opening in New Orleans on Friday, April 5 with a ceremonial ribbon cutting, tandem...
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While spring raged outside on the streets of New York City (beautiful blue skies, temperatures in the 60s, a street fair a few blocks away at...
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UTRGV winning 'Final Four' in 2018 Were the President’s Cup a person, it would be entering its sophomore year in college. This US Chess National...
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While coverage was rightfully focused on the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship just completed in St. Louis, there was another tournament...
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Timur Gareyev played the 'swindle of the year' at this year's U.S. Championship according to Yasser Seirawan. Missed it? Here it is, in abbreviated...
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Chess Life columnist John Hartmann, recently hired as Digital Editor for Chess Life Online, appeared on this week’s edition of the Perpetual Chess...
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"Cover Stories" is starting its second year with this episode! Thank you to our listeners for your support. The April 2019 edition of “Cover Stories...
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It took two weeks, eleven rounds, and a heavy dose of final day drama, but US Chess now has its 2019 Champions: Hikaru Nakamura and Jennifer Yu. Yu...
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BEAUTIFUL BLINDFOLD CHESS SET Just look at the elegant design of this chess set made exclusively for blindfold chess players. If you can visualize...