Chess: The Full English Breakfast

Observations on the U.S. Championships, and Kirsan keeps his job —FIDE V.P. Beatriz Marinello fills us in on that "extraordinary" Presidential board meeting.

Photo by Lennart Ootes, for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

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See who’s stepped in it now…the ChessBoxing ring that is! Plus take a look inside the mind of BlindfoldKing; Timur Gareyev joins us to talk about his new World Record. 

Photo by Lennart Ootes 
Las Vegas World Record event organized by Jennifer Vallens, OFF da ROOK Entertainment 

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A case of two Iranian teenagers banned from playing for (or in) their own country. Plus an "endspiel" on the Presidential cock up of the week (no not that one).

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Photo by @AntonSquaredMe

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Chess in the U.K. is the theme, with stories from the Varsity Chess Match in London, plus Nick Murphy (www.nickmurphy.info) gives us a his thoughts on being a chess loving actor in London.

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Nick Murphy can be reached at www.nickmurphy.info

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Georgian International Master Sopiko Guramishvili is our guest to talk women and chess, and the World Championship.

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Episode photo: David Llada

The story of a World Champion playing the world's worst chess game, plus Photoshopping chaos into chess.

Read AntonSquaredMe, Agent of Chaos at chess24.com
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Episode photo: Georgios Souleidis

A new start for The Full English Breakfast! We talk about The Simpsons' chess episode featuring World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

Watch the episode at Fox.com: The Cad and the Hat

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The Full English Breakfast is back! We'll be relaunching new weekly episodes in a matter of days. Tell all your friends!

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Here's a year in review! Starting with Magnus Carlsen's run for the ultimate chess title. Wait, what!? The FEB is still a thing? Oh hell yeah!

Part 1 (and it won't be a year to wait for part 2!)