Invisible Chess: Recent Episodes
Jonathan (aka: UnseenChessPod)
Invisible Chess: A podcast dedicated to blindfold Chess & visualisation
Whether you're already an experienced blindfoldista or are brand new to this; whether you're a relative chess beginner or maybe even a master - this is a podcast that will have something for you.
HOST: I'm Jonathan (GetBentLarsent on chess websites). I've been a serious chess player for 35 years, for several years a fulltime professional chess coach and a longtime fan of playing chess without sight of the board and pieces.
INVISIBLE CHESS: This podcast will give you
training exercises and materials;
techniques and methods to play chess blindfold;
dedicated episodes aimed at beginners and newcomers;
suggestions and tips on how to create a blindfold chess training programme that will last because it fits in harmoniously with all your existing commitments - on the chessboard and away from it.
Perhaps most importantly, since the number one reason why chess players don't try blindfold chess training is the feeling that they will not be able to do it, Invisible Chess will help you build your motivation and belief that visualisation work can be for you.
LINKS: Twitter: @unseenchesspod (https://twitter.com/unseenchesspod) Website & Newsletter (https://invisiblechess.substack.com/) Email: invisiblechesspod @ gmail . com
CREDITS: Logo Art: Karen Music: Martin Bostock, bass player with Red Banner Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany Harbinger of Doom played by: Jon MacKenzie
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #10
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
10
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts: Che
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #9
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
9
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts: Che
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #8
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
8
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts: Che
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #7
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
7
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts: Che
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #6
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
6
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts: Che
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
(Not Quite) Rando Pando #21
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
21: Continuing our series on mating with Bishop and Knight against King. Today: checkmate in four moves.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 5:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: Zara
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #33
This week's game is Richardson - Delmar, New York 1887. Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess #290.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 5:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #5
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
5
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts: Che
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
(Not Quite) Rando Pando #20
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
20: Continuing our series on mating with Bishop and Knight against King. Today: checkmate in four moves.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 5:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: Zara
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #32
This week's game is Choinowski - Thibaut, Brussels 1947
Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess #64.
A game that twists and turns like a twisty turny thing - and all in 11 moves.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 5:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
(Not Quite) Rando Pando #19
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
19: Continuing our series on mating with Bishop and Knight against King. Today: checkmate in three moves.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 5:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: Zara
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #31
This week's game is RANKINS - PAPKE, correspondence 1949.
Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess #59.
We're starting 2024 and a new CBS series with a flashy and enjoyable win in a King's Gambit. Why not?
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #3
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
3
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
(Not Quite) Rando Pando #18
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
18: Bishop and Knight against King. Checkmate in two moves.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 5:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: Zara
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #12
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Amateur - Goetz
Strasbourg, 1880
This is game 16 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #11
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Kraus - Costin
Correspondence 1914
This is game 14 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #10
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Imbusch - Goring
Munich, 1899
This is game 13 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
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THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #9
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Muhlock - Kostics
Cologne, 1912
This is game 12 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #8
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Meek - Amateur
New Orleans, 1855
This is game 11 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #7
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Hamlisch - Amateur
Vienna 1902
This is game 9 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #6
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
De Legal - Saint Brie
Paris, 1750
This is game 10 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #5
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Seppelt - Leganki
Berlin, 1950
This is game 8 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #4
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Warren - Selman
Correspondence, 1930
This is game 7 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #3
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Amateur- Bruening
Berlin, 1907
This is game 6 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #2
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Dadian - Doubrava
Kiev, 1896
This is game 4 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisted) #1
Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.
Today's game:-
Kennedy - Amateur
Brighton 1845
This is game 2 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)
USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #30
This week's game is Blake - Hook, London 1891. Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess #15.
We're back with a real banger. And a very welcome return to Che Martin as game reader.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #2
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
2
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
Also a bit of chat from me about chess problems and why we might be interested in solving them.
Part II: because it might help us get into the habit of focusing on the other guy's opportunities and resources as well as our own.
If you want to jump straight to the position of the day (I won't be offended) start at 04:30.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
COMING SOON:
Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #17
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
17: King and pawn against King, Bishop and pawn. White to play and draw.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
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Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: ????
COMING SOON:
Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: Zara
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #16
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
16: K & B versus K, B & pawn
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
COMING SOON:
Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: Zara
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #1a
Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendery/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)
Today:
1a
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves
Also a bit of chat from me about chess problems and why we might be interested in solving them.
If you want to jump straight to the position of the day (I won't be offended) start at 06:00.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
Last Spring/Summer I ran 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
COMING SOON:
Chernev's Best Shorts
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #15
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
BB v King
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THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Fridays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
COMING SOON:
Chernev's Best Shorts
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: It's a surprise.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #14
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
14: King, bishop and pawn against a lone king. How hard can it be?
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
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THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Fridays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
COMING SOON:
Chernev's Best Shorts
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: It's a surprise.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #13
Positions taken (usually at random, but not at the moment) from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
13: King and Two Bishops against a lone King.
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THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON Four:
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Fridays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
COMING SOON:
Chernev's Best Shorts
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:
Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.
Yusupov's Guest Host: It's a surprise.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #12
Positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
11: King and Rook against a King. Mate in 5 moves.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
This Spring/Summer I'm running 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
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Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #15
The 15th in our series dedicated to king and pawn positions. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This week, for the first time, - king and a pawn against a king and a pawn.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
PART ONE
IKPSR 1-11: K+p v K
PART TWO:
*IKSPR 1 - 14: K + 2p v K
PART THREE:
IKSPR 15 - ???: K+p v K+p*
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
This Spring/Summer I'm running 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #11
Positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
136: Rook against pawn - the King's a long way away, but White can still win.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
This Spring/Summer I'm running 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #14
The 14th in our series dedicated to king and pawn positions. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This week - king plus two distance a and c pawns against a lone king.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
PART ONE
IKPSR 1-11: K+p v K
PART TWO:
IKSPR 1 - 14: K + 2p v K
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
This Spring/Summer I'm running 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #10
Positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
34: Rook against Queen - but White can draw.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
This Spring/Summer I'm running 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #13
The 13th in our series dedicated to king and pawn positions. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This week - king plus two g-pawns against king.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
PART ONE
IKPSR 1-11: K+p v K
PART TWO:
IKSPR 1 - ???: K + 2p v K
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
This Spring/Summer I'm running 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #9
Positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
135: King and Rook against King and pawn. But White can still draw.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
This Spring/Summer I'm running 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #12
The 12th in our series dedicated to king and pawn positions. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This week - king plus g&h pawns versus king.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
PART ONE
IKPSR 1-11: K+p v K
PART TWO:
IKSPR 1 - ???: K + 2p v K
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY JUST GIVING PAGE:
This Spring/Summer I'm running 24 park runs (5km) and a 10km race on 25th June in memory of my sister Louise.
Every £1/£2 makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any contributions. They're all very much appreciated.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jonathans-race-for-life-2694
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #8
Positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
197: King and Rook against King, Rook and pawn. But White can still draw.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #7
Positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
009: King and rook against a lone king. It's made in two.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #11
The 11th in our series dedicated to king and pawn positions. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This time we take a look at a position with a rook's pawn.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
PART ONE
IKPSR 1-11: K+p v K
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #6
Positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
238: knight and pawn against bishop. Can we bring it home?
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #10
The 10th in our series dedicated to king and pawn positions. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This is, once again, another problem that builds on IKPSR#3.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #5
Positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
228: an opposite-coloured bishop ending (that isn't a draw).
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #9
The ninth in our series dedicated to king and pawn positions. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This is yet another one that builds on IKPSR#3 - I told you that was a key theoretical position - but again with some work to do to get there.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON THREE:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
Chernev's Best Shorts
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #29
A couple of sacrificed pawns, an inaccurate defence and before you know it, mate is on its way.
This week's game is Rasovsky - Miksyka, correspondence 1908 (Chernev's game #352).
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
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THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally, by which I mean once. I really should get around to putting out a few more of these):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
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Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
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Cat: Maisie
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Rando Pando #4
The fourth in now what is most definitely a regular series - positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
178
King, Queen and pawn versus King, Rook and pawn.
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo and Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #8
The eighth in our series dedicated to king and pawn positions. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This is another one that builds on IKPSR#3, but with a little build up to get there. There's an important little theoretical wrinkle in this one, but more importantly for us, a great visualisation exercise.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Bonus episodes (occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
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email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #28
This week's game, a complete slugfest squeezed into 15 moves, is Mieses - Tchigorin, Ostend 1906 (Chernev's game #294).
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally, by which I mean once. I really should get around to putting out a few more of these):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #3
aka: Randolfini
The third in what is becoming a regular series - positions taken at random from from Bruce Pandolfini's Endgame book.
Today:
177
Rook and pawn versus Queen.
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #7
The seventh in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.
One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This is another one that is similar to IKPSR#3, but with a knight's pawn. And being close to the edge of the board makes a difference.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Tuesdays: Rando Pano
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Bonus episodes (occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #27
Pardon my Southern Fried French
Today we have Fineman - Stone, New York 1935 (Chernev's game #295).
Our Guest Game Reader this week is Che.
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #2
The second in an what might become a regular series - positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
Today:
006
King and Queen versus King. And it's mate.
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #6
The sixth in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.
One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This is another one that builds on IKPSR#3, but with a little build up to get there.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Bonus episodes (occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #26
King Hunt! King Hunt!! King Hunt!!!
Today we have Ohman - Buck, Omaha 1942 (Chernev's game #307).
A fun little king hunt to ease our way into the weekend.
Our Guest Game Reader this week is Carly Caissa (to be found on twitter here). Check out Carly's YouTube channel: Chess Blindfold.
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Rando Pando #1
The first in an occasional series - positions taken at random from from Bruce Pandolfini's Endgame book.
Today:
171
King, knight and rook's pawn against King.
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #5
The fifth in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.
One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This is another one that builds on IKPSR#3, but with a little trap to avoid.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation
ALSO:
Bonus episodes (occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #24
[PODCASTER'S NOTE:
I recorded this episode last Sunday (5th March) - so when I speak about it being a week in chess of women being abused on twitter simply for being women chess players, I was referring to events of last week, not the current situation with Ramirez/St Louis/US Chess Federation. Just so you know - JB]
Sac! Sac!! Sac!!!
Today we have Canal - Amateur (simul), Budapest 1942 (Chernev's game #212).
I've just noticed that this is the second week in a row we've had a game from Budapest.
Anyway, there's a MIS-SPEAK in the bonus question. I talk about Black's choices at move 11. I mean move 12.
Sorry about that.
BONUS EPISODES RECENTLY RELEASED:
Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)
Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
A bonus episode celebrating 5,000 Downloads of Invisible Chess
A thankyou from me.
A game to visualise from @wmiltti
And what happens when you leave Covert Bethany unattended.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #4
The fourth in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.
One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
This one builds on IKPSR#3 - it's very similar but with a small (and yet very important) wrinkle.
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
A bonus episode of the podcast:
The Stepping Stones chess visualisation technique - an introductory guide.
In this episode I talk about what the Stepping Stones method is, it's origins (hat-tip - Jon Tisdal, Improve Your Chess Now) and the very basics of how to get started with the idea. When and how often should you put down a stone when visualising? Also featured: some tips and guidance on how to get the most out of the technique based on my experience of using the method.
Full disclosure - there's an elephant in the room in this episode.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #23
Knights! Knights! Knights!
Today we have Khloyber - Nagy, Budapest 1942 (Chernev's game #150).
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #3
The second in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.
One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #23
Today we have Anonymous - Winkleman, Philadelphia 1945 (Chernev's game #219). Enjoy the rather lovely finish to this one.
Thanks to Riley our first guest game reader of the series.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maise
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #2
The second in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.
One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Chernev's Best Shorts #22
Today we have Mayet - Andersson, Berlin 1918 (Chernev's game 122) which has a famous - and spectacular - finish.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts
Bonus episodes (very occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #1
The first in a new series dedicated to king and pawn endings. One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).
85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series - ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE 2023:
Mondays: Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run
Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally):Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maise
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Season Two: A preview
A little chat about how things are going to go for Season Two.
If you're here for the cute mate in 4 problem to visualise feel free to skip to 7:50.
There's some background hubbub, especially at the start. There's an irritating clicking that keeps popping back up. It all sounds a bit echo-y (is that a word).
In short, it sounds like somebody who got out of the habit of recording podcasts. But hey, sometimes you just have to do your best and put the results out there.
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The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #12(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #21)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Amateur - Goetz
Strasbourg, 1880
This is game 16 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #11(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #20)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Kraus - Costin
Correspondence 1914
This is game 14 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #10(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #19)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Imbusch - Goring
Munich, 1899
This is game 13 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #9(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #18)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Muhlock - Kostics
Cologne, 1912
This is game 12 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of ChessNB:
There's a lot of Maisie the Cat in this episode. She absolutely insisted on being part of this one.
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #8(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #17)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Meek - Amateur
New Orleans, 1855
This is game 11 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #7(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #16)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Hamlisch - Amateur
Vienna 1902
This is game 9 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #6(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #15)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
De Legal - Saint Brie
Paris, 1750
This is game 10 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #5(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #14)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Seppelt - Leganki
Berlin, 1950
This is game 8 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #4(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #13)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Warren - Selman
Correspondence, 1930
This is game 7 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #3(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #12)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Amateur- Bruening
Berlin, 1907
This is game 6 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #2(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #11)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Dadian - Doubrava
Kiev, 1896
This is game 4 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus: #1(aka: Chernev's Best Shorts #10)Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.
One a day until the end of the first week of January 2023
Today's game:-
Kennedy - Amateur
Brighton 1845
This is game 2 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
MONDAY STALEMATE VISUALISATIONS #4
The fourth (and last) in a series of stalemate visualisation exercises. This week's study is taken from the Elk and Ruby book: One Rook Saves the Day (Number 34 of 100)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maiise
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
CHERNEV'S BEST SHORTS #9This is the last episode of Season One of Invisible Chess.
Holiday scheduling starts on Monday.
Today we have game #898 from Irving Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess.
Morphy - Amateur, New Orleans 1858.
There is no guest game reader today, but Maisie the Cat does make a cameo appearance
Seeing out the year with one last King's Gambit. This one is 23 moves long, the longest game we've had on the podcast so far.
Don't be put off by that. You can do it. I believe in you!
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
FRESH FRIDGE #8
AKA: NEWBS START HERE.
AKA: A podcast episode aimed at newcomers to blindfold chess and visualisation training.
Today we return to diagonals and find another way that we can use study material to our benefit even if the original problem is beyond our current skillset.
This time a variation on the theme - billiards bishops. Bouncing bishops off of the four edges of the board to practice visualisation of diagonals.
Also today: a message of encouragement from listener BlindAndrena.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
MONDAY STALEMATE VISUALISATIONS #3
The third in a series of stalemate visualisation exercises. This week's study is taken from the Elk and Ruby book: One Bishop Saves the Day (Number 53 of 100)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
CHERNEV'S BEST SHORTS #8Game #109 from Irving Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess.
Taylor - Amateur, Thorpe 1874
Our guest reader today is Benji. Thanks Benji :-)
This is another hacky King's Gambit from the 19th century. Funtimes.
Features a couple of mistakes from me. Also, that low hum you can hear in the background when I'm speaking? That's my mic picking up the boiler that was stopping me from freezing to death whilst I was recording.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
FRESH FRIDGE #7
AKA: NEWBS START HERE.
AKA: A podcast episode aimed at newcomers to blindfold chess and visualisation training.
Today we look at diagonals and find another way that we can use study material to our benefit even if the original problem is beyond our current skillset.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
MONDAY STALEMATE VISUALISATIONS #2
The second in a series of stalemate visualisation exercises. This one is taken from the Elk and Ruby book: One Knight Saves the Day.
There's a small error in the read through of this one. Black's fifth move is 5 ... Bg3 as given but I should have said that it's check. Sorry about that.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
CHERNEV'S BEST SHORTS #7Another game taken from Irving Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess. This time it's the greatest of them all:-
Morphy - Count Isoard/Duke of Brunswick, Paris 1958.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
FRESH FRIDGE #6
AKA: NEWBS START HERE.
AKA: A podcast episode aimed at newcomers to blindfold chess and visualisation training.
Today we look at diagonals and find a way to use study material to our benefit even if the original problem is beyond our current skillset.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
MONDAY STALEMATE VISUALISATIONS #1
The first in a new series of stalemate visualisation exercises. This one is taken from the Elk and Ruby book: One Pawn Saves the Day.
There's a bit of background noise on this one - sorry about that.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Stalemate Visualisations
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes (occasionally): Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue): Mate-Pattern Mondays
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
CHERNEV'S BEST SHORTS #6Another game taken from Irving Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess - this time it's Wiesel - Weigel, correspondence 1923 (game #45).
Thanks very much to this week's guest game reader: @SpaceAmy
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
FRESH FRIDGE
s1e15
Fresh Fridge #5
aka Newbs Start Here
On Wednesdays we have material aimed at absolute relative beginners and complete newcomers to visualisation training/blindfold chess.
This week we go back to www.noirchess.com - but this time we're looking at (well, visualising) diagonals.
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus Episodes: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
MATE-PATTERN MONDAY #5Join Invisible Chess warming up for the week with another five more skeleton mate-pattern visualisation exercises taken from The Art of Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Newcomers' Corner
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
CHERNEV'S BEST SHORTS #5Another game taken from Irving Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess - this time it's Zukertort-Ehrlich, London 1877 (game #777).
This one's quite a bit longer than material we've looked at up until now - White mates Black on move 21. Don't let that scare you though.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
FRESH FRIDGE
**s1e12
Fresh Fridge #4**
aka Newbs Start Here
On Wednesdays we have material aimed at absolute relative beginners and complete newcomers to visualisation training/blindfold chess.
This week we go to www.noirchess.com to practice the colour of squares.
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus Episodes: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
MATE-PATTERN MONDAY #4 Join Invisible Chess warming up for the week with another five more skeleton mate-pattern visualisation exercises taken from The Art of Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Newcomers' Corner
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
CHERNEV'S BEST SHORTS #4 Another game taken from Irving Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess - this time it's Bernstein - Amateur, Paris simul 1927 (game #88).
There's some chat at the beginning of the episode as to why I don't give solutions to the exercises in the podcasts.
Thanks very much to our guest game reader Nour. After she's taken us up to Black's resignation, I have some Steppings Stones practice and finish the podcast with some bonus questions that go beyond the standard, "Why did Black Resign this game?"
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
FRESH FRIDGE
**s1e9
Fresh Fridge #3**
aka Newbs Start Here
On Wednesdays we have material aimed at absolute relative beginners and complete newcomers to visualisation training/blindfold chess.
This week we have another set of colour of the squares exercises - 24 in four sets of six.
This week I also share some thoughts on how you can tailor your choice of squares so it's most relevant for you.
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
s1e8:
Mate-Pattern Monday #3
- 5 more skeleton mate pattern visualisation exercises taken from The Art of Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn.
INVISIBLE CHESS SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka: Newbs Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
CHERNEV'S BEST SHORTS #3 Another game taken from Irving Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess - this time it's
Anonymous - Faul, Melbourne 1931 (game #202)
A lovely little king-hunt.
Guest reader today - and the first for Invisible Chess - is Matt (@wmiltti on twitter). Thanks very much to him for helping out.
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Newcomers' Corner
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
**s1e3
Fresh Fridge #2**
aka Newbs Start Here
On Wednesdays we have material aimed at absolute relative beginners and complete newcomers to visualisation training/blindfold chess.
This week we have another 20 colour of the squares exercises and I share some thoughts on how not to approach this kind of problem.
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
MATE PATTERN MONDAY
5 more skeleton mate pattern visualisation exercises taken from The Art of Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn.
GENERAL BITS AND BOBS
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka NEWBS Start Here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #1
The first of an occasional series of bonus posts based on material that can be found in the series of Artur Yusupov's books published by Quality Chess.
Yusupov warning
This stuff can be hard. Shit getting real. No more careless laughter.
Series Name credit:Matt - @wmiltti on twitter (I mangle the name in the recording - soz)
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs Start here)
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Bonus episodes:
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
s1e4
CHERNEV'S BEST SHORTS 2/1000
Game #127 from the book.
Botvinnik - Spielmann, Moscow 1935
Episode also begins a discussion of Jon Tisdall's concept of Stepping Stones.
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Newcomers' Corner
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
s1e3
Newcomers' Corner
Material aimed at absolute newcomers/relative beginners for Visualisation training/blindfold chess.
This week look at the best starting exercise. The Colour of the Squares.
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Newcomers' Corner
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
s1e2:
Mate Pattern Mondays
- 5 skeleton mate pattern visualisation exercises taken from The Art of Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn.
Also - I misquote John Lennon.
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Newcomers' Corner
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
s1e1:
Chernev: 1000 Best Short Games of Chess 1/1000
Gibaud-Lazard, Paris 1924
(for more on this game: The Gibaud v Lazard Gamelet by Edward Winter (chesshistory.com))
Episode Also Includes:
Eugene Burger (From Beyond): How to Start Absolutely Anything
as well as
the schedule for Invisible Chess: Season One
some thoughts on how to approach a visualisation exercise
SCHEDULE:
Mondays: Mate Patterns
Wednesdays: Newcomers' Corner
Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS:
Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)
Logo art: Karen
Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
NOTE:
Solutions to problems set in episodes of Invisible Chess will appear on substack/in my newsletter at the end of the week.
A trailer specifically intended anybody who has never tried blindfold chess before.
Q: Can anybody try blindfold training, regardless of experience or chess ability?
- yes they can.
Q: What is the number one reason why people don't try chess visualisation ;/ playing without sight of the board?
- It's not that they don't know how or where to start.
Invisible Chess will have weekly episodes (to be released on Wednesday) aimed specifically at newcomers to playing without a board/pieces.
BOOK mentioned in this trailer ...
IMPROVE YOUR CHESS NOW:
Jon Tisdall - Improve Your Chess Now (Cadogan Chess Books): Amazon.co.uk: Jon Tisdall: 8601417396193: Books
Jon Tisdal twitter - Jonathan Tisdall (@GMjtis) / Twitter
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Intro/Outro MUSIC:
Martin Bostock, bass player with Red Banner.
Welcome to Invisible Chess.Blindfold chess/visualisation training is for everybody whether they be experienced blindfoldistas or brand new to it; relative chess beginners to masters.
Why play chess blindfold? It must be good for your chess - but also just for the fun of it.
LINKS:
Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com
Intro/Outro MUSIC:
Martin Bostock, bass player with Red Banner.