Blindfold Chess Podcast
A bi-weekly look into a chess game between 20-25 moves. The goal is to help players work on their visualization by examining games of the Masters.
Podcasting since 2022 • 61 episodes
Blindfold Chess Podcast
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S3 E5 C. Incutto v. Boris Spassky (1960)
This week, we are looking at the long career of the 10th World Champion, the youngest person to become Grandmaster in history (at the time), the youngest Candidate to the World Championship (at the time), and the famed opponent of the 1972 Worl...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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24:14
S3 E4 Maia Chiburdanidze v. O. Andreieva (1973)
This week, we are looking (at the time) the youngest Women’s World Champion, a 13-time Olympiad Gold Medal Winner, the second Woman in history to be awarded the Grandmaster title, and a Women’s World Champion for 13 years - Maia Chiburdanidze.&...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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18:42
S3 E3 Levon Aronian v P. Bortoli (1994)
This week, we are taking a look at who CNN has called the “David Beckham of Chess” - the former World Rapid Champion, World Blitz Champion, World Chess960 Champion, former 2nd highest rating in the world, and 5-time Candidate for the World Cham...
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20:36
S3 E2 Judit Polgar v. S. Mamedyarov (2002)
In Season 1, we looked at one of the Polgar sisters - Susan. Today, we are looking at the youngest sister - Judit Polgar. Prepare yourself for a large list of records and milestones.Judit was born in 1976 in Hungary as the youngest of he...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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24:46
S3 E1 Howard Staunton v. D. Harrwitz (1846)
Hello everyone, welcome back to the third season of the Blindfold Chess Podcast. This week, we will be looking at a name synonymous with the chess community - Howard Staunton. If you have been around the game for any length of time,...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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