Blindfold Chess Podcast

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• S4 E20 Puzzles

  October 3, 2026 · 12 min

  Hi everyone and welcome back to Puzzle week! These are some of my favorite to make.  I am going to give you 3 different puzzles this episode ranging from easy to hard. I will be giving you the piece location of every piece on the board…

• S4 E19 Alla Kushnir v M. Vospernik (1962)

  September 19, 2026 · 26 min

  This week we are looking at a 5-time Women’s Olympiad gold winner, a 3-time Women’s Candidates winner, a USSR Women’s Champion, the first woman to beat a Grandmaster in a tournament game, and someone who - after she retired - went on to…

• S4 E18 Sagar Shah v D. Mirzoyan (2016)

  September 5, 2026 · 20 min

  This week, we are looking at someone who focused on chess and grew to a very high level only to side step that achievement and work on building an inclusive social media juggernaut of ChessBaseIndia - Sagar Shah.  — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3…

• S4 E17 Norman Whitaker v F. Perkins (1908)

  August 22, 2026 · 23 min

  This week, we are looking at one of the most infamous members of our game - someone who was not only challenged US Champions to matches, beat World Champions, and was a patent lawyer… but also someone who was arrested for auto fraud, was…

• S4 E16 Hanging Pawns - Stjepan Tomic v B. Bojanic (2018)

  August 8, 2026 · 25 min

  This week, we are looking at someone just a little different than our normal lineup. This person is NOT a Master, but their Youtube Channel - Hanging Pawns showcases the trials and tribulations of a tournament player on their way to chess…

• S4 E15 Siegbert Tarrasch v S. Mendelsohn (1879)

  July 25, 2026 · 26 min

  This week we are looking at the Teacher of Germany, a World Championship challenger, a doctor, a top 5 player in the world for the better part of 2 decades, and someone so set in his chess ideological ways that his compatriots labeled him…

• S4 E14 Joseph Blackburne v NN (1863)

  July 11, 2026 · 22 min

  We are looking at a very color member of chess history - someone who had a 50 year chess playing career, someone who traveled from Europe to Australia to Cuba playing matches, simuls, and blindfold events, someone who put future World…

• S4 E13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov v S. Karjakin (2019)

  June 27, 2026 · 21 min

  This week, we are looking at the highest rated Azerbaijani chess player, the 6th highest rated chess player in history, a 3 time-Candidate, 2 time world Junior champion, and a World Rapid Champion - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.  ------ 1. e4 e5…