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Masters and Matches: A History of Chess

by Peter Doggers & Arne Moll

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About the show

Meet legendary chess players and relive historic events. A podcast in the style of The Rest is History about chess-related topics from the past. PETER DOGGERS has played chess for over 30 years and written about it for almost 20. He regularly writes for Chess.com and New in Chess. He is the author of The Chess Revolution and also hosts The Chess News Podcast. More info: peterdoggers.com ARNE MOLL has played chess even longer than Peter and also loves to write about it. He contributed many thought-provoking articles to the website ChessVibes.com between 2007 and 2013 and recently published his first book as well, called The Center Game. newinchess.com/the-center-game