by New In Chess
The New In Chess Podcast features interviews with the world's leading chess players, authors and personalities. New In Chess is a prize-winning publisher of chess books and the New In Chess magazine. The book publishing program focuses on training manuals, opening theory, chess history and chess entertainment.
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April 25, 2025
<p>Dear Chess Friend,</p><p>This week’s episode of the New In Chess Podcast features the second part of a narration from “The Essential Sosonko”, a collection of chess portraits and stories authored by chess grandmaster Genna Sosonko. The subject of this week’s episode is Ukrainian grandmaster Efim Geller.</p><p>Efim Petrovich Geller (1925-1988) was a two-time Soviet chess champion and a six-time Candidate for the World Chess Championship. During the twenty-year period in which he was recognized as being a world top ten player, he faced ten different world champions, scoring victories against eight of them and even coming out with a positive overall score (+39-36=131). A natural attacking player who became more well-rounded as his career progressed, Geller was also known as an opening expert, contributing significantly to the emergence of the King's Indian Defence in top-level play. He was active as a coach, aiding future world champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov in their respective world championship match preparations. Genna, who ran into Geller several times over the years, paints a compelling portrait of the somewhat "underappreciated-by-history" grandmaster.</p><p>Enjoy this week's episode of the New In Chess Podcast!</p>
April 4, 2025
<p>This week’s episode of the New In Chess Podcast features the second part of a narration from “The Essential Sosonko”, a collection of chess portraits and stories authored by chess grandmaster Genna Sosonko. The subject of this week’s episode is Latvian grandmaster Mikhail Tal.</p><p>This week's narration, which is the final part of a six-part series, examines the final phase of Tal's life. As his physical ailments mounted, Tal never "slowed down" his hedonistic lifestyle. Money was tight in his final years, but he never stopped relying on chess for his income, ultimately living off simuls and exhibitions. However, this did not diminish the legendary, near-mythical status that he achieved during his heyday. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
March 28, 2025
<p>This week's episode of the New In Chess Podcast features an interview with Dutch businessman and chess benefactor Bessel Kok.</p><p>Bessel is one of the founders of SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, which provides the main messaging network through which international payments are initiated. In the 1980's, Bessel organised the first SWIFT chess tournaments, which significantly raised the standards for chess professionalism. He befriended several of the world's strongest players, including Garry Kasparov. Together with them, he would go on to found the Grandmaster Association (GMA), an organisation aimed at creating "a high-quality environment for chess and to promote professional chess by grandmasters". Although the GMA would eventually disappear, Bessel kept his interest in chess while remaining active in other fields, such as film production and pro cycling. </p><p>Interviewed by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam during the Prague Chess Festival, Bessel retells the story of the origins of the GMA, his relationship with Kasparov, and numerous anecdotes involving the greatest chess players of all time. </p><p>0:00 – Intro</p><p>2:44 – Welcome Bessel! </p><p>4:26 – How Bessel became involved in chess </p><p>8:42 – The first SWIFT tournament </p><p>13:45 – The origins of the Grandmaster Association (GMA) </p><p>19:50 – Lubomir Kavalek, dawn of a “golden era” </p><p>24:50 – Start of the conflict between GMA and FIDE </p><p>30:30 – Kasparov’s vision for the GMA </p><p>32:12 – AD BREAK </p><p>32:52 – Kasparov breaks away from the GMA </p><p>41:16 – Bessel’s appreciation for chess players </p><p>44:44 – Bessel’s favourite: Misha Tal </p><p>46:50 – Bessel tells a Bobby Fischer story </p><p>54:21 – AD BREAK </p><p>55:19 – The Magnus vs FIDE conflict </p><p>58:10 – Chess vs cycling </p><p>1:01:30 – Bessel’s candidacy for FIDE president </p><p>1:04:10 – Bessel doesn’t see a leader in the chess world </p><p>1:05:35 – Outro </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p>
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