Blindfold Chess Podcast

This week we are looking at the only player in history to be both a World Champion and the President of the international body of chess - FIDE,  a member of the inaugural class of Grandmasters, an Olympiad participant for 3.5 decades, a 13-time Dutch champion, an author of 70 chess books, and someone who facilitated the creation of many 3rd world chess organizations to continue to grow the game. 
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nf6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bb4 Qb6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd6 Bb7 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Qe4 Nd5 16. Ra3 Qd8 17. O-O a6 18. Qg4 g5 19. Qxe6+ Ne7 20. Bh5 Rf8 21. Rf3 Nb6 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kd7 24. Bg4# 1-0
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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1799875 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Euwe
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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 and it will be your job to figure out the correct sequence of moves to complete the puzzle. 

Puzzle 1 -  FEN: [8/8/1q6/4N3/7r/4N3/1k2K1P1/8 w - - 0 1]
Puzzle 2 - FEN: [8/8/8/k1pr3p/P1R4K/7P/6P1/8 b - - 0 1]
Puzzle 3 - FEN: [8/8/8/6R1/P7/3p4/3rk3/2K5 b - - 0 1]
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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 have an award winning career as a professor and researcher in numismatics - Alla Kushnir. 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Ne5 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.f4 Nxe5 8.fxe5 Nd7 9.O-O Qg5 10.Rf4 g6 11.Qf1 Qe7 12.c4 dxc4 13.Nc3 Bh6 14.Ne4 Bxf4 15.Nd6+ Kf8 16.Qxf4 Kg7 17.Rf1 Rf8 18.Ne4 cxb3 19.Nf6 h6 20.d4 cxd4 21.exd4 Nb6 22.Bc1 Rh8 23.Ba3 Kf8 24.Bxe7+ Kxe7 25.Ng8+ 1-0
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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2285281 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Kushnir 
https://coinsweekly.com/kushnir-stein-receives-meshorer-numismatic-prize/ 
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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. 

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Ne6 15. Qh5 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Ng5 18. Rb5 f5 19. Bd5+ Rf7 20. Re1 1-0
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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1889683 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagar_Shah 
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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 friends with notorious gangster Al Capone and was involved in the “Crime of the Century”, and eventually became an International Master at the age of 75 - Norman Whitaker. 
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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. f4 Qc5 9. e5 Qb6 10. Nc2 Qd8 11. Be2 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O e6 14. Bc5 Bf8 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Nb5 Bf8 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 gxf5 19. Bh5+ Nxh5 20. Qxh5+ Ke7 21. Bg5+ Ke6 22. Re1+ Ne5 23. Ncd4# 1-0
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chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2208433 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_T._Whitaker 
http://cassidynoble.com/ 
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/418062169150605/posts/933592434264240/https://www.facebook.com/groups/418062169150605/posts/933592434264240/ 
https://texaschess.org/from-the-ivy-league-to-alcatraz-the-life-of-international-master-norman-t-whitaker/ 
http://www.chessarch.com/archive/0026_whitaker/whitaker.shtml