Blindfold Chess Podcast

This week, we are looking at a Chinese Champion, the 2nd Chinese man to earn his way into the Candidates tournament, and the 4th Chinese player to break into the Super Grandmaster rating - Wang Hao. 
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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 g6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. h4 c5 11. e5 Bg7 12. h5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f4 d6 16. hxg6 dxe5 17. Rxh7 Qf6 18. Qh5 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. fxe5 Qe7 21. O-O-O Rxd3 22. Rh1 Rxc3+ 23. bxc3 Qa3+ 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Ke3 Qxc3 0-1
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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1990773 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Hao_(chess_player) 
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This week we are looking at a commentator, content creator, teacher, a World Youth Champion, a World Junior Champion, a World Blitz Champion, and one of the youngest published authors in the chess scene - Daniel Naroditsky. 
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Re1 Qa5 13. c4 Ne7 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Bg5 Bxc4
16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qd4 Qb5 18. a4 Qa6 19. Qc5+ Kf6 20. Re4 Bd5 21. Rf4+ Kg6 22. c4 1-0
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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1775309 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Naroditsky 
http://cassidynoble.com/ 
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/crosswords/chess/chess-replay-you-versus-pachman.html

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/ 
http://cassidynoble.com/ 
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