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The Chess Pit

Summary: A weekly podcast where three guys talk about chess… occasionally

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  • Artist: The Chess Pit
  • Copyright: Jon Mackenzie, Phil Makepeace, Robin Sarfas

Podcasts:

 S1 Ep18: The Hypotenuse of a Church | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2620

What came first: showjumping or chess? This and other mysteries are unraveled and reraveled in earnest as the guys' lockdown mania starts to bite.

 S1 Ep17: Four Packets of Pork Scratchings | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2913

Tales of coffeehouse legends, psyching out machines, and being infamous for losing make the grade this week.

 S1 Ep16: Reveal Your Innermost, Darkest Secrets | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2542

The guys attend therapy as Scandinavian crime dramas, Formula 1, and powerful writing implements get a hearty airing.

 S1 Ep15: Chuck Him Back In Jail | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2500

No kinkshaming allowed this week as online cheating, communists and pies get a thorough outing.

 S1 Ep14: Some Real Elements Of Genius - Tony Miles special | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2257

This week is the long-promised and never-forgotten Tony Miles Special. And we have a new theme tune!

 S1 Ep13: I'm Not Mates With Einstein | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2113

This week the guys travel the world, visit the high street, and hobble James Caan (again).

 S1 Ep12: This Could Be Your War | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2180

The boys preview the Carlsen Invitational and invoke the history of the Cricket World Cup

 S1 Ep11: Lots of Grandmasters Warming Benches | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2464

This week the boys manage to shoehorn goalkeepers, synesthesia and some actual chess chat into forty minutes.

 S1 Ep10: Mountain Goats Just Run Wild | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2532

Donkeys, goats and toddlers, y'say? Chris, Jon and Phil take up a stance against all three.

 S1 Ep9: Sounds Like the Triwizard Tournament | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2723

Phil struggles to say 'phenomenal', Jon gets wistful, and Chris has his proclivities analysed.

 S1 Ep8: The Kids Were Clotheslining Me | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2453

Despite rumours of self-isolation, the guys are here to talk about the Candidates, six-year-olds beating International Masters, and... wrestling?

 S1 Ep7: He's Basically Forgotten His Surname - Candidates preview special | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2814

Less of the 'occasionally' this week as the boys provide an idiot's guide to the 2020 Candidates tournament.

 S1 Ep6: Dabbing is Good for Pandemics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2705

Jon reinvents pawns, Chris revisits the years 1862 and 2000, and Phil narrowly escapes his car being scrapped.

 S1 Ep5: The José Mourinho Of Chess | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2356

Can chess players be like football managers? May also contain Gregorian chanting.

 S1 Ep4: Luton's Hardest Man In 2019 - with special guest Sean Ingle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3064

Chris is on holiday, so Jon and Phil get chatting to Guardian Chief Sports Reporter Sean Ingle instead.

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