The Chess Club Live Podcast

Chess Grandmaster Keith Arkell joins me for a discussion about his life in chess and successes and new challenges as one of England’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 most successful 50+ senior team players

Beth Harmon and Bobby Fischer chew the fat. Discussing various chess topics and current events.

Michael invites Beth Harmon and Bobby Fischer into the studio for a chat about chess.

Fabiano Caruana, Cristian Chirila and Vladimir Kramnik believe cheating is endemic and Hikaru Nakamura and I believe it isn’t. Where do we go from here in Chess?

Women in Chess. We address the reports of abuse of women in Chess.

Chess creators through the ages have had their creative products stolen and credit given to others. Michael discusses several famous examples of this phenomenon and looks forward to a better future.

Chess topics in 2023 so far

The Hans Niemann vs Magnus Carlsen cheating scandal is splitting the chess world. What are the facts from the fiction? Join Michael as he explores this murky world of chess cheating.

Masterspace cofounder Tarek Abilama talks to Michael about reimagining the chess plying experience. Chess.masterspace.io/space/chess-club-live

Dubious Mask Olivier, Fake or Real Social Media hacks, Puzzle Rush for the active players, Netflix motion denied, being the Kanye West of Chess.

Chess NFTs are becoming the new craze in the chess world 🌎. What are they and what they worth?

Fat Fritz 2 - The World’s Strongest Chess Entity - Interview with its creator Albert Silver. He talks to Michael about his groundbreaking work in chess software development.

The Queen’s Gambit is based on the book by Walter Tevis. It’s a stylish strong and visually stunning retelling of the chess classic. We review the Netflix series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We have a conversation with FIDE International Arbiter. He discusses the growth of Chess and its development.

Chess Master Cube gave rise to the chess puzzle app craze. It was developed by Michael way back in 2008. Puzzle Rush was devised after my Chess Master Cube app design was shared to chess.com.

We discuss the connection between Chess and Intelligence in context of gender and race.

Michael the cofounder of Chess Club Live is joined by Chess Doctor Jovita who is one of a crop of the most innovative chess content creators in the world right now. Jovita tells her story of how she was inspired to inspire others through chess in the context of her medical training as a doctor.

Chess Club Live cofounder Michael discusses when a decision becomes a non-decision and why until now nobody speaks out about injustice in Chess.

Michael is joined by Tony Sullivan a celebrated chess cartoonist who is the creator of the Chess Peace cartoon series.

Chess Thoughts is a. feature where Michael, cofounder of Chess Club Live gives his thoughts on AlphaZero reinforcement learning being a new paradigm for chess training.

A podcast feature where I Michael cofounder of Chess Club Live discuss my views on recent chess events.

Knights of the Round Table. Life Master Brian Douglas Wall, Chess Author Peter Tamburro and Life Master Julian Proleiko join host Michael in a conversation about Chess in the new normal, Rapid and Blitz Chess, Kramnik, and much much more.

Chess Club Live CEO Michael Mkpadi shares his thoughts on recent topics and news in Chess. How a random conversation with IM Natasha Regan coauthor of “Game Changer” (with Grandmaster Matthew Sadler), the story of AlphaZero, we theorised on the exact same hybrid model that the new Stockfish NNUE is using to become the world’s strongest chess playing entity of all time.

A raw and unplugged stream of consciousness from Michael Mkpadi cofounder of Chess Club Live

Chess is a conversation. We talk to the cofounder of the biggest chess website in the world. He explains how a dream became the most successful chess enterprise in history.