Audio Chess

Sports EN ↓ 43 episodes

Miniature chess games in audio format. Based on a chapter from the famous book "Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games" by László Polgár.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: podcasters.spotify.com

Author

Audio Chess

Episodes

Horowitz — NN. New York, 1939 28.12.2023 11:36

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O O-O 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bd5 Nc5 9.bxc3 Ba5 10.Ng5 Ne6 11.Qh5 Nxg5 12.Bxg5 Qe8 {Diagram} 13.Bf6 h6 14.Qg6 1-0

MacDonnel — Boden. London, 1865 28.12.2023 19:59

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Kf1 Ba5 8.Qh5d5 9.Bxd5 Qe7 10.Ba3 Nf6 11.Bxf7+ Qxf7 12.Qxa5 Nc6 13.Qa4 Nxe4 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Nbd2 Nxd2+ 16.Nxd2 O-O-O 17.Rb1 Qd5 18.Nf3 Bf5 19.Rd1 Rhe8 20.Bc5 {Diagram} 20...Qxf3 21.gxf3 Bh3+ 22.Kg1 Re6 23.Qc2 Rxd4 24.Bxd4 0-1

Denker — Shayne. Rochester, 1945 12.05.2022 14:02

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.e5 Ne4 8.O-O Nxc3 9.Nxc3 dxc3 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd5 Rf8 {Diagram} 12.Bf6 gxf6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Rfe1+ Be7 15.Ng5 c6   ( 15...d6 16.Nxh7 ) 16.Nxf7 cxd5   ( 16...Qc7 17.Rxe7+ Kxe7 18.Re1+ Kf6 19.Qg5# ) 17.Nd6# 1-0

Kirdetzov — Kahn. Copenhagen, 1918 12.05.2022 16:47

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd1 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Bg5 Re8 8.Nf3 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Bxc3+ 10.Kf1 Bf6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qd3 Nb4 13.Qc4 d5 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qxb4 c5 16.Qxc5 {Diagram} 16...Qxf3 17.gxf3 Bh3+ 18.Kg1 Re6 19.Qc7 Rae8 20.Rf1 Re1 {White resigns} 0-1

Rasovsky — Mikyska. Corr., 1908 12.05.2022 18:47

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nf6 6.e5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Qe7 8. Ne2 Ne4 9.O-O Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Qh5 c6 {Diagram} 14.Nf6+ gxf6 15.Bd3 Re8 16.Qxh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8+ Ke7 18.Qxf6+ Kf8 19.Qh6+ Kg8   ( 19...Ke7 20.Qd6# ) 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bg6+ Kg8 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Qxf7# 1-0

Fidlow — Busse. USA, 1952 08.04.2022 11:36

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Ne2 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9.Nxc3 O-O 10.Nd5 Bc5 {Diagram} 11.Nf6+! gxf6 12.Qg4+ Kh8 13.Qh4 Be7 14.Bd3! 1-0

Denker — Gonzales. Detroit, 1945 08.04.2022 14:48

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.e5 Ng8 8. Qg4 Bf8 9.Qf3 Nh6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Nd5 O-O {Diagram} 12.Nf6+! Kh8     ( 12...gxf6 13.exf6 Bd6 14.Qh5 +- ) 13.Nh3 Bxf6 14.exf6 g6 15.Qf4 Nf5 16.Ng5 Nd6 17.Nxf7+! Nxf7 18.Qh6!     ( 18.Qh6 Nxh6         ( 18...Rg8 19.Bxf7 )     19.f7...

Blackburne — NN. Kidderminstern, 1863 08.04.2022 19:39

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Bg5+ Nf6 10.Qh5 c6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.f4 Qc5 13.fxe5 Qxe5 14.O-O h6 15.Be8 Be6 16.Rxf6! gxf6 17.Rd7+ Bxd7 18.Qf7+ Kd6 19.Qxd7+ Kc5 20.Be3+ Kb4 21.Qxb7+ Ka5 22.b4+ Bxb4 23.Bb6+ axb6 24.Qxa8# 1-0

Kaplan — Timman. Jerusalem, 1967 20.12.2021 14:47

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 Ne7 6.dxc5 Nbc6 7.Bd2 Nf5 8.Nf3 Bxc5 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.O-O Qb4 12.Qh3 h6 13.a3 Qb6 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Nxd5 Qxb2 16.Nf6+! gxf6      ( 16...Kh8 17.Bxh6 +- ) 17.Bxf6 Kh7 18.Qh5      ( 18...Rg8 19.Qxf7+ +- ) 1-0

Perez — Fernandez. Aviles, 1947 20.12.2021 11:39

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bd6 6.Nxe4 Ne7 7.N2g3 Nbc6 8.Nh5 O-O 9.Nhf6+! gxf6      ( 9...Kh8 10.Qh5 h6 11.Bxh6 ) 10.Nxf6+ Kg7 11.Qh5! Nf5      ( 11...Kxf6 12.Qg5# ) 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxh6+ Nxh6 14.Qg5+ 1-0

Hasler — Robert. Swiss, 1958 20.12.2021 17:57

1.d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Be3 dxe4 5.f3 Nf6 6.Bc4 b6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Bb7 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.fxe4 Bxe4 12.Nf3 Qc8 13.O-O c5 14.Ne5 Bd5 15.Bd3 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Rxf6! gxf6 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Qh5 Kg7 20.Rf1 fxe5 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22.Rf6 1-0

Bogoljubow — Patigler. Corr., 1939 02.12.2021 16:23

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.c3 Nd7 8.f4  Be7 9.Nf3 b6 10.Bb5 Bb7 11.Ne5 Bxe4 12.Bxd7+ Kf8 13.O-O c5 14.f5 Bf6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.Bxe6 Ke7 17.Qg4 Bb7 18.Rxf6! gxf6 19.Bc4 Bd5      ( 19...fxe5 20.Qe6+ Kf8 21.Qf7# ) 20.Nc6+! 1-0

Zilberstein — Tskitishvili. USSR, 1977 02.12.2021 17:11

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bf4 a6 9.O-O b5 10.Re1 Qb6 11.Bg3 Nd4 12.Ng5 h6 13.Qh5 O-O 14.Nh7 Re8 15.Nf6+! gxf6 16.exf6 Bf8 17.Bh7+! Kxh7 18.Qxf7+ Kh8 19.Nxd5! Qc5 20.Nf4 Qf5 21.Ng6+ 0-1

Whitehead — Maroczy. London, 1923 02.12.2021 15:12

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nf3 f6  9.g3 cxd4 10.cxd4 fxe5 11.fxe5 Bb4+ 12.Kf2 O-O 13.Be3 Ndxe5 14.dxe5 14...Rxf3+! 15.Kxf3 Nxe5+ 16.Kf4 Qd6 17.Bh3 Bd7 18.Bd4 Rf8+ 0-1

Hobson — Jameson. Corr., 1966 26.10.2021 10:00

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.Be3 dxe4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 exf3 8. Nxf3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Qd6 11.Ng5 e5 12.Rxf6! ( 12... gxf6 13.Qh5 Re8 14.Qxf7+ Kh8 15.Qxh7# ) 1-0

Engels — Tsvetkov. Munich, 1936 26.10.2021 13:57

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bc4  b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Qe2 a6 11.Rd1 O-O 12.O-O Kh8 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.Ne5 Rad8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16.Nxf6 gxf6 17.Bxf6+! ( 17... Bxf6 18.Qh5 ) 1-0

Blom — Nielsen. Copenhagen, 1934 26.10.2021 9:16

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Nf6+ gxf6 8.Bxf6 Qd7 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Qh5+ Kg8 11.Qh8# 1-0

Frutsaert — Collins. Corr., 1948 09.10.2021 16:48

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c4 f6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5  fxe5 9.Nxe5 Qf6 10.Ndf3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Rc1  c5 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Rxc5 Qg6 17.Kf1 {Diagram} 17...Rxf3! ! 18.gxf3 Bh3+ 19. Ke2 Re8+ 20.Kd1 Bg2      ( 20...Bg2 21.Re1 Qb1+ 22.Qc1 Qd3+ 23.Qd2 Rxe1+ 24.Kxe1 Qf1# ) 0-1

Tunbrige — Rithers. St.Bride, 1938 09.10.2021 17:31

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nb5 f6 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Nbxd4  Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.c3 Ne4 11.Be3 Bd7 12.O-O Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Qc7 14.Qd3 Bc6 15. Be3 Rf6 16.g3 Raf8 17.Kg2 d4 18.cxd4 {Diagram} 18...Rxf3! 19.Bxf3 Rxf3 20. Rac1      ( 20.Kxf3 Nc5+ -+ ) 20...Nc5 21.Qd2 Rxg3# 0-1

Wirthensohn — Ott. Winterthur, 1974 09.10.2021 17:08

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Ngf3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Be7 8.O-O  O-O 9.Qe2 b6 10.e5 Nd7 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Bf4 h6 {Diagram} 13.Nf6+! gxf6 14. exf6 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Rxd7 Qxd7 18.Qe3 Kh7 19.Qe4+ Kh8 20. Ng5! hxg5 21.Qg4 1-0

Webster — Ellis. 1971 02.10.2021 14:46

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.f3 Nf6 5.Nd2 exf3 6.Ngxf3 Bd6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O c6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Bg5 Nb6 12.Nce5 Nbd5 13.c4 h6 14.cxd5 hxg5 15.Nxg5 exd5 16.Rxf6! Qxf6 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Qh5 1-0

Sneiders — Zembachs. Corr., 1961 10.07.2021 14:44

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.f3 exf3 6.Qxf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Qd5 8.Qe2 Bb4 9.c3 Be7 10.Nh3 O-O 11.Nf4 Qd8 12.Rd1 Nd5 13.O-O Bd6 14.Ne4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Ne7 16.Nf6+! gxf6 17.Nh5 Kh8 18.Qh6 1-0

Harnach — Plaster. 1967 10.07.2021 15:33

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.f3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nd5 8.Qd2 exf3 9.Nxf3 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Rf3 b6 15.Raf1 Be8 16.Rxf6! gxf6 17.Qh6 f5 18.Rxf5! f6 19.Rg5+! 1-0

Freitag — Lilly. Corr., 1964 10.07.2021 15:32

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 Nb6 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.O-O h6 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.Ne4 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nc4 15.Qc3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 c6 17.Rf3 O-O 18.Raf1 Kh8 19.Rf6! 1-0

Van der Wiel — Quinteros. Biel, 1985 10.07.2021 16:21

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd3 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qh3 Nc5 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Qg3 Nxd3+ 16.Rxd3 O-O 17.Ne4 Kh8 18.Nf6! gxf6 19.Qh4 Ng8 20.Rg3 1-0