
No Pawn Intended
Weekly podcast hosted by Jesse and Matt with chess news, improvement tips, and bad pawns.
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Feb 7, 2024 • 59min
#5: Destroying a Hotel Room
This week we talk about the best way to destroy a hotel room if given one minute. Also Hans drama, how to beat opponents higher rated than you, and revisiting Jesse's old OTB games.
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Feb 1, 2024 • 54min
#4: Cheat Chat
Talking new candidates qualification rules, cheating, hans niemann, and giving away a course!
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Jan 25, 2024 • 43min
#3: Magnus's New Tournament, Tata Steal
This episode we go over Magnus Carlsen's new event, Anish Giri is a pawn grabber, Kramnik being Kramnik and much more.
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Jan 18, 2024 • 42min
#2: Matt's Top 25 Books, Chess Heel, Tata Steel
This episode we go over terrible, and I mean TERRIBLE, ChatGPT chess puns, Matt's top book recommendations, Magnus Carlsen news, Ding Liren's return, and more.
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Jan 12, 2024 • 1h 9min
Episode 1: ChessGoals Origins
Matt and Jesse cover how ChessGoals got started, how we know each other, and what we do outside of chess.
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