This week’s episode of the New In Chess Podcast features an interview with Indian chess star Tania Sachdev. Tania is a two-time Indian Women’s Champion, she was a member of the Indian Women’s team that wrote history when they won gold at the Budapest Olympiad last year, and she is one of the most popular chess commentators in the world. Relying on the broad knowledge and deep insights of the professional, and the unbridled enthusiasm of the true chess fan, Tania can entertain and speak to audiences of all levels.I interviewed Tania on the final day of Norway Chess, a couple of hours before the prizegiving and closing dinner. For close to two weeks, she had been working in the Chess.com studio in Stavanger alongside fellow commentators Jovanka Houska and David Howell, but, as I had hoped and expected, that did not stop her from being as energetic and passionate as ever as she answered my questions with a stream of stories, memories, observations and thoughts.We spoke about her family background175
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This week’s episode of the New In Chess Podcast features an interview with James Altucher, an ardent chess lover and one of the most inquisitive and inspiring persons I have met in recent years. James Altucher is an investor, a venture capitalist and a firm believer in AI and crypto. He’s also a bestselling author – you may know his book Choose Yourself – and he has a popular podcast with 50 thousand subscribers, The James Altucher Show. In his podcast, he dives into the world of entrepreneurship, personal development and out-of-the-box thinking. Or, as he puts it himself, he interviews the world’s peak performers in every area of life. You will find a wealth of thought-provoking conversations at https://jamesaltuchershow.com/But the main reason why I invited James Altucher to the New In Chess Podcast, is the great column he has been writing for New In Chess Magazine for the past four years. In his column, he describes his struggle to regain his old chess strength after he returned to our175
I have often noticed that even very experienced (top) grandmasters sometimes lack the knowledge of theoretical endgames. A lifetime simply contains too little time to learn everything that might be needed to play an endgame perfectly. Funnily enough, even in positions with very little material on the board, problems sometimes crop up that you wouldn't expect. The margin between win and draw is sometimes so close that it pays to delve into seemingly simple positions. I found two interesting cases where the strongest player had a very difficult time against an opponent that was (much) weaker on paper.
In the Cambridge Open 2025 (in England), top British player Michael Adams (2661 and former world number four) played in the second round against Dutch player Marcel Schroer (with a modest rating of 2085). The rating difference was hardly reflected during the game so the game slipped into the endgame, in which both players had only one rook and one pawn each as of move 59. In the process, the175
This week’s episode of the New In Chess Podcast features a narration from “The Essential Sosonko”, a collection of chess portraits and stories authored by chess grandmaster Genna Sosonko. The subject of this week’s episode is Soviet chess player and coach Vladimir Zak.
Vladimir Gregorievich Zak (1913-1994) was the head coach of the Leningrad Pioneers' Palace, a premier chess institution in the Soviet Union, for forty years. He was known for his classical approach to chess, which emphasised self-analysis and disciplined study. His stall of pupils included several future grandmasters, including Boris Spassky, Viktor Korchnoi, Gata Kamsky, and of course, Genna Sosonko himself. He was a strict teacher who demanded total commitment from his pupils, but in exchange, he offered them something rare: inspiration. Despite his limited playing strength, Vladimir Zak has an enduring legacy as a teacher of chess. Genna explains why: a good teacher explains, a great teacher inspires. And Vladimir Zak175
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