Talented Chess Player Phiona Mutesi on BBC

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Hi everyone,

Have you been following the chess tale of talented chess player Phiona Mutesi of Ugana on our Chess Blog? Read all our posts on Phiona Mutesi's chess dream at this Chess Blog link. Here's a programme link on her story on BBC World Service. Click on the screen shot below to hear the programme. 

 

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BBC Radio Show: Why Harvard Prof and Grandmaster Ken Rogoff preferred economics to chess!

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hello everyone,

Here is an interesting radio show straight from the BBC!

The programme description reads as follows:

Every year Harvard Economics Professor Ken Rogoff says he recieves an unsolicited letter from one of the world's top chess players. It is a different one every year but the question is the same: how can I get out of chess. Because Ken Rogoff is one of those exceptional people who has managed to excel not just in one field but in two. Professor Rogoff has been chief economist at the IMF, he's worked the Federal Reserve, but he had a life before economics. As a child Ken developed an all-consuming passion for chess. He left home - and school - at 15 to pursue this passion and he did very well indeed. He became an international grandmaster -- the highest title in chess and was once ranked 40th in the World. Justin Rowlatt asks Ken Rogoff why was forced to decide to stop playing the game he loved.



        
        

        

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Chess keeps you sane:GM Nigel Short in delightful BBC video

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

A nice chess point made by British Grandmaster Nigel Short is that chess keeps you sane. He said this while talking to the BBC in a delightful video interview and even played a game. Short was discussing this in reference to the Bobby Fischer against the World movie. You can watch the video at this link. Must watch really. The GM says he is still on the path of learning in chess and the game is one of indefinite complexities.

And, while on the subject, you can read a fresh new review with Liz Garbus, the director of Bobby Fischer against the World at this link. Enjoy.

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A Soviet chess master's perfect move

GM Kaidanov - On life in America as a chess coach

Hello Everyone!

We found this very nice video on Franz Strasser's video blog. Strasser is digital reporter for BBC World News America in Washington.

He writes, "This video blog is my personal journey across America. As a recent immigrant myself, I will talk to other newcomers about their experiences. I will check comments early and often, so please feel free to join me on this trip."

Strasser put this question to his subject: Is technology and the way it connects people making where you live as an immigrant less important?

This video that he put up is that of GM Gregory Kaidanov considered one of the best chess players in the world. He and his family emigrated from the former Soviet Union to Lexington, Kentucky in 1992. He teaches chess to students around the world over the internet, and says America is home now.

View the video here. You are bound to love it - the chess part for sure!

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