Perpetual Chess Podcast

Sports & Recreation Podcasts

Perpetual Chess features weekly conversations with the chess world's best players, trainers and accomplished amateurs about their careers, current projects, best practices and the latest in chess news. Learn more at PerpetualChessPod.com

Episodes

EP 491: Lessons from the Naroditsky Memorial with FM Dalton Perrine, GM Eugene Perelshteyn and NM Mike Mahoney

EP 490- Bruce Pandolfini on 50 Years of Teaching Chess

EP 489- IM Rose Atwell on Discipline, Improvement, and Chess Psychology

EP 488- GM R.B. Ramesh on Calculation, Confidence, and Coaching Champions

EP 487- Matt Rathkey on Chess Improvement, Jazz Improvisation, and Learning How to Learn

EP 486: James Black Jr. on Going from Scholastic Star to Chess Mentor

EP 485: GM Simon Williams on Mistakes, Revival, and the Future of Chesspublishing

EP 484: Jordan Himelfarb on Interregnum and the Drama of the 2024 Candidates Cycle

EP 483- Paulo SantAnna: What Happens When a Retired Adult Treats Chess Like a Full-Time Job?

EP 482- GM Ivan Sokolov on Talent, Training and Modern Chess

EP 481- IM Greg Shahade: Inside His Incredible Jeopardy Run

EP 480- GM Eugene Perelshteyn & NM Mike Mahoney: Chess Rocky-Taking on Nakamura & Niemann at the Naroditsky Memorial

EP 479 – GM Rafael Leitão on Sindarov’s Historic Candidates Win, His Training Methods & What Comes Next

EP 478 – GM Ben Finegold on the Candidates, the Hans–Magnus Netflix Documentary, and TakeTakeTake’s Bold Business Move

EP 477- Jennifer Shahade on Cheating, AI, and Thinking Like a Chess Player

Bonus Pod: Sindarov’s Historic Start + Inside the FIDE Candidates with Mike Klein

EP 476-Vlad Ghita: Is the Rating System Still Broken? A Data-Driven Investigation

Book Recap #38- Silman’s Chess Odyssey + Stories from a Former Student with Gaurav Datta

EP 476- GM Jan Gustafsson previews the 2026 FIDE Candidates

EP 475- Matt Biancuzzo (Byredofantome) on Keeping Chess Fun, Ignoring Rating, and Making Viral Chess Videos