Chess: The Full English Breakfast

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What's Chess: The Full English Breakfast about?

A chess podcast with a couple of cheeky chaps! Macauley Peterson hosts International Master Lawrence Trent and Grandmaster Simon Williams to breakdown the chess world into lively short bites.

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Chess: The Full English Breakfast episodes:

05.12.2019
054 - May Musings
Episode 54 - May Musings The FEB gang share a bottle of wine and check in on the World Championship, Magnus Carlsen, online blitz grudge matches with Americans and what's (not) rotten in the state of Denmark. Dormant but not dead,...
09.30.2018
053 - FIDE-fi-fo-fum
Episode 53 - FIDE-fi-fo-fum We go for gold with a preview of the Chess Olympiad in Batumi and the FIDE Presidential elections. Plus unplanned banter about Bitcoin and Twitch streams. Are players too lazy for politics? And 'Oh Capablanca' is music...
05.09.2018
052 - The Full English Break
Episode 52 - The Full English Break... WTF, where have we been? Caruana and the Candidates, Agon limited success, and FIDE politics, plus hypnosis, bitcoin and a whatever else comes out with the help of a bottle of wine. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the...
09.25.2017
051 - World Couple
Episode 51 - World Couple We discuss the format of the World Cup, elite ratings, and Candidates qualification heading into Isle of Man. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the show! You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or...
08.24.2017
050 - Raw British
Episode 50 - Raw British Simon and Lawrence dish on their British Championship experiences in Llandudno, Wales. Official site: www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the show! You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare...
07.05.2017
049 - Smooth Subliminal
Simon in a boxing bout? GMs under 15 who may or may not become 2700, and Magnus Carlsen's heated interview. Photo: Lennart Ootes Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if...
06.27.2017
048 - Ivana be URS
IM Malcolm Pein on the new Grand Chess Tour, plus Nick Murphy has a date with The Mating Game co-author IM Jovanka Houska. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.comNick Murphy can be reached at NickMurphy.info or on Twitter @MrNickMurphy You can help the...
06.20.2017
047 - John C. Urschel, NFL or Nf3?
Trent tackles a unique American NFL football pro and M.I.T PhD candidate, whose middle name may as well be "chess". Simon Williams [name-checked] courtesy GingerGM.com. You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare...
06.12.2017
046 - I’ll Raise You a Grandmaster
It's Awonder, grandmaster, why no one did CharityChess.org before! Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com. You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating...
06.06.2017
045 - Grumpy Gorm, Definitely NOT a Cheater
Grappling with anonymous online chess cheats. Photo: Ray Morris-Hill Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes,...
05.29.2017
044 - Here’s Lookin’ at Hou, Kid
An interview with former Women's World Champion and current number 1, GM Hou Yifan, on sexism in chess and her final round protest in Gibraltar. Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family,...
05.21.2017
043 - AGONy unLimited
Sandu revisited, and what's the matter with the Moscow Grand Prix. WORLDCHESS.COM WIDGET TERMS OF USE Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write...
05.14.2017
042 - Radek Shaks Shamkir
Cheating paranoia in the case of Mihaela Sandu resolved after two years, and Polish #1 Radoslaw ("Radek") Wojtaszek tells us about the Shamkir tournament and the key to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's success. Photo courtesy ShamkirChess.com Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.com You can help the...
05.06.2017
041 - Hair Brahs
Magnus Carlsen berates Lawrence at the GRENKE Chess Classic, and Simon finds a beard brah in Reykjavik, plus Ben Johnson's Perpetual Chess Pod. Photos courtesy GrenkeChessClassic.de and GrenkeChessOpen.de Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.com You can help the show grow by sharing your favorite episode with...
04.24.2017
040 - Russian Attack
On the road at the Grenke Chess Open, Lawrence and Macauley speak with GMs Nils Grandelius, Maxim Matlakov and tournament winner Nikita Vitiugov, plus Nick Murphy on life as a chess consultant in film and theatre. Photo by Georgious Souleidis Simon Williams appears...
04.17.2017
039 - And So it Goes
Observations on the U.S. Championships, and Kirsan keeps his job —FIDE V.P. Beatriz Marinello fills us in on that "extraordinary" Presidential board meeting. Photo by Lennart Ootes, for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM.com You can...
04.08.2017
038 - Brains and Brawn
See who’s stepped in it now…the ChessBoxing ring that is! Plus take a look inside the mind of BlindfoldKing; Timur Gareyev joins us to talk about his new World Record. Photo by Lennart Ootes Las Vegas World Record event organized by Jennifer Vallens,...
04.01.2017
037 - Playing by Whose Rules?
A case of two Iranian teenagers banned from playing for (or in) their own country. Plus an "endspiel" on the Presidential cock up of the week (no not that one). Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM: GingerGM.com and Simon Williams on YouTube Photo by @AntonSquaredMe Help...
03.25.2017
036 - Staunton's stomping grounds
Chess in the U.K. is the theme, with stories from the Varsity Chess Match in London, plus Nick Murphy (www.nickmurphy.info) gives us a his thoughts on being a chess loving actor in London. Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM: GingerGM.com and Simon Williams on...
03.25.2017
036 - Staunton’s stomping grounds
Chess in the U.K. is the theme, with stories from the Varsity Chess Match in London, plus Nick Murphy (www.nickmurphy.info) gives us a his thoughts on being a chess loving actor in London. Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM: GingerGM.com and Simon Williams on...
03.18.2017
035 - A Tetri For Your Thoughts
Georgian International Master Sopiko Guramishvili is our guest to talk women and chess, and the World Championship. Simon Williams appears courtesy of GingerGM: GingerGM.com and Simon Williams on YouTube Help us out by sharing the show with your friends and if you can spare a minute,...
03.10.2017
034 - The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks
The story of a World Champion playing the world's worst chess game, plus Photoshopping chaos into chess. Read AntonSquaredMe, Agent of Chaos at chess24.com@AntonSquaredMe on Twitter Thanks to Simon Williams for joining us. Check out GingerGM at: GingerGM.com and Simon Williams on YouTube Help us out by...
03.03.2017
033 - Magnus Carlsen’s star turn on The Simpsons
A new start for The Full English Breakfast! We talk about The Simpsons' chess episode featuring World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Watch the episode at Fox.com: The Cad and the Hat Thanks to Simon Williams for joining us. Check out GingerGM at: GingerGM.com and Simon Williams on YouTube Help...
02.28.2017
The Reboot (a preview)
The Full English Breakfast is back! We'll be relaunching new weekly episodes in a matter of days. Tell all your friends!
01.03.2014
027 - Reunion Show (part 2)
Ring in the new...with our year in review, part deux! Generation X alive and kicking. Gazza "the boss" of FIDE? Borislav Ivanov fake out and and female Champions. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/thefeb, where you'll find links related to the...
11.14.2013
027 - Reunion Show
Here's a year in review! Starting with Magnus Carlsen's run for the ultimate chess title. Wait, what!? The FEB is still a thing? Oh hell yeah! Part 1 (and it won't be a year to wait for part 2!)
11.28.2012
026 - AutumNews You Can Use
No Bucharest for the weary! Bilbao, London, Israel too. (Below L-to-R: Alexander Grischuk, Stuart Conquest, Andy Costello. Credit: Macauley Peterson) Donate to the show to be entered into the RAFFLE grand prize! One point per dollar!
10.10.2012
025 - Olympiadding it Up
The Stevie G. behind the scenes report, with Grischuk, Leko and Memedyarov. (Below-right: Sergei Movsesian, Levon Aronian, Arshok Petrosian. Credit: Macauley Peterson) Donate to the show to be entered into THE BIG RAFFLE! Listen for details!
10.02.2012
024b - BONUS - Dortmund and Biel
Lost on the cutting room floor, we wrap up the summer supertournament news. (Below: Fabiano Caruana, Sergei Karjakin. Credit: Macauley Peterson) Episode #25 coming soon with details of our new raffle razzle dazzle!
08.20.2012
024 - Adjourned and Resumed
Alibanban, the ACP adjournment experience, Gordon oh-so close in Brit Champs (Below: Yuri Garrett, Gata Kamsky. Credit: Macauley Peterson) Listen NEXT SHOW for details of our summer raffle extravapalooza! All donations will be counted!
07.01.2012
023 - Tal it Like it is
Magnus and McShane, 60 Tomashevsky Seconds, Fix Yasser Seirawan's Wiki (Below [clockwise from left]: Anatoly Karpov, Magnus Carlsen, Luke McShane, Yasser Seirawan, Evgeny Tomashevsky . Credit: SaintLouisChessClub.org, and Macauley Peterson) LAST CHANCE to buy Chess King training software with $49 discount coupon...
06.05.2012
022 - Championship Fever
I'll take a World and US Championship, no fruit, and hold the draws please (Below: Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura. Credit: Alexey Yushenkov [courtesy FIDE], and Macauley Peterson) Buy Chess King training software with $49 discount coupon BREAKFAST and support the show! (www.Chess-King.com) Once...
05.15.2012
021 - The Big Boys
Diplomacy, Peace in Switzerland, U.S. Fantasy, and Fix My Wiki! (Below: Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Yannick Pelletier, Kirsan Ilymzhinov. Credit: Busts by Bertrand Freieslebe, photos by Macauley Peterson, cartoon Jose Diaz www.diazcartoons.nl) Buy Chess King training software with $49 discount coupon BREAKFAST...
04.13.2012
020 - Zero Tolerence
April Fools, ECU rules, Jakovenko schools (Below: Dimitry Jakovenko, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Credit: Arman Karakhanyan [courtesy of FIDE], Macauley Peterson) Buy Chess King with discount coupon BREAKFAST and support the show!
03.29.2012
019 - Fishing for Kronas
Reykjavik, Chess boxing FIDE, Gawain gunning for London, Cheparinov, chess etiquette. (Below: Malcolm Pein, Gawain Jones, Ivan Cheparinov. Credit: Macauley Peterson) Buy Chess King with discount coupon BREAKFAST and support the show!
03.05.2012
018 - We Play Both Sides
Russians shake hands and go to the polls, Fabulous Fabiano, Growing Giri, and what's in a name? (Below: Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Mitt Romney. Credit: Macauley Peterson, Gage Skidmore [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons) Subscribe on the right! Don't miss an episode!
02.15.2012
017 - Rock Aronian Hou Risin’
Super Grandmaster? Sadler sadly behind, and a Short Island Iced Tea for Hou Yifan! Yes please! (Below: Hou Yifan on The Rock, Matthew Sadler. Credit: Zeljka Malobabic, Macauley Peterson) Subscribe on the right! Don't miss the new semi-monthly show!
01.30.2012
016 - Kickin’ it in 2012
Wrapping up 2011, Big Vlad in London, Rybka muddies the water, double-time Donastia, and Nakamura's 'In Da House'. (Below: Nakamura, Kramnik, Spain, Rybka. Credit: Macauley Peterson, Google, Chessbase) Help us go semi-monthly by donating to the show!
12.17.2011
015 - A Tal Order
Blindfold records, Tony Miles, 60 seconds with Boris Gelfand, Tal Memorial, Nigel Short, and SlyusarGate -- one sly shark! (Below: Boris Gelfand. Credit: Macauley Peterson) Donate to the show to win a Tal Memorial program autographed by Sergei Karjakin (x2)!
11.01.2011
014 - One-year Anniversary: Bilbaolicious News
Introducing Pub Talk, 60 seconds with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, big news round-up including Nakamura and Kasparov, Bilbao's "toiletgate", and an interview with Judit Polgar. (Below: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Judit Polgar. Credit: Macauley Peterson) Produced in association with New In Chess Magazine.
09.22.2011
013 - World Cup Kings and Queens
Svidler and the World Cup, "noble" Navara, Chess Queen Kosteniuk, and Marc Arnold for the Kings. Underwriting support from the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, and the World Chess Hall of Fame. (Below: Alexandra Kosteniuk and Marc Arnold....
08.14.2011
012 - British Championship Special
From on-location in Sheffield, England, we talk to Michael Adams, Nigel Short, ECF President CJ de Mooi, plus Dortmund and Kasimdzhanov's "no draw" proposal.
06.17.2011
010 - Candidon’ts
Episode #10...a diamond says, "what the hell took you guys so long!?" ... The U.S. Champs, Nakamura-Ponomariov, and what's the matter with Kazan. Clips from Kamsky, Nakamura, Ponomariov, and Karjakin.

What's Chess: The Full English Breakfast about?

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Chess: The Full English Breakfast episodes:

054 - May Musings

053 - FIDE-fi-fo-fum

052 - The Full English Break

051 - World Couple

050 - Raw British

049 - Smooth Subliminal

048 - Ivana be URS

047 - John C. Urschel, NFL or Nf3?

046 - I’ll Raise You a Grandmaster

045 - Grumpy Gorm, Definitely NOT a Cheater

044 - Here’s Lookin’ at Hou, Kid

043 - AGONy unLimited

042 - Radek Shaks Shamkir

041 - Hair Brahs

040 - Russian Attack

039 - And So it Goes

038 - Brains and Brawn

037 - Playing by Whose Rules?

036 - Staunton's stomping grounds

036 - Staunton’s stomping grounds

035 - A Tetri For Your Thoughts

034 - The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks

033 - Magnus Carlsen’s star turn on The Simpsons

The Reboot (a preview)

027 - Reunion Show (part 2)

027 - Reunion Show

026 - AutumNews You Can Use

025 - Olympiadding it Up

024b - BONUS - Dortmund and Biel

024 - Adjourned and Resumed

023 - Tal it Like it is

022 - Championship Fever

021 - The Big Boys

020 - Zero Tolerence

019 - Fishing for Kronas

018 - We Play Both Sides

017 - Rock Aronian Hou Risin’

016 - Kickin’ it in 2012

015 - A Tal Order

014 - One-year Anniversary: Bilbaolicious News

013 - World Cup Kings and Queens

012 - British Championship Special

010 - Candidon’ts