Invisible Chess

Chernev's Best Shorts #27

Today we have Fineman - Stone, New York 1935 (Chernev's game #295).

Our Guest Game Reader this week is Che.

Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)

Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

Rando Pando #2

The second in an what might become a regular series - positions taken at random from from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.

Today:

#006

King and Queen versus King. And it's mate.

Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)

Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #6

The sixth in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.

One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).

This is another one that builds on IKPSR#3, but with a little build up to get there.

85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series -  ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess

Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

Chernev's Best Shorts #26

Today we have Ohman - Buck, Omaha 1942 (Chernev's game #307).

A fun little king hunt to ease our way into the weekend.

Our Guest Game Reader this week is Carly Caissa (to be found on twitter here). Check out Carly's YouTube channel: Chess Blindfold.

Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)

Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

Rando Pando #1

The first in an occasional series - positions taken at random from from Bruce Pandolfini's Endgame book.

Today:

#171

King, knight and rook's pawn against King.

Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)

Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #5

The fifth in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.

One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).

This is another one that builds on IKPSR#3, but with a little trap to avoid.

85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series -  ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess

Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

Chernev's Best Shorts #25

I recorded this episode last Sunday (5th March) - so when I speak about it being a week in chess of women being abused on twitter simply for being women chess players, I was referring to events of last week, not the current situation with Ramirez/St Louis/US Chess Federation. Just so you know - JB]

Today we have Canal - Amateur (simul), Budapest 1942 (Chernev's game #212).

I've just noticed that this is the second week in a row we've had a game from Budapest.

Anyway, there's a MIS-SPEAK in the bonus question.  I talk about Black's choices at move 11.  I mean move 12.

Sorry about that.

Stepping Stones 101 (season 2, episode 8)

Celebrating 5,000 Downloads (season 2, episode 10)

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

A bonus episode celebrating 5,000 Downloads of Invisible Chess

A thankyou from me.

A game to visualise from @wmiltti

And what happens when you leave Covert Bethany unattended.

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run #4

The fourth in the series dedicated to king and pawn endings.

One position a week taken from Chernev's book Practical Chess Endings (1962).

This one builds on IKPSR#3 - it's very similar but with a small (and yet very important) wrinkle.

85 positions in total - it's going to be a loooooooong series -  ranging from the most basic imaginable of a king each and a single pawn on one side to really rather complex multi-pawn endings.

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod.

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com

A bonus episode of the podcast:

The Stepping Stones chess visualisation technique - an introductory guide.

In this episode I talk about what the Stepping Stones method is, it's origins (hat-tip - Jon Tisdal, Improve Your Chess Now) and the very basics of how to get started with the idea.  When and how often should you put down a stone when visualising? Also featured: some tips and guidance on how to get the most out of the technique based on my experience of using the method.

Full disclosure - there's an elephant in the room in this episode.

Mondays:  Irving's King and Pawn Speed Run

Wednesdays: Invisible Chess Culture Club - published on substack

Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts

Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov

Mate-Pattern Mondays

Monday Stalemate Visualisations

Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)

Intro & Outro Music: Martin Bostock (bass player of Red Banner)

Logo art: Karen

Voice of Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany

Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie

Cat: Maisie

Host Jonathan/Get Bent Larsen on twitter - @unseenchesspod

Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack

email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com