Ep 157: The A**h***’s Gambit
NB: The conversation this week is between Brian and me. At one point in the intro I mistakenly call him Ryan. Also, I use the word pinned casually and perhaps confusingly in a way that is unrelated to its technical meaning in chess.
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– Hans Niemann, One Year After the Cheating Scandal by Jen Wieczner
– The 2024 Candidates Tournament (to cut down on the length of the show notes, I’m not linking to individual games or to players who participated, including Gukesh D)
– The 2022 Sinquefield Cup (ditto)
– Big Red Son by David Foster Wallace
Frequently mentioned names:
Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:
Poetry Says by Alice Allan
I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall
Versecraft by Elijah Blumov
Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed
Alice: Poetry Says
Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com
Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
