The Chess News Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to the very first episode of ChessVibes weekly, a chess news podcast providing weekly updates of what’s happening in the chess world. I am your host Peter Doggers. Podcasting is a new thing for me, and I believe there might be an audience for regular updates on the chess news which you can listen to while doing other things. It’s an experiment, but I hope I can keep it up and you will like it.

The main story in this first week is a Chess960 match between legends Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand in St. Louis, 30 years after their PCA World Championship, in 1995 in New York. Also, the European Team Championship is underway in Batumi, Georgia, and, going straight back to the U.S. of A., the U.S. Championships started on Sunday in St. Louis while America’s number one player Hikaru Nakamura is once again fighting lesser gods, this time in Canada.

Thanks to ChessBase India, the Saint Louis Chess Club and the European Chess Union for their great work to promote the game. The audio clips, relevant to the news stories, are from their channels.

ChessBase India's interview with Kasparov:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5bM0DtoLWY

The Saint Louis Chess Club coverage of Kasparov-Anand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOXam6o6yiM

The European Chess Union's round 7 xoverage of the European Team Championships:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsm_wNvnGy4

Thanks for listening and please spread the word that this podcast exists! :-)

You might also be interested in my other podcast Masters and Matches which I co-host with Arne Moll.

https://peterdoggers.com/masters-and-matches-podcast/

Also, check out my book The Chess Revolution at

https://peterdoggers.com/book/

This episode discusses Magnus Carlsen's victory at the Clutch Chess tournament in St.Louis, the three matches that were played this week in the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, the start of the FIDE World Cup, two scientific articles related to chess, and other news.

Audio sources:

2025 Clutch Chess | Champions Showdown: Final Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYydM0eGKcQ

Maurice to Magnus the Champ: You Blew Up My Format!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbGEvta9bcs

What Did Gukesh Think of the Clutch Format?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypv_jyHIQbo

SCC 2025: Hans Niemann vs. Ding Liren!! Will Ex-World Champ Make It Through Ro16?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1kKBgjwOU

SCC 2025: Ian Nepomniachtchi v. Anish Giri! Will Anish Carry His Grand Swiss Form To SCC?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXeFetg4KfM

SCC 2025: Fabiano Caruana vs. Pragg Clash For The Last QF Spot! Ro16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KowiU5VL5eE

Thanks for listening and please spread the word that this podcast exists! :-)

You might also be interested in my other podcast Masters and Matches which I co-host with Arne Moll.

https://peterdoggers.com/masters-and-matches-podcast/

Also, check out my book The Chess Revolution at

https://peterdoggers.com/book/

The third episode of The Chess News Podcast is, of course, mostly about Daniel Naroditsky. It’s been exactly a week since the terrible news broke that he had died at the age of 29. The chess world is still in shock and mourning the death of a brilliant and wonderful young man. At the same time, there is a long of anger toward especially Vladimir Kramnik as many believe that the former world champion has been too harsh upon Naroditsky, but there is also anger toward toward FIDE and how it has been dealing with the whole situation.

I try to break down the developments in the past week, summarizing things and bringing the most notable reactions. There is also an 8.5 minute part where I speak to David Navara, the Czech grandmaster who has also suffered from being connected to the topic of cheating by Vladimir Kramnik.

At the end of the episode I briefly discuss the U.S. Champsionships, the European Club Cup, the Hoogeveen tournament and the Amsterdam Chess Tournament. Enjoy the episode.

Some sources:

Aronian on Naroditsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN43OjPnNFg

Carlsen on Naroditsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhkfq7puG34

Sutovsky's tweet

https://x.com/EmilSutovsky/status/1980918888519864800

CNN on Kramnik

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/23/sport/chess-vladimir-kramnik-daniel-naroditsky-fide-intl

The C-Squared podcast from a year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGiDosCed48

Dina Belenkaya's interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHPp1RgRUj0

Danya's mother responding to the media

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-15217147/mom-chess-grandmaster-daniel-naroditsky.html

Kramnik going to the Swiss authorities

https://www.reuters.com/world/chess-kramnik-files-complaint-over-online-threats-after-naroditskys-death-2025-10-26/

Caruana on his 4 consecutive titles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51cOu4L9wNo

Thanks for listening and please spread the word that this podcast exists! :-)

You might also be interested in my other podcast Masters and Matches which I co-host with Arne Moll.

https://peterdoggers.com/masters-and-matches-podcast/

Also, check out my book The Chess Revolution at

https://peterdoggers.com/book/

Please note that this podcast was finished and about to be uploaded when I heard about the terrible and tragic news that Daniel Naroditsky has died. I think he was one of the best writers and commentators of our time, extremely funny, a great teacher of concepts, and full of knowledge and wisdom. I feel grateful that I could work with him for a bit and wish I could have known him more. My condolences to the family whom I wish strength in this very difficult times.

The second episode discusses:

• The new Total Chess World Championship Tour to be organized by Norway Chess and approved by FIDE and the early reactions to it
• The situation at the U.S. Championships after round 7
• Ukraine and Poland winning the European Team Championship
• The revival of CHESS, the musical, premiered on Broadway
• The 2025 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship got underway
• Gukesh Dommaraju is in the 40 under 40 list of the Economic Times
• The famous 16th game of the 1985 Karpov-Kasparov match was played 40 years ago this week

Sources:

• Vidit Gujrathi video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j5RNwCpXFTU
• Carlsen interview by TakeTakeTake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlX_xcVEMY4
• Irina Bulmaga's blog: https://irinabulmaga.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-grand-batumi-experience.html
• Chess, the musical: https://www.instagram.com/chessbway/?hl=en
• Speed Chess Championship broadcasts: https://www.youtube.com/@chess/streams

Thanks for listening and please spread the word that this podcast exists! :-)

You might also be interested in my other podcast Masters and Matches which I co-host with Arne Moll.

https://peterdoggers.com/masters-and-matches-podcast/

Also, check out my book The Chess Revolution at

https://peterdoggers.com/book/