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, subscribe to the podcast to get our irreverent if irregular inquiries into the state of chess and the chess world!   Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the show! You can help the show grow by sharing your favourite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

Chess: The Full English Breakfast

054 - May Musings

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 to our tears.   Simon Williams appears courtesy GingerGM.com Support the show! You can help the show grow by sharing your favourite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

053 - FIDE-fi-fo-fum

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 show! You can help the show grow by sharing your favourite episode with friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

052 - The Full English Break

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 if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

051 - World Couple

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 a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

050 - Raw British

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 you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

049 - Smooth Subliminal

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 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, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

048 - Ivana be URS

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 a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

047 - John C. Urschel, NFL or Nf3?

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 on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

046 - I’ll Raise You a Grandmaster

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, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

045 - Grumpy Gorm, Definitely NOT a Cheater

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, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks very much!

044 - Here’s Lookin’ at Hou, Kid

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 us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks!

043 - AGONy unLimited

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 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, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks!

042 - Radek Shaks Shamkir

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 friends and family, or if you can spare a minute, please write us a review and leave a high rating on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Thanks!

041 - Hair Brahs

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 courtesy of GingerGM.comNick Murphy can be reached at NickMurphy.info or on Twitter @MrNickMurphy 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, Stitcher or Soundcloud: The Full English Breakfast on iTunesThe Full English Breakfast on StitcherThe Full English Breakfast on Soundcloud

040 - Russian Attack

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

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