The Chess Lounge
The Chess Lounge is your place to kick back, relax and explore the game of chess from all angles. We bring you weekly episodes with topics from all over the chess world and culture with a fresh twist. We strive to cover topics you won’t hear anywhere else and provide a much needed balance to the royal game. This podcast is for everyone that loves chess and the beautiful community it brings together. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE EPISODES!
Episodes
Streamer, coach and chess master SimplyDevina aka Women Fide Master Devina Devagharan steps into The Chess Lounge this week for a leisurely chat about her career. Summer and Elaynah discuss the intricacies of her unique tournaments, growing up as a dedicated chess student, coaching styles, learning judo, make up & self care tips, mental health and much more! Don't miss Devina talk about her podcast, Honest Vibes Only, where she...
The streaming duo Ben & Karen come into The Chess Lounge with two big intentions: roasting the chess world and getting canceled. Ok, that's just the bonus. Ben Finegold is a Grandmaster with a depth of wisdom and a dry humor with his wife Karen brings a fun balance to their streams. In this episode we talk about a wide range of topics from Ben & Karen's early chess life, playing poker and the crossover between the games, wh...
The chess world has been shaken up by a big lawsuit that was recently filed by WGM Jennifer Shahade against US Chess. Shahade blew the whistle in early 2023 on a top Grandmaster that was abusing women and girls and helped to push him out of US Chess. Elaynah & Dylan briefly introduce the lawsuit and present an interview that Dylan did in August of 2023 with Shahade. She talks about her life, growing up in a chess family, winnin...
This week in The Chess Lounge, Dr. Cassidy R Sugimoto introduces her book, Equity for Women in Science and discusses how these lessons can apply to the chess world. She relates the shocking information that many disciplines in sciences have not reached gender parity which means that we are still far away from equity for women in science. Elaynah and Dylan look for lessons on how to apply this important work to the gender imbalance ...
A special midweek bonus Chess Lounge episode brings you a side event of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Toronto, CAN. Summer showed her film King Chess followed by talk with streamer Nemo (WGM Qiyu Zhou), former Women's World Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and 5x World Champion Viswanathan Anand. They raised funds for the Sickkids Hospital in Toronto. Topics discussed were what got Kosteniuk and Vishy into chess, modern che...
This week in the Lounge, Elaynah and Summer talk to a podcasting legend, National Master Ben Johnson from the Perpetual Chess Podcast! They talk about his show, creating 450 episodes, chess tactics, getting good, growing in New Jersey with the Shahades, networking in New York City, rock climbing, skateboarding, poker and more. Sit back, relax and see what it takes to be a top content creator in the chess world!
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The Chess Sharkz step into the lounge for an absolutely RAUCOUS episode that explores the comedic and serious of the chess world. The Chess Sharkz are a twitch streaming duo comprised of GM Kayden Troff and reality star Tony Padron. Topics discussed are the differences between EU & American tournaments, Kayden & Tony's Background, One big Secret Kayden has, Tony's experience of being Mexican in Utah, the formation of the Ch...
Elaynah and Dylan return home from an AMAZING trip in Vegas and a two week hiatus. This episode is worth the wait as they bring on Daniel Lona from The Chess Experience podcast. Daniel is a talented copywriter, fitness guru and podcaster. We talked about what got him into chess, Searching for Bobby Fischer, training with IM Andras Toth, what it's like starting a podcast, platforming women, how to help women in chess and more!
Elaynah and Dylan talk about a few of the different identities that exist in the chess world. Are you an attacking player? Do you have a title or want one? Are you famous? From playstyle to titles to jobs to gender and sexuality, there are many identities that inhabit the minds of chess players. We put on our sunglasses indoors and relax in the lounge to explore a few of key identities that chess players project to the world.
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Elaynah and Dylan are back in the Lounge with another SPICY episode continuing the controversies from last week with LGBTQ+ topics and the Safety of Women in chess. We discuss the seeming lack of LGBTQ people "out" in the chess community, Trans issues in FIDE, the courage of 2x US Women's champ Jennifer Shahade, abuse by prominent a prominent GM in the US community, another dirt bag, how 10 minute games on chess.com are not rapid, ...
Elaynah and Dylan step into the lounge with some SPICY, controversial topics in the chess world. They discuss a few silly topics followed by some hard hitting journalistic content (well if twitter count as journalism). The topics covered: Are pawns people, the eval bar, cheating in chess, the Neimann - Carlsen scandal, naked chess as a solution for cheating, Kramnik accusing everyone, the World Championship costs - is it too much? ...
Grandmaster Denes Boros steps into the lounge to survey the current state of research on the mind, body and chess connection. Denes is a profession chess player, coach at the St. Louis Chess Club and founder of the twitch channel Chess Weeb. Dylan and Elaynah talk to Denes about many different topics: debunking the notion that chess burns 6,000 calories per game, the important of sleep and dreaming in chess, the importance of comm...
Welcome to Episode 0 of the Chess Lounge, a different and fresh kind of chess podcast. Get to know a little about Elaynah and Dylan as they discuss future topics that will be covered in The Chess Lounge. Come in, find a comfy seat, pull up a chess board and prepare to have some fun.
Hosted by Elaynah (https://www.twitch.tv/elaynah) & Dylan (Indychess.substack.com)
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