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! :-)

Also, check out my book The Chess Revolution at https://peterdoggers.com/book/