Blindfold Chess Podcast

A bi-weekly look into a chess game between 20-25 moves. The goal is to help players work on their visualization by examining games of the Masters.

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S1 E1 Vera Menchik v G. Thomas (1932)

This week, we are looking at the longest reigning women's world number 1 player - Vera Menchik. Vera Menchik v George Thomas (1932) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 b6 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.d5 Ne7 10.g4 Nd7 11.Rg1 a5 12.O-O-O Nc5 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.h4 a4 15.h5 Qb8 16.Bh6 Qa7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nf5+ Nxf5 19.gxf5 a3 20.f6+ Kh8 21.Qh6 axb2+ 22.Kb1 Rg8 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Qxh7+ 1-0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Menchik https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1224235 http://cassidynob...

Jul 02, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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