Good chess podcasts are few and far between, for a while 'The Full English Breakfast' did a good job providing banter and discussion of top-level chess but the participants moved on to other things. Now we have The Perpetual Chess Podcast hosted by Ben Johnson; Ben has some good contacts in the US chess world and is producing a great show, so if you like podcasts (I'm assuming you like chess) I'd thoroughly recommend it.
The latest episode has an interview with FM Michiel Abeln who has written a book called 'The Anand Files' about Anand's world championship matches 2008-2012 against Kramnik, Topalov and Gelfand. I have so many unread chess books (not to mention access to the club library - available to all members!) that I shouldn't buy more, but I am really tempted to buy this book as it sounds very approachable for a club player. I am trying to resist so first I should read through this sample on the quality chess web site. As an added incentive in this time of goodwill, Michiel announced that all the royalties he receives from the book will go to charities .... so I'd be doing something good, right?
Merry Christmas Everyone!
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