The Perpetual Chess Podcast

Chess Books Recaptured!

Chess Books Recaptured is a project that began in November of 2019, where I get together with another chess enthusiast to discuss a chess book. The goal of each book recap is to: 1) help listeners recall a classic chess book or introduce the book to new listeners 2) help listeners decide if a book is worthwhile to read/reread 3) enable each listener to hear a few chess improvement tips and blindfold puzzles while “on the go”. New book recaps will be released every month or so.

This project is made possible by those who support Perpetual Chess. If you would like to help Perpetual Chess continue to grow and help ensure that this time-consuming project continues, please consider a small monthly donation, and please let me know that you are enjoying the book review podcasts, in particular.

If you are just looking for a list of book recommendations, you can check out this page.

Here are the Chess Books Recaptured episodes:

• Recaptured Episode 1- Discussing The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal with NM Sam Copeland of Chess.com

• Recaptured Episode 2- Discussing Reassess Your Chess with Todd Kennedy

• Recaptured Episode 3- Discussing Bobby Fischer goes to War with Chris Wainscott

• Recaptured Episode 4- Discussing Think Like a Grandmaster with NM Christopher Chabris

• Recaptured Episode 5- Discussing The Road to Chess Improvement with Bryan Castro

• Recaptured Episode 6- Recapping The Woodpecker Method and Rapid Chess Improvement with Neal Bruce

• Recaptured Episode 7- Recapping Judit Polgar’s How I Beat Fischer’s Record with Jen Shahade

• Recaptured Episode 8- Recapping GM Genna Sosonko’s The World Champions I Knew with Vjekoslav Nemec

• Recaptured Episode 9- Recapping Bobby Fischer’s My 60 Memorable Games, with FM Donny Ariel

• Recaptured Episode 10-Recapping Blindfold Chess with guest co-host Jerry Wells

• Recaptured Episode 11- Recapping Winning Chess Strategies with Neal Bruce

• Recaptured Episode 12- Recapping Improve Your Chess Now with FM Alex Chua

• Recaptured Episode 13- Recapping Simple Chess with Jonathan from the Abysmal Depths of Chess Blog

• Recaptured Episode 14- Recapping The Seven Deadly Chess Sins with David Franklin

• Recaptured Episode 15- Recapping Attacking the Strongpoint and Secrets of Practical Chess with NM Christopher Chabris

• Recaptured Episode 16- Recapping Logical Chess Move by Move with Barry Katz

• Recaptured Episode 17- Recapping 2 Zurich 1953 books with FM Nate Solon, featuring GM Andy Soltis

• Recaptured Episode 18- Recapping My System with IM Christoph Sielecki

• Recaptured Episode 19- Recapping Chess Fundamentals with Jessi Shakarian

• Recaptured Episode 20- Discussing GM Viktor Korchnoi's Chess Is My Life with John Fernandez

• Recaptured Episode 21- Discussing A First Book of Morphy with Mads Jønsson

• Recaptured Episode 22- Discussing Questions of Modern Chess Theory with Martin Justesen

• Recaptured Episode 23- Discussing Shereshevsky’s Endgame Strategy with Dr. Kevin Scull

• Recaptured Episode 24- Discussing GM Jan Markos’ Under the Surface with NM Gopal Menon and Matt Fletcher

• Recaptured Episode 25- Review and Discussion of The Mammoth Book of the World’s Greatest Chess Games

• Recaptured Episode 26- Discussing Alexei Shirov's Fire on Board with Mitchell Fabian

• Recaptured Episode 27- Discussing Yasser’s Play Winning Chess with guest co-host Sam Robinson

• Recaptured Episode 28- Discussing FM Martin Weteschnik’s Chess Tactics from Scratch with Steve Wollkind

• Recaptured Episode 29- Discussing GM Jan Timman’s The Longest Game with Marko Bolatovic

• Recaptured Episode 30- 10 Underrated Chess Books with FM Carsten Hansen

• Recaptured Episode 31- Dr. Christopher Chabris on San Luis 2005

• Recaptured Episode 32- Chess for Zebras, with David Franklin

• Recaptured Episode 33- Think Like a Super GM and Strategic Chess Exercises,

• Recaptured Episode 34- IM Jeremy Silman’s The Amateur’s Mind

• Recaptured Episode 35- Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

  
  If you are interested in being a guest co-host on this show, here is what you need to know.

  • There is no payment for guest co-hosting, but each month I will make a modest donation to the chess charity/non-profit of the guest’s choosing.

  • I am open to discussing any chess book that has not been covered. You can see a partial list of possibilities here.

  • I am looking for co-hosts who have the following traits: enthusiastic about the subject matter, fluent in English, have a headset or mic (which I will purchase for you if need be) and good internet connection, and are willing to re-read the chess book in question and do a bit of preparation. Prior Perpetual Chess guests would be more than welcome to co-host, but I am also hoping to give a platform to other chess enthusiasts. For any chess authors who would consider co-hosting, I would prefer that an author not recap his/her own book, but you would be welcome to discuss a different classic, or possibly be a guest on “regular” Perpetual Chess.” Send emails here with any questions.) Chess rating is not the primary consideration in picking co-hosts, so if you are interested, don’t be shy, just apply! To apply to be a co-host, click on and fill out this brief form: