Hosted by Maverick Chess · 🇺🇸 US · EN-ZA · 45 episodes
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The Maverick Chess Podcast is all about making chess fun, exciting, and easy to follow. From famous games and player stories to tournament previews and big chess moments, each episode brings something fresh for fans. Whether you're a beginner or a longtime player, you'll enjoy the passion, insight, and surprises this podcast delivers every week.
Maverick Chess hosts Maverick Chess Podcasts, a leisure show with 45 episodes published.
This is an important update about the future of Maverick Chess. After creating more than 420 videos, 81 Shorts, 87 livestreams, 45 podcast episodes, 61 community posts, and building an amazing chess community, I've decid
The Esports Nations Cup 2026 is set to bring together the world’s best chess players in a massive international online chess competition featuring a $600,000 prize fund, regional qualifiers, wildcards, and national repre
The Chess.com Open Playoffs bring together top players like Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Javokhir Sindarov in a high-stakes knockout event with a $250,000 prize pool and qualification spots for the Esports Wor
The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament delivered one of the most dominant performances in modern chess history as Javokhir Sindarov secured victory with a record-breaking score, while Vaishali Rameshbabu won the Women’s Can
In this video, I share my full thoughts and review of the Netflix documentary Untold: Chess Mates, which dives into the controversial cheating scandal involving Magnus Carlsen, Hans Niemann, and Chess.com. This breakdown
PogChamps 6/7 is back with a brand-new format, bigger stakes, and some of the internet’s biggest creators battling it out for a $100,000 prize pool. Featuring stars like Jynxzi, StableRonaldo, and Agent00, this celebrity
In this video I give a full preview of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026, the event that will determine who challenges the reigning world champion in the next title match. I explain the format, schedule, prize fund, an
In this video I preview the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2026, the event that will determine who challenges reigning Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun. I break down the format, schedule, prize fund, and all eight pa
In this video I share my reaction and analysis of the trailer for Untold: Chess Mates, the upcoming Netflix documentary covering the famous chess controversy between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann. The documentary revis
In this chess news roundup I analyze several of the biggest storylines in elite chess in 2026, starting with the difficult start to the year for world champion Dommaraju Gukesh after tournaments like Tata Steel Chess Tou
In this video I outline my full 2026 chess plans, beginning with a preview of my first classical tournament of the year, the JMC Trinityhouse Little Falls B Section, where I aim to set the tone for the season. I discuss
Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana 2.5-1.5 to win the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, claiming his 21st world title and adding Chess960 to his list of world championship victories. In this full recap a
The inaugural FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship brings Chess960, also known as Fischer Random, fully under the official FIDE world championship structure with a $300,000 prize fund and an elite eight-player field i
The Speed Chess Championship Finals bring together four elite grandmasters with completely different approaches to fast chess, as Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, and Denis Lazavik prepare to battle in
Nodirbek Abdusattorov has finally won the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026, defeating Arjun Erigaisi in the final round to clinch the prestigious Wijk aan Zee title with 9 out of 13 points after years of near misses. As Abd
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026, often called the Wimbledon of Chess, returns to Wijk aan Zee with one of the strongest classical lineups of the year. Featuring the Tata Steel Chess Masters and Challengers, this leg
Hikaru Nakamura has officially declined his invitation to play in the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, choosing instead to focus on another major world championship event later this year. In this video, we break
How much do chess players really make in 2025? From million-dollar prize winnings at elite tournaments to the harsh financial reality faced by most professional chess players, this video breaks down chess prize money, to
Magnus Carlsen is widely regarded as one of the most dominant players in chess history, with record-breaking success across classical, rapid, and blitz formats, a peak rating of 2882, and victories in elite events such a
The 2025 World Rapid & Blitz Championship heads to Doha, Qatar, with Magnus Carlsen officially confirmed in a stacked field featuring many of the world’s strongest players across the Open and Women’s events. In this prev
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