Welcome to Rooked: The Cheaters' Gambit. Join hosts Jess and Ryan as they unravel the ongoing chess cheating scandal (among other chess controversies).
Elon Musk tweets - and then deletes - a joke (?) about cheating in chess via anal beads. Suddenly, the game of chess is thrown into the spotlight again, two years after the well-received debut of The Queen's Gambit Netflix series (we have no affiliation, but, like, the SEO is cool for us...and it was a pretty good show, in our opinions).
But what the anal bead headlines are missing is the complicated web of accusations, slander, lies, cheating, and overall drama that is casting a shadow on the once noble game of chess. We're looking for answers - and the truth - as this true crime continues to unfold in the manner of a truly modern whodunnit, where the clues are hidden in the holes of a chessboard, the deepest of Internet rabbit holes...and maybe some other holes, too.
Visit our website at rookedpodcast.xyz to learn more about the show, access transcripts, and discover some neato Easter eggs.
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Welcome to Rooked: The Cheaters' Gambit. Join hosts Jess and Ryan as they unravel the ongoing chess cheating scandal (among other chess controversies).
Elon Musk tweets - and then deletes - a joke (?) about cheating in chess via anal beads. Suddenly, the game of chess is thrown into the spotlight again, two years after the well-received debut of The Queen's Gambit Netflix series (we have no affiliation, but, like, the SEO is cool for us...and it was a pretty good show, in our opinions).
But what the anal bead headlines are missing is the complicated web of accusations, slander, lies, cheating, and overall drama that is casting a shadow on the once noble game of chess. We're looking for answers - and the truth - as this true crime continues to unfold in the manner of a truly modern whodunnit, where the clues are hidden in the holes of a chessboard, the deepest of Internet rabbit holes...and maybe some other holes, too.
Visit our website at rookedpodcast.xyz to learn more about the show, access transcripts, and discover some neato Easter eggs.
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What does good sportsmanship in chess look like? Does it actually matter whether its best players are good sports? Well, we think it does - and so do some other people like, oh, I don’t know, Magnus Carlsen (not sure if you’ve heard of him, but he’s kind of a big deal.) Plus our main guest for this episode, Bill Cole - aka The Mental Game Coach - thinks so, too. But, decide for yourself, I guess.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode briefly mentions the National Inquiry into the Missing and Murdered Women and Girls at the very end of the episode after the credits.
NOTE: This episode is Coach Taylor approved. Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. CAN’T LOSE!
Hosted by good producer / bad chess player Jess Schmidt and first-time podcaster / good chess player Ryan Webb, this series explores the events leading up to and following the Sinquefield Cup cheating scandal and tries to unravel the truth of what really happened - or, failing that, what the heck these events could mean to chess.
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Written, hosted, edited, and produced by Jess Schmidt and Ryan Webb.
Music by Lorna Gildfedder.
Marketing by Bailey Simone Photography.
Featured in this episode:
Bill Cole, The Mental Game Coach
David Franklin, Associate Professor of Law
Mike Boyd, The Guy That Learns Things Youtube channel
Ben Johnson, host of The Perpetual Chess Podcast
Emilia Castelao, FIDE historian
Chess Teacher JJ Lang and Therapist Julia Rios, hosts of chessfeels podcast
James Canty III, FIDE Master and Chess Streamer
Sources
The Rehearsal - "Eating poo is Satanic"
"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" Scene - Spider-Man (2002) Movie CLIP HD
Brian Telling His Followers He Is Not the Messiah - Monty Python's Life of Brian
Dude, Where's My Car? (5/5) Movie CLIP - Zoltan Meeting (2000) HD
Chess Handshakes but it keeps getting worse…
UNSEEN FOOTAGE 👉LIONEL MESSI 🤬 : "WHO ARE YOU LOOKING AT ? GO AHEAD YOU STUPID
Niemann: Dispute with Sevian a 'Misunderstanding' | Round 12
Friday Night Lights | "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose"
MMIWG Podcasts: https://www.kairoscanada.org/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-girls/podcasts
Further reading
https://www.mentalgamecoach.com/
https://www.apa.org/ed/graduate/specialize/sports
https://ethics.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Decision_Case_2_2023_final_final.pdf