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Bruce Pandolfini is a trailblazer for American chess who is well known as a top scholastic coach, prolific author, and consultant on landmark chess productions like the 1993 movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer, and the 2020 smash hit Netflix series The Queen\u2019s Gambit. Bruce even served on the announcing team for PBS in the legendary 1972 Fischer vs. Spassky World Championship match.\xa0\n\nWith such a resume, obviously Bruce has accumulated a treasure trove of stories, and perspective. In our interview, Bruce drew on his experience as an early coach of future GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Josh Waitzkin to discuss the nature of chess talent, and he told stories of a few of his interactions with Bobby Fischer as a New Yorker of the same generation. Bruce also opined on the growth of and future of chess, and discussed his involvement in The Queen\u2019s Gambit,\xa0 both the novel and the series. Obviously,I found this to be an entertaining and informative interview, and I hope that you will as well. Please read on for more details and links related to all that we discussed.\xa0\n\n0:00- We begin by reliving some stories from Bruce\u2019s youth in Brooklyn, and his interactions with chess legends like Bobby Fischer and GM Larry Evans.\xa0\n\nMentioned: Caroline Marshall, Fabiano Caruana, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick, Al Horowitz\xa0\n\n9:30- How did Bruce end up a part of the announcing team for PBS for the 1972 Fischer vs. Spassky \u201cMatch of the Century?\u201d\xa0\n\nMentioned: Shelby Lyman, Eugene Meyer, GM Edmar Mednis, Dustin Hoffman, GM Nicolas Rossolimo, IM Bernard Zuckerman. Bobby Fischer\u2019s Outrageous Chess Moves, Here is the video of Bobby Fischer appearing on The Tonight Show in 1972-\xa0\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxvnEwvgfeI, Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut\xa0\n\n22:00- Perpetual Chess is proud to be brought to you in part by Chessable.com. You can always check out what\u2019s new there through this link:\xa0\n\nNew Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com\n\n23:00- Patreon mailbag question: \u201cHow does Bruce deal with students whose parents are challenging?\u201c\n\nMentioned: Bill Goichberg\n\n29:00- Does Bruce notice any traits in common amongst the top talents he has worked with such as\xa0 IM Josh Waitzkin and GM Fabiano Caruana?\xa0\n\nCarol Ann Caronia, Fred Waitzkin, Bonnie Waitzkin.\xa0 Lou Caruana, Robert Hess, GM Joel Benjamin, GM Miron Sher\xa0\n\n37:00- Another Patreon Mailbag question: \u201cWhat are some of Bruce\u2019s favorite chess books?\u201d\xa0\n\nMentioned: My 60 Memorable Games, Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Chess Games, Alekhine\u2019s My Best Games of Chess, Fred Reinfeld\u2019s The Human Side of Chess, Irving Chernev, GM Andy Soltis\xa0\xa0\n\n39:00- Another question from a Patreon supporter: \u201cHow has Bruce\u2019s chess improvement advice changed over the years?\u201d\n\nMentioned: Shelby Lyman\xa0\n\n46:30- Bruce answers the question,\xa0 \u201cHow has the rise of chess on YouTube and Twitch impacted Bruce\u2019s students?\u201d\xa0\n\nMentioned: Jose Raoul Capablanca, Wilhelm Steinitz\xa0\n\n52:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessmood.com. Check out their website and subscribe to their YouTube channel here:\xa0\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMBUU6aq2b07VtTAMO0xGTw\n\n53:00- We talk about Bruce\u2019s work on The Queen\u2019s Gambit, both Walter Tevis\u2019 novel and the series.\xa0\n\nMentioned: John Hartmann interview with Bruce Pandolfini:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpfWu-OvAlg\n\nAlso Mentioned: Bill Horberg, Scott Frank, Anya Taylor Joy, Garry Kasparov\u2019s talk with the US Chess Girl\u2019s Group is here:\xa0\n\nhttps://www.kasparov.com/garry-kasparov-talks-to-us-chess-girls-group-about-the-queens-gambit/\n\nAlso Mentioned: Searching for Bobby Fischer, Lasker\u2019s Manual of Chess,\xa0\n\n1:03:00- In closing, we discuss Bruce\u2019s future projects, including whether he may ever write a memoir. Thanks so much to Bruce for joining the show!\xa0\n\nMentioned: Kimberly Doo McVay\n\nIf you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here:\n\nBen Johnson is creating Perpetual Chess Podcast | Patreon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices