Untold: Chess Mates
6/2/20261 hr 2 min
Just when we thought the biggest drama around the chess world was reserved for a 1980s British mega-musical about US/Soviet Cold War relations, along comes a bunch of tech bros at Chess.com to steal the crown. Apparently winning at chess online can lead to some big earnings, and rumors and allegations of cheating start to fly after a young upstart player starts dominate on the site. And don't even get us started on the anal beads, Fam....
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First 90 secondsPatrick Hinds· Host0:00
Can I just say, I love games. I love games No, but no one's having any fun. But, but I also really, really believe that ga- like and when I mean games, I mean like board games.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:09
Sure. Same.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:09
I love board games.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:10
Of course.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:11
Board games should be played fairly, and anyone who's not playing a board game fairly should go right to prison.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:18
What happened?
Patrick Hinds· Host0:19
We're gonna find out.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:20
[laughs] No, I, I thought like you had a bad night last night.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:22
Oh, uh, no, no, no, I'm gonna keep that to myself. It's not, uh, it's not my household.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:25
Okay.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:25
But it is my family, but I'm gonna leave it there.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:27
Okay. [laughs] Wow. Real hot take.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:29
[upbeat music] Hi, Julia Devivoli.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:37
Hello, Patrick Heinz.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:38
Fam, join us over on the YouTube. We have almost 425,000 subscribers.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:44
That's insane.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:44
It has happened very, very fast.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:46
That is so crazy.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:47
Our videos are getting almost 100,000 views, fam. It is wild. It is really fun. Go check it out. What's the... Oh, Patreon.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:53
Yeah.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:53
Tell them.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:54
We have a Patreon where [laughs] we do a lot of things. We have ad-free versions of these episodes. We also do the series things. We're doing that Trust Me?...
Patrick Hinds· Host1:01
Yes ...
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:01
the Fox profit doc on Netflix currently. And we also do, like, after parties. Sometimes we send you stuff in the mail. We have a lot of different tiers.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:07
I just recorded a whole after party with you about the Gilgo Beach serial killer, 'cause I was sort of like didn't know what really went down there.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:13
Right.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:13
So I watched that NBC doc. It's not a recap, but it's where I got all my information from. So if you're interested in that one, that's at the $7 after party tier. We're doing amazing things at the $20 tier as well. We did the America's Next Top Model recap- Yeah ... just for the Hero Belles.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:27
We just did that Dateline episode, The Ruse.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:29
Yes.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:29
That, like,