Chess

The Essay. Cities on the Brink, St Petersburg. Audio, 15 minutes
Steve Rosenberg revisits 1914 St Petersburg and an event that would define modern Russia.
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BBC Radio 3
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Saturday Drama. Lewis Carroll - Alice through the Looking Glass. Audio, 90 minutes
Alice's fantastical story collides with Radio 4, as she crashes a giant game of chess.
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BBC Radio 4
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Assignment. Armenia: the cleverest nation on earth. Audio, 25 minutes
Why is the country so good at chess?
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BBC World Service
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Omnibus. Chess. Audio, 28 minutes
A look at the world of competitive chess and developments in computer chess
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BBC World Service
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Omnibus. Chess. Audio, 27 minutes
Looking at computers which can play chess with both real people and other computers
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year

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