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Rooked: The Cheaters' Gambit

Jess Schmidt & Ryan Webb

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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...

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  • Episode 10: The HistoryJul 16, 2024 · 1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 9: The LawsuitJun 13, 2024 · 1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 8: The Misogyny - A More Inclusive Future (Part 2)May 7, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 7: The Misogyny - Recent Controversies (Part 1)Apr 9, 2024 · 1 hr 12 min
  • Bonus Episode - Chess MurderersMar 5, 2024 · 27 min
  • Episode 6: The PsychologyFeb 6, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 5: The SportsmanshipJan 9, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 4: The CheatingDec 5, 2023 · 1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 3: The Players - Hans Niemann (Part 2)Nov 7, 2023 · 1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 2: The Players - Magnus Carlsen (Part 1)Oct 3, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min

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