#1 Chris Callahan

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In this first-ever episode of Ono Another Chess Podcast, Ono (⁠@TheOnoZone⁠) interviews Lichess community manager: Chris Callahan.

  • [1:21] What Chris loves about the game of chess + what drew him to chess
  • [5:48] How to speak up about women being abused in chess if you're not a woman
  • [12:33] Why it's bad for the chess world if women leave chess
  • [16:19] The issue of women feeling unwelcome at chess clubs
  • [18:48] Why Women's Chess Events are important
  • [20:35] Where Chris finds his chess journalism sources + the chess 'village'
  • [24:26] Why chess federations + organisations should coordinate way more
  • [26:43] Why Chris thinks an independent chess news media channel is fertile ground
  • [30:43] Ono + Chris discuss if top-level chess is harder to follow than other sports
  • [35:02] Chris shares whether Lichess will start commentating on chess events more often
  • [36:06] Chris explains the behind-the-scenes organisational structure of Lichess
  • [38:51] Questions for Chris submitted by ⁠Patrons of TheOnoZone⁠
  • [39:13] How is it going with Lichess getting the 501(c)(3) US charity designation?
  • [41:21] Are there any plans to offer extras to Lichess Patrons? And what are Chris' thoughts on AI tools like ChatGPT to provide more detailed analyses of games on Lichess?
  • [48:17] Chris' plans for his chess coaching moving forward

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Follow Lichess + Chris

Lichess Website ⁠www.lichess.org⁠

Lichess Twitter ⁠@Lichess⁠

Lichess Discord ⁠discord.com/invite/lichess⁠

Lichess YouTube ⁠@LichessDotOrg⁠

Lichess Twitch ⁠@LichessDotOrg⁠

Chris Lichess ⁠@NoJoke⁠

Chris Twitter ⁠@NoJokeChris

Many Thanks

To ⁠TheOnoZone Patrons⁠ who made the production of this podcast episode possible:

Marcus Buffett + Dan Bock + Jose C + Dawn Lawson + Glen G + Mikey Wells + Michael Shpizner + Michael G + Karen W + Gregory C + BowiE + Yara V + Stefan K + Ché Martin + Andrew M + Ben Johnson


Thanks also to Chris Callahan for being the first-ever repeat podcast guest before the podcast even launched,

my wife Yara for being the other half of TheOnoZone, Ché Martin for creating the legendary intro, and Zach Shpizner for applying his audio engineering skills to this episode.

Make sure to follow Ono Another Chess Podcast on your favourite podcast app + please give us a 5-star rating if you like it.

Thanks for listening to season 1!


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