Episode 1
The Constant
The opening reflection on chess, attention, and what makes a player return to the board.
Films & Documentaries
The Mind’s Gambit
Stream the audiobook chapters and documentary episodes below with MYB membership. Printed books and ebooks are sold separately.
The book · Mourad Bouajaja
The Mind's Gambit: Chess, Madness, and the Battle for the Mind
The ebook and printed editions are sold separately. MYB membership includes the available audiobook recordings: the preface and first five chapters, read by the author.
Audiobook
Read by the author, chapter by chapter.
Listen to the preface and first five chapters, read by Mourad Bouajaja.
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Documentary series
Four perspectives on life at the board.
Episode 2
The Number
On rating, identity, and the strange relationship between a chess player and the number that follows them their whole career.
Episode 3
Brilliance That Bleeds
When chess brilliance and personal cost intersect. Portraits of players whose greatness extracted a price the public never sees.
Episode 4
The Queen’s Burden
Women in chess — the talent, the institutional walls, and what a queen’s move means inside and outside the 64 squares.
