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FatAndMad
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Joined: July 10, 2008
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Hi everyone; Costas from England here. Chess player, occasional writer and traveller on the road to nowhere.
Name: Costas
Age: 41
I am an internationally rated chess player (Elo 2166) with an interest in the secrets and beauty of the game.

I make videos that have a human touch and are sprinkled with my thoughts, feelings and personal observations of the game. I seek to entertain as well as inform. Enjoy.
Country: United Kingdom
Interests and Hobbies: Chess, of course, literature, movies and most importantly the meaning of this life.
Movies and Shows: I don't care too much for TV (outside of football!), but I guess my favourite films would have to include (1) Aliens (2)Bladerunner (3)Pulp Fiction (4) True Romance (5)Most of the Coen Brothers body of work
Music: Eclectic tastes really, but I nearly always return to the music of Nick Cave.
Books: A prayer for Owen Meaney is easily my favourite book. Other authors that I admire are Philip Roth, Don DeLillo and Graham Greene
Website: http://fatandmadschessblog.blogspot.com/
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Beating Your Bogeyman (Part One)
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An instructive chess video designed to help you overcome a tough chess opponent. ...
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Beating Your Bogeyman (Part Two)
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an instructive chess video aimed at helping you defeat an awkward opponent (part t...
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Fat And Mad Presents: A Tribute to Kingscrusher, Chess Hero.
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A good luck message to Kingscrusher in advance of his début at the British Chess C...
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What Ever Happened to Fat and Mad?
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a brief video to let you know where I've been
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Whatever Happened to the World Chess Championship?
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James T Sherwin's Fabled Pinky Finger
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A brief preamble on Fischer's "My Sixty Memorable Games" is followed by an instruc...
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Weaving the Zugzwang Web
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An instructive endgame with a beautiful zugzwang theme.
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Chess for Tigers: A Book Review
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A review of the chess book, Chess for Tigers
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Successful Gambit Play
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An illustrative game featuring a pawn sacrifice against the Nimzo Indian Defence a...
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Letsplaychess.com: Exploiting a space advantage!
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Channel Comments (22)
fezzjr (6 hours ago)
welcome back Fat and Mad
Sealie (3 months ago)
Cmon man, you have to make more videos! The way you tell the game is awesome!
wmike1987 (5 months ago)
i really like your vids
samirhossain (5 months ago)
Hi ! Costas how are you, hope well. :) I ve made some improvements in chess and i can actually understand more and more of chess as i watch ure vids....post some more please, it is fun to watch ure videos
Samir
TjenkinsandAige (6 months ago)
i like it. more, please.
supermobilemadness (8 months ago)
More vids?
DamnControl2 (10 months ago)
Can you make more analysis? I like your videos
TjenkinsandAige (10 months ago)
your analysis is a great help and your general chess insight is inspiring. you are helping me get better. thank you and rock on.
bezoomyazure (10 months ago)
Excellent bogeyman video, will always look forward to your future presentations. Do you perhaps know of any clubs in the central London area? On internet chess sites my rating dances around 1500 and I so desperately long to break this margin, enthusiasm just doesn't seem to be enough.

Kind regards!
samirhossain (10 months ago)
Hello FatAndMad, your videos really helped me. I try to gain space now by putting my pieces behind the pawns. Thank u so much for that advice and example. I go to a club now where a lot of ppl play the King side bishop pawn and offer a gambit which i dont know wat to do against. Any advice on that or perhaps a video would be great.
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