S4.2 - Chess.com's Peter Doggers on How Go Could Benefit from the Chess Revolution & the LG Cup Aftermath with Gazza | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China.

Chess journalist Peter Doggers traces the events that transformed chess into a global media phenomenon and considers which lessons might transfer to Go. Gazza White then explains the continuing fallout from the LG Cup final, including Chinese responses, Ke Jie’s absence, and the broader effect on international competition.

Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources:

https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/peter-doggers-chess-revolution-go/

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Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC

Peter Doggers Interview

• The Chess Revolution book
• Bobby Fischer
• Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov
• The AlphaGo documentary
• The Carlsen-Niemann controversy
• Hikaru Nakamura
• The Queen’s Gambit miniseries
• Gotham Chess

Gazza White Interview

• The 29th LG Cup controversy
• The Qisheng tournament

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