Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This is the second part of my OverAnalysis of the Queen's Gambit. This video concentrates on the cold war and communication through the iron curtain. We discuss how the cold war started during WWII, espionage, and spy games. Then during the cold war, how academic communication took place, and the similarities with what we saw in the Queen's Gambit. This involves a discussion of Lysenko and Medvedev.
The Russian's obsession with chess seems to be rooted in Lenin's interest with it, and this allows us to talk about the cult of personality surrounding both Lenin and Stalin.
The chess game in the background was Spassky vs Fischer and you can find agamador's breakdown at youtu.be/8MrDYgq_NxU
Medvedev Article: http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1973-2/the-dissident-movement/the-dissident-movement-texts/zhores-medvedev-in-a-psychiatric-hospital/
Errata: One minor correction, the Rosenbergs were the first Americans executed for *espionage*, not treason.
Music:
Quiche for Two by Raymond Grouse
Focusing by Cushy
11:60 PM by Harry James and his Orchestra
Our Last Stand by Formatix
Primavera by Trabant 33
Be Free With Me by Siine
Tiny Things by Giants' Nest
Did I Say That by Stationary Sign
This is the second part of my OverAnalysis of the Queen's Gambit. This video concentrates on the cold war and communication through the iron curtain. We discuss how the cold war started during WWII, espionage, and spy games. Then during the cold war, how academic communication took place, and the similarities with what we saw in the Queen's Gambit. This involves a discussion of Lysenko and Medvedev.
The Russian's obsession with chess seems to be rooted in Lenin's interest with it, and this allows us to talk about the cult of personality surrounding both Lenin and Stalin.
The chess game in the background was Spassky vs Fischer and you can find agamador's breakdown at youtu.be/8MrDYgq_NxU
Medvedev Article: http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1973-2/the-dissident-movement/the-dissident-movement-texts/zhores-medvedev-in-a-psychiatric-hospital/
Errata: One minor correction, the Rosenbergs were the first Americans executed for *espionage*, not treason.
Music:
Quiche for Two by Raymond Grouse
Focusing by Cushy
11:60 PM by Harry James and his Orchestra
Our Last Stand by Formatix
Primavera by Trabant 33
Be Free With Me by Siine
Tiny Things by Giants' Nest
Did I Say That by Stationary Sign
