Chess | Gentle Bedtime Reading for Sleep

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Relax with this calm bedtime reading about the game of chess, crafted to help ease insomnia and bring a sense of quiet to restless nights. In this soothing episode, Benjamin shares the history, strategies, and cultural significance of chess, turning fact-filled narration into a peaceful journey. His steady, reassuring cadence makes learning both relaxing and engaging, helping you release stress and drift into sleep. There’s no whispering or hypnosis—just calm, educational storytelling designed to ease anxiety and sleeplessness. Press play and let your mind rest as the story of chess unfolds. Want More? Request a topic: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic Listen ad-free & support the show: https://icantsleep.supportingcast.fm/ Shop sleep-friendly products: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/sponsors Join the discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/myhGhVUhn7 This content is derived from the Wikipedia article on Chess, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. Read the full article: Wikipedia - Chess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Glassbox media podcast.
0:07.0	Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast, where I help you learn a little and sleep a lot.
0:16.0	I'm your host Benjamin Boster.
0:20.0	And tonight let's fall asleep learning about chess.
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0:58.9	Chess is a board game for two players.
1:04.6	It is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance.
1:08.7	It is played on a square board, consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8-by-8 grid.
1:18.8	The players, referred to as white and black, each controls 16 pieces. One king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight ponds,
1:35.3	with each type of piece having a different pattern of movement.
1:40.3	An enemy piece may be captured, removed from the board, by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies.
1:50.0	The object of the game is to checkmate, threaten with inescapable capture, the enemy king.
1:59.0	There are also several ways a game can end in a draw.
2:05.4	The recorded history of chess goes back to at least the emergence of the Chaturanga,
2:12.4	also sought to be an ancestor to similar games like Chiangchi and Shogi in 7th century India.
2:22.3	After its introduction in Persia, it spread to the Arab world and then to Europe.
2:30.3	The modern rules of chess emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization
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