Checkmate: Genius, Scandal and the Billion-Dollar Rise of Chess: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Checkmate: Genius, Scandal and the Billion-Dollar Rise of Chess audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Will Collyer (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 2,718 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Collyer
Will Collyer narrates 102 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 975 hours in all.
About as long, on the True Crime shelf
536 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Checkmate: Genius, Scandal and the Billion-Dollar Rise of Chess is an audiobook by Ben Mezrich: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Collyer, released June 4, 2026, on the True Crime and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Collyer
- Released
- June 4, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781035070480
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Checkmate: Genius, Scandal and the Billion-Dollar Rise of Chess audiobook?
Checkmate: Genius, Scandal and the Billion-Dollar Rise of Chess runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Checkmate: Genius, Scandal and the Billion-Dollar Rise of Chess audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Checkmate: Genius, Scandal and the Billion-Dollar Rise of Chess?
Checkmate: Genius, Scandal and the Billion-Dollar Rise of Chess is narrated by Will Collyer.