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Friday, November 11, 2011
Super chess interviews from European Team Chess Championship 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Here are some great video chess interviews from the European Team Chess Championship 2011. Thanks to www.chessdom.com for their coverage of the event. Enjoy.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Here is a nice video - checkmate smoking! We love to carry advertisement videos with a chess motif from around the world. If you've got one, do send it to us.
Chess movie with everything - love, romance, murder and tournament!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Time for a chess movie - "Knight Moves" (1992) by Carl Schenkel...(Diane Lane , Christophe Lambert, Tom Skerritt , Daniel Baldwin...) A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect.
Top chess interviews from European Team Chess - Fabiano Caruana, Natasa Bojkovic, Dmitry Svetushkin, Ivan Sokolov
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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More chess interviews from the European Team Chess Championship via www.chessdom.com. Enjoy.
3rd – 11th November in Halkidiki, Greece
The ETCC is a nine-round Swiss, with one open section and one section for the women’s teams. The time control is 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move. The member countries of the European Chess Union (ECU) have the right to enter one team of four players plus one reserve in the open competition, and one team of four female players and one reserve in the women’s competition. There are 38 teams in the former and 28 in the latter. The games are being played in the Olympic Hall Congress Center (1500 sq.m.), within the five-star Porto Carras Grand Resort, which is located in Halkidiki, Greece.
'Chess Fever' film ('Shakhmatnaya goryachka', 1925) by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Sit back and watch this fun Russian chess film. Don't worry even if you don't know Russian. (Because it's a silent film ha ha!)
Script: Nikolai Shpikovsky Cast: Vladimir Fogel, Anna Zemtsova, Boris Barnet, José Raúl Capablanca
Though not his first film, Russian director/cinema theorist V. I. Pudovkin's 'Chess Fever' was the first to be released. Essentially a comedy, this 2-reel exercise in montage manages to make the game of chess seem thoroughly cinematic. Illustrating his theory that "The foundation of film art is editing", Pudovkin uses apparently unrelated images to fashion a smooth, well-integrated unified whole. He goes so far as to rabbet in shots of legendary chess master José Raúl Capablanca so that his film will have a 'star'. Other grandmasters to be seen in this movie: Ernst Grünfeld, Frederick Yates, Frank Marshall, Richard Réti, Rudolf Spielmann and Carlos Torre (all playing in the 1925 Moscow International Tournament ).
Nice chess videos from European Team Chess Championship 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Yes, the European team chess championship has begun in the Olympic Hall in Porto Carras, Greece today. A total 38 teams in the Open and 28 teams in the Women Section are participating. Players cannot leave the playing area and facilities, and that they can discuss draw offers with their captains only in the presence of the match arbiter. There will be additional arbiters overseeing the playing hall, analysis room and bar to prevent any suspicion of irregular players’ behavior. A doping control might take place during the event, at the discretion of the FIDE Medical Commission.
Here are two videos via www.chesssdom.com from the opening ceremony and the first round. Enjoy. You can access the official website at this link.
Super chess film on one of the most feared Soviet chess masters - Nezhmetdinov
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Here is an excellent film on Nezhmetdinov sent by Ray Kappel. The Soviet Chess master Rashid Nezhmetdinov was one of the most feared attacking players in chess history. Although not well known in the west, he won many brilliancy prizes and defeated most of the best players of his era, including Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, David Bronstein, Efim Geller, Lev Polugaevsky, Isaak Boleslavsly, Salo Flohr, Andor Lilienthal, Gideon Stahlberg, and many other strong grandmasters.
Written by Jessica Fischer Narrated by Richard Dewoskin Researched by Jessica Fischer, Annie Kappel, Larry Crawford, Chancho, and Thanh Phan.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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How about beginning the week with a real funny chess video. You will love it. A huge chessy thank you to Eider Cruz from Brazil for sending us this top funny chess video.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Time for a Magnus Carlsen video. Here is the current World No. 1 playing 20 opponents at Sjakkhuset in Oslo back in August 2009. Among the opponents were celebrities (Bård Vegar Solhjell, Norwegian minister of education, rapper Magdi etc) and some strong chess players (WIM Sheila Sahl, FM Joran Aulin Jansson etc). Carlsen won all 20 games.
Nice chess video of Kasparov's simul in Bratislava
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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On Friday, October 14, Bratislava’s Crowne Plaza hotel hosted a nice chess simul with none other than the great Gary Kasparov. Needless to add, Kasparov took less than two hours to crush all the 14 opponents But it was fun all around with autograph signing, chess and talks. Here is a nice video of the event. Enjoy.
Nice chess video - The US Chess Scoop on the Marshall
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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The US Chess Scoop headed to the Marshall Chess Club during the start of the 95th Club Championship. Features GM Pascal Charbonneau, FM Asa Hoffman, Marshall manager Dr. Marcus Fenner, former club champ FM Brian Hulse and 13-year-old NM Justus Williams.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Continuing our series of commercials which have a chess scene from around the world, here's one that's kinda funky but ... well... seems to get the point across. We love to receive interesting chess videos and all your comments. So, keep them emailing them to us.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Here's a funny chess video for the Sunday. We love to receive all these funny, crazy, serious, and all kinds of videos from our Chess Blog readers. Continuing our series, here's one sent to us by swakilki. Do send us your chess videos too. Just a warning - you might want to cry after watching this video.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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There's this virtual life game Sims that's really popular - more so lately. The Sims 3 is a 2009 strategic life simulationcomputer game developed by The Sims Studio and published by Electronic Arts. We chanced upon this chess video with two Sims Social 'avatars' playing chess. Interesting and well... fun. Enjoy your chess. Don't forget to send us your favourite chess videos.
Final video from Grand Slam Chess Masters with lots of interviews
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Here is the final video from the Bilbao Grand Slam via www.chessdom.com with the Round 10 games, the tiebreak Ivanchuk – Carlsen, and the prize giving. Enjoy.
Awesome chess grandmasters video - Can you name them?
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Here is a fantastic chess video. How do you define those grandmaster champions? Those geniuses, or crazy ones, those who think they can change the world... and those who do... You will love this video and here's our question: Can you name all the great chess champions shown in this video - or, at least, name the two women champions? Enjoy.
Funny chess video from France to cheer you this weekend!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Continuing our series of videos from the around the world with chess, here's a funny one to cheer you up this weekend. It's from chess lover Nicola Gotti's blog. Samantha Oups is a funny series - often absurd! In France, the series was broadcast on France 2 . The series was rebroadcast in 2009 on France 4, since 2010 in Game One and is also rebroadcast on Channel J.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Medieval or modern, focus or furious speed, concentration, joy, love... chess is fulfilment in so many ways and more. Continuing our series of commercials featuring chess from around the world here are - not one - but two cool videos. Enjoy.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Chess is.... (how many adjectives can you tell us)... Chess is thought, chess is fun, chess is laughter, chess is love, chess is pain... Just watch this video uploaded by GM Amir Bagheri.
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