Morning at Mtel

When Peter arrived in Sofia yesterday morning, he probably wasn’t planning to serve as camera operator on a micro-short film. But I was itching to do an “intro” video a la Live in Linares, and it was nice to get my hands on the ChessVibes camera again. Naturally, there’s plenty of “raw” chess documentary footage for you already, so enjoy a small diversion. full story »

Press conference Grand Slam Chess Association

As we reported earlier, during the Corus Chess Tournament the Grand Slam Chess Association was established. Yesterday morning the Association held a press conference in Linares, in which more details about their plans were made public. We present video selections (20 min.) from the press conference, and a reaction by Corus Chess Tournament director Jeroen van den Berg. full story »