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First London videos: Howell & Kramnik

10 December 2009, 17.19 CET | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

Videos from LondonThe first two videos are up. Yesterday I asked David Howell about his game against Nigel Short, and about his opinion of the infamous Petroff Defence. I also got Vladimir Kramnik before the camera, and asked him about how he looked back at the Tal Memorial and his loss against Magnus Carlsen in London.

By the way, in case you wonder about the Nikon D90 in the logo here: that’s the camera I’ve been using for about a year now for photos and videos. It was the first DSLR camera on the market that can shoot HD video. For better sound I use an iPod with a microphone attached to it.


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16 Responses to “First London videos: Howell & Kramnik”

  1. Webbimio on December 10th, 2009 17:55

    Kramnik is a fair guy. I mean, he could have said that he made absurdly weak moves because of inexplicable reasons, and nobody would have had nothing to object, maybe. Instead he says that Carlsen played an excellen game and he didn’t do any terrible blunder. “He is a great player, it happens”, the kind of answer I expect from a champion. I hope he will find his best form in London.

  2. Barthod on December 10th, 2009 19:00

    Good comments from Kramnik. No excuses, just honest talk.
    He will be a force to reckon with in the new WC-Cyclus.

  3. Rob Brown on December 10th, 2009 19:10

    One can’t help but be impressed with Vladimir Kramnik, a truly great player, a real gentleman and a true sportsman, as was clearly demonstrated by his performance in the Topalov match, and is evident again in this video.

  4. christos (greece) on December 10th, 2009 22:23

    Kramnik confirms he is a sportsman who can take losses normally because they are an unavoidable part of the game. This aspect of his character has been widely known since a long time.

  5. noyb on December 10th, 2009 22:35

    I wouldn’t call Kramnik a “fair” player or a gentlemen or a sportsman. He’s objective in his observations, but he wouldn’t grant Kasparov a rematch because he knew he’d lose. Objective coward maybe, not fair.

  6. Deep Mikey on December 10th, 2009 22:53

    Despite the question whether Kramnik is a gentleman or not, I would like to say that I’m really impressed by the quality of the videos!!

    In my eyes your are actually the clear benchmark on the ‘internet chess news sector’, Peter! There are a few very good sites for this or that kind of information, but here I nearly always find so many and complete information that I don’t need to visit the other pages! :-D

    ‘Chess business’ is not easy – we both know it very good -, but I really hope you will keep on working as hard as you are actually doing! For our royal game but hopefully also to your utmost satisfaction!

    Amen! ;-)

  7. chessfan on December 11th, 2009 00:18

    Far worse is Gelfand playing the pet-draw. Glad I gave the WCup game no time, Today. Interviewing Howell after his great save with White versus Carlsen Today will reveal and even better smile!

  8. Flatline on December 11th, 2009 01:07

    Kramnik is no coward. He has already explained the situation with Kasparov – that they both agreed to a World Championship Cycle to be initiated which Kasparov then refused to particiapate in. Kramnik kept to the letter and has never refused a fight. Anyway, all of that is political rubbish and irrelevant. Kramnik’s record against Kasparov was fairly even and there is no evidence that he would have lost a rematch as he is one of the few players of this era who wasn’t scared of Kasparov. He is a fine player and I wish him well.

  9. dan on December 11th, 2009 02:03

    should charge Nikon for free advertisement… but D90 is ok.

  10. vooruitgang on December 11th, 2009 03:36

    Very nice work Peter.Thank you. I am patiently waiting for Carlsen-Nakamura on Saturday! Keep up the great work.

  11. Leiton on December 11th, 2009 06:22

    Absolute disinformation regarding Kramnik “cowardice”. Kramnik isn’t coward, there was a clause in the contract of the London match that said there was NO obligation to a rematch. Kramnik followed the rules, Kasparov wanted to break them (as usual). Kramnik instead gave the opportunity to other players, and in Dortmund Peter Leko won the right to play the match. It was totally fair.

  12. Paul on December 11th, 2009 09:45

    Wow- Kramnik- first chess player i’ve ever seen admit they lost because they made average moves and not look like their entire ego is falling apart. Good show.

  13. iLane on December 11th, 2009 11:11

    The D90 was not the first DSLR with HD, it was Canon 5D MkII and then Nikon, Pentax and all other joined the trend. Anyway, good interviews. :)

  14. PP (nl) on December 11th, 2009 11:27

    @iLane: that’s incorrect. The Canon is the first supporting full-HD video…

    The D90 is selling very good since it came out. That has a reason… It’s a great camera for a great price. And no: I do not have one, I own a D200… ;-)

  15. luzin on December 11th, 2009 11:40

    Kramnik is always a pleasure to hear speaking

  16. pat j on December 11th, 2009 14:46

    agreed: people seem to often give kramnik a hard time – but the guy is just totally objective, fair, and courteous.

    a great gm!!!!

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