Archive for video
Friday, May 11, 2012 2:38
On Thursday, May 10th the World Championship match between reigning champion Vishy Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand was officially opened. At 18.30 a press conference took place in the press room, with Boris Gelfand, Vishy Anand, Mrs. Irina Lebedeva (Director of the Tretyakov Gallery), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (FIDE President), Arkadij Dvorkovich (...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 20:31
Normally Boris Gelfand would be playing for ShSM-64 in the Russian Team Championship right now, but we all know that he is busy preparing for the Big Match against Vishy Anand. (And the Moscow team found a good replacement: Peter Leko.) Three days ago, on April 8th, Gelfand gave a press conference at the Chess Academy in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:53
2011 was the "Botvinnik year" in Russia, because Mikhail Botvinnik was born on August 17th, 1911. You'll probably remember the Botvinnik Memorial Veterans rapid tournament, held in August last year and won by Viktor Kortchnoi. In our report, we embedded a long video in Russian in which a number of former opponents of Botvinnik spoke about the 6th...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:59
After beating Anish Giri in the 10th round of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, tournament leader Levon Aronian showed his game in the press room. Here's the video, filmed by the tournament crew. Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 14:08
After beating Magnus Carlsen in the 9th round of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Sergey Karjakin showed his game in the press room. Here's the video, filmed by the tournament crew this time. Enjoy!
Friday, January 20, 2012 11:08
Finally, we hear you say. Here's the first video from the Wijk aan Zee press room, with Jan Timman showing his victory over his compatriot, grandmaster Sipke Ernst. In fact it was the first press conference organized so far, so that's why it's also the first one published here. Enjoy!
Jan Timman showing his game...
...while some of his friends...
Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:33
Big, exclusive interview with the winner of the 2009 M-Tel Masters
Last Thursday night, Alexei Shirov was in Hamburg, Germany where he showed his games of the 2009 M-Tel Masters at the Hamburg Chess Club. ChessVibes was present, and we recorded a video about the club and the training, plus a lengthy, exclusive interview with the winner of the last...
Friday, May 22, 2009 17:33
After he won the US Championship, Hikaru Nakamura sat down with Jennifer Shahade and Macauley Peterson for an interview on Sunday evening. In a 10-minute video, the winner talks about the tournament, his last-round game, his aggressive style, his second (a 2200 rated player!) and many more things. Enjoy!
The interview is produced by Kevin Duggin...
Sunday, January 18, 2009 20:00
In our second Corus Chess News, Bianca and I present a wrap-up of the first round here in Wijk aan Zee. A bad start for Ivanchuk and Morozevich, but an excellent one for the Dutch players. Enjoy!
