Jennifer's Chess Scoop

Chess Life Online editor Jennifer Shahade has created a weekly "Chess Scoop" video. Here is her discussion of the recent New York International, which featured excellent results for a number of young players:

U.S. Chess Scoop, Episode 2 from DIM mak films on Vimeo.

Chess On the Big and Small Screens

ChessBase brings us multiple compilations of music-enhanced presentations of chess in movies and on television. Here is "Chess Rhapsody #1:" (watch for the clip with Woody Allen!)



There are three other similar clips as well. To see them all, go to ChessBase.

Jennifer Shahade St. Louis Simul

From Jennifer Shahade's simul in St. Louis earlier this year:

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A Little Different Simul

Courtesy of Chess Life Online, take a look at this video (taken by organizer Susan Conlon) of Jennifer Shahade giving a simultaneous exhibition. She certainly adds a twist to things.


Untitled from jennifer shahade on Vimeo.

"The Pride and Sorrow of American Chess"

ChessCafe has a five-part video documentary series about the life of Bobby Fischer. It apparently was produced before his death, but covers his time as a child prodigy through his later years. One of the more poignant comments in the documentary aptly described him as "the pride and sorrow of American chess." Here are the links to the series:

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Ray Robson Video

It's about a year old, but here's a nice video (a bit under 5 minutes) about a simul that Ray Robson gave in Florida. Both he and his father, and some people from the club, are interviewed:

Boy and his puppy play chess; surprise winner

Cute video showing a nine-year-old boy playing chess with his well-trained puppy. However, when the young boy steps out of the room for a moment, the puppy takes advantage. Watch and enjoy here!

Huge (and Free!) Chess Video Collection

There are over 200 of IM Greg Shahade's chess videos at the ChessVideos.tv site. An index of Greg's videos can be found here. More videos are available at the Master Hangout page, and the general chess videos page is here.

There's also an interesting interview of IM Jeremy Silman in their small Chess Articles section.

It's quite a nice site!

Orrin Hudson Video

Kudos to Chess Life Online, which provided a link to a CBS video of Orrin Hudson and his "Be Someone" program.

Nicholas Nip on Live With Regis and Kelly

Courtesy of Michael Aigner at his fpawn blog, here is the video of 10-year-old national master Nicholas Nip making his appearance on the television program Live With Regis and Kelly:

Another chess video site

This is one of the videos you can find at the ChesstheBlitzer site. I haven't thoroughly checked it out yet, but on first glance, it looks interesting, with links to a number of YouTube chess videos.

Josh Waitzkin Explains Why He Left Chess

There are a total of eight Josh Waitzkin clips at YouTube as of this writing. You can find them here.

Josh Waitzkin Talks About Searching For Bobby Fischer

A Tournament With 70,000 Players

The Evening Telegraph at PeterboroughToday.co.uk reports on the on-going British Land UK Chess Challenge.

In the article, Jonathan Sandall writes:

"In the first stage of the tournament, pupils compete against their friends in school and are awarded points for victories...The players who have progressed to the next round will compete against other top players from across the region and fight for the right to progress to a north versus south event and, eventually, the grand final...More than 70,000 young people across the country take part in the event every year making it the biggest chess tournament in the world."

A one-minute video accompanies the article.

Chess: The Quiet, Gentlemanly Game; NOT!

GM Susan Polgar posted this very amusing video at her blog, courtesy of her sister Sofia. Each player tries to outwit his opponent, everywhere but the chess board.

Video: 2005 European Individual Chess Championship

This is a very nicely done 20-minute video by the Krzymowski family, of the 2005 European Individual Chess Championship. Among others, you'll see interviews with the 15-year-old GM Sergey Karjakin, the 18-year-old GM Teimour Radjabov, GM Vassily Ivanchuk, and Henrik Carlsen, father of GM Magnus Carlsen. All commentary is either in English or has English sub-titles.

The Value of the Bishop Pair

This video from the www.teachmechess.com folks covers the importance of the bishop pair:

Chess on ESPN !

Coach Eliot Weiss sent along this link to an ESPN video about the Edward R. Murrow chess team. Thanks, Eliot, and good luck at the Nationals in Kansas City!

Turn Your Volume On, But Not Too Loud!

The 64 Square Jungle has a very entertaining post you should read. ChessDad64 begins:

"Although Chessdude64’s younger sibling, who we affectionately refer to as Boomer, has hung around the chessboard and eagerly observed many of Chessdude’s lessons over the years, he really hasn’t taken to the game. Rather, my youngest one’s strengths and abilities lean towards watching television."

See the video below, taken by ChessDude, which better explains the issue.

David Shenk Interviewed on Good Morning America

It's not new, but I haven't yet added this video that has been making the chess blog rounds. It's the Good Morning America interview of David Shenk after the publication of his book The Immortal Game.

You can find the video here.