http://chessmovies.com chessmovies.com the best source for chess movies http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=119 A wonderful cartoon about chess created by Pixar. If you'd like to own a copy you can buy it on the iTunes online store.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=118 A rare interview of Mikhail Tal on French TV in October 1985, while he was playing in the Montpellier Candidates Chess Tournament.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=117 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk comments her blitz game against GM Yuri Balashov at the 2008 Perm IMSA Cup (International Mind Sports Association).
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=116 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk comments her blitz game against IM Vladislav Krapivin at the 2008 Perm IMSA Cup (International Mind Sports Association).
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=115 Chess Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk starred in the Russian Game Show "Kto Umnee 5-klassnika" which aired on the TV channel "CTC".
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=114 This is PART 4 (of 4) of the lecture on the Ruy Lopez, by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, given in the Marshall Chess Club on April 12, 2008. This section runs 15 minutes and covers the Chigorin variation, as well as an analysis of the game Thomas - Rubinstein. Please be patient, the movie is quite large (37 MB) and can take some moments to load.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=113 This is PART 3 (of 4) of the lecture on the Ruy Lopez, by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, given in the Marshall Chess Club on April 12, 2008. This section runs 10 minutes and covers the Marshall Attack, as well as an analysis of the game Capablanca - Marshall. Please be patient, the movie is very large (26 MB) and can take some moments to load.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=112 This is PART 2 (of 4) of the lecture on the Ruy Lopez, by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, given in the Marshall Chess Club on April 12, 2008. This section runs 27 minutes and covers the open variation, as well as an analysis of the game Smyslov - Reshevsky. Please be patient, the movie is very large (66MB) and can take some moments to load.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=111 This is PART 1 (of 4) of the lecture on the Ruy Lopez, by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, given in the Marshall Chess Club on April 12, 2008. This section runs 26 minutes and covers the classical - Benelux variation, as well as an analysis of the game Kosteniuk - Onischuk. Please be patient, the movie is very large (63MB) and can take some moments to load.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=110 This is the INTRODUCTION to the Kosteniuk lecture on the Ruy Lopez, by Dr. Frank Brady, President of the Marshall Chess Club in New York. There are 4 parts to this lecture after the introduction.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=109 A 3-minute movie about GM Alexandra Kosteniuk's visit to New York in April 2008 and Simul at the Columbia University.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=108 Chess Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk comments the Tandem chess game between GM's Ponomariov + Bareev against Kosteniuk + Skripchenko. A very rare and interesting event.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=107 Chess Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk comments the game Aronian - Van Wely, Corus 2008.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=106 A short clip from the 2008 Corus Wijk aan Zee chess tournament in which GM Cheparinov refused to shake hands with GM Short.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=105 A Spanish comic playing Anatoly Karpov in an interview.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=104 Susan Polgar plays blitz
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=103 An excellent 43-minute documentary by Davide Fasolo about 12 chess professionals talking about their passion. The movie features Anatolij Karpov, Levon Aronian, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Michele Godena, Fabio Bruno, Rusudan Goletiani, Elisabeth Paehtz, Ennio Arlandi, Martha Fierro, Daniele Genocchio, Marl Quinn, and Alex Wohl. You can see a higher resolution version at the site of the producer.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=102 Alexandra Kosteniuk comments in detail her blitz game played in Moscow against GM Maxim Dlugy of the USA.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=101 A short 3 minute TV program about how the father of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk needed to be lucky at the casino to send his daughter to a championship. He won. In Russian.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=100 Alexandra Kosteniuk comments in detail her blitz game played in Moscow at the World Blitz Championships Qualifyers against one of the world's top experts on the Berlin Wall defense. This is a large file of 76 MB so please be patient.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=99 This is the most important blitz game of the year 2007. Vassily Ivanchuk, with Black in a Sicilian Defense, beats Vishy Anand, and is crowned World Blitz Champion. The game is commented throughout by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. It's a high resolution file of almost 60 MB, so please have some patience while it loads.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=98 A 5-minute video report by Pufichek on the 2007 Villandry Chess and Music Festival, featuring Viktor Korchnoi, Laurent Fressinet, Almira Skripchenko and Alexandra Kosteniuk. The Philidor music is played by Natacha Kudritskaya.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=97 A 2 minute news report on France 3 TV about the Villandry 2007 Chess Festival.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=96 An 11 minute program on the French TV channel TV Tours where Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk is interviewed about her participation in the 2007 Chess and Music Festival of the Chateau de Villandry. It is the first time Alexandra speaks French on TV.
]]> http://www.chessmovies.com/index.php?id=95 A funny ad by Pepsi featuring Garry Kasparov.
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