As promised, we present you the lecture by IGM Jonathan Rowson which he gave on Monday night, here in the Porto Mannu Residence in Capo d'Orso, Sardinia. The subject: beauty.One of the nice things of this tournament is that a number of the invited grandmasters also give a lecture. This year they are Mihail Marin, Jonathan Rowson, Jacob Aagaard and Tiger Hillarp Persson. The last three will be published here at ChessVibes.So Monday night it was Rowson's turn. The image quality is not great, unfortunately, but still the video is not to be missed! In the background you can hear the rain by the way. Luckily the weather has improved by now.Due to technical reasons the lecture has been split into two parts. Part II will be published shortly. Enjoy!
Peter Doggers joined a chess club a month before turning 15 and still plays for it. He used to be an active tournament player and holds two IM norms. Peter has a Master of Arts degree in Dutch Language & Literature. He briefly worked at New in Chess, then as a Dutch teacher and then in a project for improving safety and security in Amsterdam schools. Between 2007 and 2013 Peter was running ChessVibes, a major source for chess news and videos acquired by Chess.com in October 2013. As our Director News & Events, Peter writes many of our news reports. In the summer of 2022, The Guardian’s Leonard Barden described him as “widely regarded as the world’s best chess journalist.”