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Christmas treat: Anand lecture, part 2 of 2

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Christmas treat: Anand lecture, part 2 of 2Today more footage from the Euwe 75 years World Champion memorial day in Amsterdam last week. World Champion Vishy Anand discusses some endings deeply, like Bacrot-Anand, Nanjing 2010 and also Kramnik-Carlsen, London 2010. Enjoy!

On Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 it was 75 years ago that Max Euwe became World Chess Champion. Therefore the Max Euwe Centrum in organized activities on Saturday, December 18th, which took place on the Max Euwe Square, in the heart of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The activities included a lecture and a simul by the current World Champion, Viswanathan Anand from India. This video shows the second half of this lecture. More info (and photos, and another video) here.



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