Looking Back At The Zurich Chess Challenge (VIDEO)

Looking Back At The Zurich Chess Challenge (VIDEO)

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The Zurich Chess Challenge ended 1.5 weeks ago; GM Hikaru Nakamura won the tournament after he beat GM Viswanathan Anand in an Armageddon game.

Below you can watch a video about the tournament, produced by the author of these lines. Main sponsor Oleg Skvortsov, organizer Christian Issler and grandmasters Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik and Ljubomir Ljubojevic appear on camera to speak about the tournament.

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