Remembering Euwe: Anand lecture & simul in Amsterdam (VIDEO!)
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Video report
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"259","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","height":"349","width":"580","style":""}}]]Anand started his a lecture by showing his very interesting game with Carlsen from London. He then showed a few positions from his games, which were very similar to games played by Euwe. We'll post videos of this lecture at a later stage.After the lecture Anand answered a few questions from the audience. We've put his answers together in one file, as the questions weren't audible in our recording. But the questions were basically, in this order: 1. What kind of player was Euwe (the audio starts in the middle of his answer but no worries; the first part is in the video), 2. Have you read some of his books? 3. Are you planning to get even with Magnus at Tata? 4. What do you think of Wijk aan Zee now having an Indian sponsor? 5. Can you say something about the cultural aspect of chess? 6. Do you agree that the cultural aspect is underestimated? 7. Can you say something about the role of computers? 8. What do you think of Magnus' decision not to play in the Candidates? 9. I think the World Champion should enter the next cycle in the semi-finals. Don't you think that would be better? Here's the audio (thanks to Macauley Peterson):[audio:http://www.chessvibes.com/audio/anandlecture.mp3]Around 14.00 Anand started his simul, and elsewhere Giri and Smeets also held simuls. After a few hours of play Anand had won all but one of his games. "I tried a little joke but it backfired," he said. It was the oldest participant, in fact, who beat the World Champ. Throughout the day one of the younger players was followed by a Dutch TV crew, who were doing a report for Jeugdjournaal (the national youth news program).As the organizers had booked him a six o'clock train to Frankfurt, Anand stayed a bit longer and chatted with a few people. Among them were the grandson (who had sponsored the event) and great-grandson of Max Euwe. As none of their two scheduled rapid games would be played, Anish Giri and Jan Smeets improvised even further end finished the day with a duo-simul. One after the other made a move at the boards (about fifteen chess fans participated) and every now and then there was some consultation between the two.The author of this report couldn't resist sitting down as well, and in fact ended up as the only one who beat the GM duo. Especially for King's Indian fans it's a nice little game I think, especially because of Black's 20th move.Game viewer
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Anish Giri and Jan Smeets started with an improvised but entertaining lecture about Euwe
![giri](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/euweanand/giri/http/120dcc8135.jpg)
Anish Giri during the lecture...
![smeets](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/euweanand/smeets2/http/11ecc8deff.jpg)
...entertaining both the audience and Jan Smeets
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A few blitz games afterwards, always good for some spectacle
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Anand starting his lecture by showing his game with Carlsen from the London Chess Classic
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About 60-70 people attended the lecture...
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...as you don't see the World Champ in town every day...
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...among the spectators were the two Dutch GMs
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After his lecture Anand ansered several questions from the audience
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...and seemed to enjoy that bit quite a lot
![cake](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/euweanand/cake/http/41c442c4a1.jpg)
It's about the little details: there was free tea, coffee and special chess cakes
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The Anand simul - 20 boards - with an illustrator capturing chess faces
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This little boy managed to hold for a few hours - OK, being a few pieces down....
![jeugdjournaal](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/euweanand/jeugdjournaal/http/4a986d9cb8.jpg)
...and later that night he would be on Dutch national TV
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'We're in trouble!' - at least Smeets had an excuse, in his hand ;-)