Dortmund 2005 – with Internet TV coverage
07.07.2005 On Friday the strongest tournament on German soil begins, a category to 19 with ten participants who include Topalov, Leko, Kramnik, Adams and Svidler. This year the games will not be transmitted live on the Internet, they will only become available after the games have ended. But then with live TV reports and interviews.
SPARKASSEN
CHESS MEETING
2005
8
to 17 July 2005 |
The organisers of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting have decided to restrict the
live enjoyment of the event to the public who are present at the venue in Dortmund.
Only the spectators in the theatre will be able to see the moves as they are
played, accompanied by live commentary by GM experts. Chess fans all over the
world will have to wait until the games are over to find out what happened.
This new strategy is an attempt to combat sinking spectator numbers. One of
the reasons why a dwindling number of chess fans have been making their way
to such events is that it has become so simple to follow the action in live
Internet transmissions. Many top tournaments, like Linares, have just a few
dozen spectators. Dortmund is an excellent location, in the middle of Europe,
with fast transportation and first-class hotels. It is also the center of one
of the densest chess communities, calculated in fans per square mile, anywhere
in the world. For the organisers it became necessary to try new paths.
So the bad news for chess enthusiasts all over the world is that they will
not be able to follow the games of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting live on the
Internet. The good news is that the organisers have arranged for what we think
is ample compensation.
In collaboration with ChessBase the Sparkassen Chess Meeting will be transmitting
a live video report each day, starting from Monday, July 11, at 19:30h European
Central Time (= 21:30 Moscow, 18:30 London, 1:30 p.m. New York). These TV reports
will be broadcast using the Chess
Media System on the Playchess.com server.
The reports will include interviews with players and experts, games, analysis
– a complete round-up of the day's events. The reports will be made available
in the Playchess archives where members can watch them at a later time as well.
Schedule for the start of the tournament
- Thursday, July 7
- 16:00h: Opening press conference, Town Hall (Rathaus) of the City of
Dortmund, Friedensplatz 1, Saal Hanse
- Friday, July 8
- 13:00h: The press centre at the Dortmund Civic Theatre opens. Accreditation
for journalists in the press centre.
- 15:00h: On stage, official opening of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess
Meeting
- 15.30h: First move and start of the first round.
Round 1: Friday, July 8, 15:00h |
Peter Leko |
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Loek van Wely |
Michael Adams |
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Veselin Topalov |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Emil Sutovsky |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Peter Svidler |
Peter H. Nielsen |
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Etienne Bacrot |
Games – Report |
Blitz match against spectators
A special opportunity to play against the world's top grandmasters is available
to the spectators of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting on the free day. The Blitz
Tournament with grandmasters from the Super Tournament will take place
on Wednesday, 13th July at 14:00h in the Berswordthalle, opposite the Town
Hall. This offers up-and-coming youngsters and ambitious amateurs a unique
opportunity for testing their skills against these elite players. The number
of participants is limited to 100. Each of the grandmasters will play ten blitz
games against amateurs. The latter will have five minutes on their clocks,
against two for the professionals. This blitz chess tournament has by now become
an integral part of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting. Registrations will be accepted
by the title sponsor, Sparkasse Dortmund, via e-mail under marketing(at)sparkasse-dortmund.de.
Please give your full name, e-mail address as well as your telephone number.
Press Center
Telephone: +49-231-47645-111 and +49-231-47645-222
Fax: +49-231-47645-333
E-Mail Press Centre: schachtage-dortmund(at)dokom-unibox.net
The press center is open on match days from 13:00h until one hour after the
end of the last game. On July 13 (Rest day) the press centre is closed. Press
officer is Rolf Behovits.
Photos and video recording on stage with flash or video lights is permitted
for five minutes after the players have arrived at the boards.
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