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Welcome to the ChessCafe.com Video Spotlight. Each Wednesday and Saturday we will feature a chess related video for your entertainment.

This event, co-presented with the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, invited visitors to watch and play live chess matches with Grand Masters from the U.S. Women's Chess Championship (October 3-13). The defending U.S. Women's champion and Olympic Gold Medalist, Anna Zatonskih, kicked off the day by playing five players blindfolded. Inspired by the Contemporary's exhibition, this special day-long event celebrated the game that has puzzled players for centuries. Spectators were welcome, and people could sign up to participate in a bounty blitz tournament or a simultaneous exhibition. Hula Chess, a variation of the game developed by Jennifer Shahade a writer, games player, and two-time American Womens Chess Champion (2002, 2004) was installed in the courtyard for public play.

Playing in the Dark: A Collision of Art and Chess

Previous Videos (in order of appearance)

• Last Days of Tal
• ECC 2008 Interview with Michael Adams
• Chess Fever
• Korchnoi Defeated by Cow
• Press Conference: Radjabov-Cheparinov
• Interview with Magnus Carlsen
• Tribute to IM Bob Wade
• Donaldson on Dresden
• Anand Returns to Hero's Welcome
• Bologan - Bacrot, World Rapid Cup
• Karpov - Kasparov, Seville (23), 1987
• Interview with Pavel Tregubov
• World Chess Boxing Championships
• Chess 960 Rapid World Championship
• Denker vs. Fine
• Interview with Alex Dunne
• Frost Interviews Kasparov
• Interview with Vlastimil Hort
• Underwater Chess
• Bobby Fischer Documentary, Part One
• Bobby Fischer Documentary, Part Two
• Bobby Fischer Documentary, Part Three
• Bobby Fischer Documentary, Part Four
• Bobby Fischer Documentary, Part Five
• Bruce Pandolfini on Chess Now
• Taimanov Plays Rachmaninoff
• The Lucena Position
• Skripchenko - Kosteniuk, Golden Blitz
• Seirawan on Bronstein
• Press Conference: Linares 2008
• Kamsky - Topalov, Game 4
• Conquest - Arkell, Playoff Game 2
• Maurice Ashley on Chess
• Linares Impressions, Round Nine
• Interview with Teimour Radjabov
• Topalov - Kramnik, Corus 2008, Part One
• Topalov - Kramnik, Corus 2008, Part Two
• Viktor Korchnoi, My Life for Chess
• Seirawan Chess
• The Philidor Position
• Anatoly Karpov
• Bashing the Sicilian
• Sam Loyd Chess Puzzle
• Garry Kasparov: World Editors Forum
• Radjabov-Smeets
• My Brilliant Brain
• 2008 Women's World Championship
• Chess Rumble
• Shulman-Ivanov, Foxwoods 2008
• Mikhail Botvinnik
• Mikhail Tal, World Champion
• Kasparov & Deep Blue
• Botvinnik - Smyslov, 1954
• US Chess Championship, Round 6 Wrap Up
• Botvinnik - Petrosian, 1963, Part One
• Botvinnik - Petrosian, 1963, Part Two
• Botvinnik - Petrosian, 1963, Part Three
• Botvinnik - Petrosian, 1963, Part Four
• Spassky - Petrosian, 1966
• Chess for Tigers: A Book Review
• Interview with WIM Carolina Blanco
• Peter Svidler's Press Conference: Corus 2007, Part One
• Peter Svidler's Press Conference: Corus 2007, Part Two
• Peter Svidler's Press Conference: Corus 2007, Part Three
• Interview with NM Martirosov and GM Christiansen
• The Luzhin Defense
• Shirov: My Best Games in the Spanish
• Paulsen-Morphy, New York 1857
• Endgames for Experts
• Reykjavik Open 2008
• 4NCL British Team Chess League
• Interview with Judit Polgar
• The Knockout Nimzo
• Interview with Fabiano Caruana
• Interview with Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
• Dückstein - Petrosian, 1962, Part One
• Dückstein - Petrosian, 1962, Part Two
• Dückstein - Petrosian, 1962, Part Three
• Dückstein - Petrosian, 1962, Part Four
• Vallejo Pons at the Bundesliga
• Blindfold Endgame: Carlsen-Topalov
• Daniel King: Power Play
• Fischer visits the Philippines, 1967
• Fischer visits the Philippines, 1973
• Interview with Peter Leko
• Bishop and Knight Mate, Part One
• Bishop and Knight Mate, Part Two
• Bishop and Knight Mate, Part Three
• Bishop and Knight Mate, Part Four
• Bishop and Knight Mate, Part Five
• Bishop and Knight Mate, Part Six
• Norwood-Marsh, 1992
• Chess Exercises 1, Piece Mobility
• Chess at Café Commercial
• Interview with Alfonso Romero
• Vladimir Kramnik: My Path to the Top
• Bobby Fischer: Anything to Win, Part One
• Bobby Fischer: Anything to Win, Part Two
• Bobby Fischer: Anything to Win, Part Three
• Bobby Fischer: Anything to Win, Part Four
• Bobby Fischer: Anything to Win, Part Five
• Betty Boop: Chess Nuts (1932)

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