Skyfall – the TLC Trio's chess video

TLC Trio is made up of the colorful violins of Lauren and Connor Madsen and the lively piano of Tessa Young. Quickly capturing local attention at Salt Lake City Library’s 2010 Teen Concert Series, TLC is a unique blend of traditional sound and twenty-first century rhythm. In addition to Broadway show tunes and familiar classical music, they play well known contemporary hits by artists such as the Beatles, Elvis, U2, Journey, Duran Duran, Queen, INXS, and The Eurythmics, to name a few. When these songs are played by a piano violin trio, the juxtaposition of classical instrumentation playing contemporary music is unforgettable.

TLC Trio - Skyfall

Here's the new chess video by TLC. Do not give up on it after the first minute or so – you will regret having missed some unique bits that show you what captures in chess are all about. Thank you guys for this wonderfully inspirational staging of a famous game – which we can follow on the Javascript board below.

This is what the group writes about Skyfall:

Our co-star is International Master Kayden Troff. He is the current Under 14 World Champion, the #1 player in America for his age, and the youngest International Master in America. While filming the video, Kayden was invited to compete in the 2013 US Chess Championship. It is the most prestigious chess event in the United States, and features 24 of the country's strongest competitors. Kayden is mentored by World Champion Garry Kasparov, who is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time.

The human chess game seen in the video was modeled after a famous chess game played by Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov in 1999. It has come to be known as Kasparov's Immortal.

Not every move in the human chess game can be shown in the video. But on set we went through each step, move for move, matching exactly the game as played by Kasparov and Topalov, except for the final move where we show the white queen capturing the black king.

We took license here as it seemed more appropriate to show the queen "killing" the king rather than having the king simply resign. We thought it was pretty cool to model our human chess game after a game played by World Champion Garry Kasparaov, who is also Kayden's mentor.

The white queen is played by Shelby Smith, who is known for her roles in several full length motion pictures. She is also involved with Idaho based Improv Underground. Filmed & Edited by Brian Wesley Productions. For more information visit the home page of the TLC Trio or like us on Facebook.

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