ChessBase TV presents: The champions! - Interviews with Gukesh, Arjun, Vidit, Divya, etc.

by Arne Kaehler
9/25/2024 – This is what winners look like. At the end of the Chess Olympiad, Arne Kaehler brought the gold medallists in front of the ChessBase camera: Gukesh, Arjun, Vidit, Harikrishna and Divya shared their thoughts and answered to Arne's tricky questions!

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"I don't think I am a loser"

Many were not sure whether it was more difficult to make the right decisions in their games during the Olympiad or to answer Arne Kaehler's tricky questions...

The gold medallists from India answered Arne's random questions in good spirits!

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Dommaraju Gukesh

His answers immediately provoked a statement from the ever-witty Anish Giri.

Arjun Erigaisi

Indjic 0 - 1 Arjun

Analysis by Albert Silver

Vidit Gujrathi

Pentala Harikrishna

Divya Deshmukh

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Topics: Chess Olympiad 2024
Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.
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