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View from above
Jeroen van den Berg played at the board of Fred Teeven, member of the "Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie" (VVD), and former Minister for Justice.
Jeroen van den Berg, the organizer of the
Tata Steel Chess Festival in Wijk aan Zee
Teeven had to leave the board after a couple of moves, Jeroen van den Berg jumped in and inflicted a loss on the World Champion.
The battle begins. Fred Teeven (fourth from the right) is still at the board.
In an interview with the Dutch TV station NOS Carlsen afterwards commented the simul and his loss in light-hearted fashion:
"It was tough. Many strong opponents and I had to resort to tricks. I lost to Jeroen van den Berg. ... I played him for the first time in a simul in 2004. Then it was a draw. Now I lost, so, apparently not everything about my play has changed to the better.
But better [to lose in a simul] than in the tournament."
When asked how he would prepare for such a day and event, Carlsen replied with a smile: "I prepared by playing chess all my life."
