5/26/2013 – They represent a unique blend of traditional sound and twenty-first century rhythm, playing songs by the Beatles, Lady Gaga and Elvis with classical instrumentation. The TLC Trio's latest video features a live chess game – Kasparov vs Topalov, Wijk 1999 – that plays out, move for move, to Adele's "Skyfall." A U14 World Champion, protégé of Kasparov, costars. Chess like you have never seen it.
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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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