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ChessVista.com is the website of chess photographer Frits Agterdenbos. The site provides the international chess community with high quality chess photos and chess news of chess players from international chess events. There will be visual reports and an album with chess photo collections showing all the visual aspects of the chess world.30.01.2008 While Anand and Kramnik were playing their last serious game (Corus Chess 2008, round 13 on Sunday 27 January) before the World Chess Championship Match to be held in October 2008 in Bonn, DGT (Digital Game Technology) and UEP (Universal Event Promotion) have signed a declaration of intent to develop Interactive Chess TV. The signing and the celebration took place in Café De Moriaan, fifty meters from the Anand vs Kramnik fight, in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). The expected amount to invest is ranging from 250 thousand to 300 thousand euro. It is a first next step in bringing chess to the people. ‘We expect to attract a new group of chess public’. DGT and UEP want to broadcast the World Chess Championship Match via Interactive Chess TV. ‘We need a 5000+ audience who on Pay per View basis will be witness of this chess event’. Report by Frits Agterdenbos. With Interactive Chess TV the public can simultaneously follow the game on the board, walk through the moves, and access video streams of the players from several angles at the same time. At the same time the comment of a Grandmaster can be heard. DGT stands for Digital Game Technology. The company was founded in 1992 and is producer of digital chess clocks and electronic chess boards which are sold all over the world. DGT website: www.dgtprojects.com UEP stands for Universal Event Promotion. The agency, which was founded in 2005 in Dortmund (Germany), organizes events world-wide. UEP aims at perfection doing all tasks including conception, planning, organization, realization and public relations. UEP will stage the World Chess Championship 2008. UEP website: www.uep-worldchess.com Signing the Declaration of Intent. From left to right: Claudiu Tanasescu, Stefan Koth, Josef Resch, Albert Vasse and Carsten Hensel. Claudiu Tanasescu joined the meeting but is not one of the official parties involved in the deal. Another important handshake in Wijk aan Zee Shaking hands all together Albert Vasse (DGT) Josef Resch (UEP) President and founder of Universal Event Promotion Stefan Koth (UEP) Chief Executive Officer Carsten Hensel Claudiu Tanasescu Touching glasses. Drinking a Straffe Hendrik to celebrate the deal. Josef Resch and Albert Vasse