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DGT and UEP in Interactive Chess TV

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

01 Signing the Declaration of Intent
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.

02 Handshake in Wijk aan Zee
Another important handshake in Wijk aan Zee

03 Handshaking all together
Shaking hands all together

04 Albert Vasse
Albert Vasse (DGT)

05 Josef Resch
Josef Resch (UEP)
President and founder of Universal Event Promotion

06 Stefan Koth
Stefan Koth (UEP) Chief Executive Officer

07 Carsten Hensel
Carsten Hensel

09 Touching glasses
Touching glasses.
Drinking a Straffe Hendrik to celebrate the deal.

10 Josef Resch and Albert Vasse
Josef Resch and Albert Vasse


Calendar
13.01.12-29.01.12
Tata Steel Chess
(Wijk aan Zee)


24.01.12-02.02.12
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012

28.01.12-05.02.12
Moscow Open

31.01.31
Schaaksimultaan Karjakin, Giri & Tiviakov, Den Haag

04.02.12-05.02.12
Schachbundesliga R8+9

06.02.12-17.02.12
Aeroflot Open 2012
Moscow


16.02.12-19.02.12
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Jurmala (Latvia)


17.02.12-19.02.12
Bunratty Chess Festival, Ireland

17.02.12-19.02.12
Daniël Noteboom Weekend Tournament, Leiden (Netherlands)

17.02.12-22.02.12
ACP Women Cup 2012
Tbilisi (Georgia)


18.02.12-19.02.12
Västgöta Open
Skara (Sweden)


03.03.12
Open Dutch Blitzchess Championship, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

03.03.12-10.03.12
Cappelle-la-Grande 2012

06.03.12-13.03.12
Reykjavik Open 2012

19.03.12-01.04.12
European Individual Chess Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

04.04.12-08.04.12
Philadelphia Open
Pennsylvania (US)


06.04.12-08.04.12
OGD Prinsenstad Weekend Tournament
Delft (Netherlands)


07.06.12-10.06.12
Rheinland-Pfalz-Open, Germany

04.07.12-08.07.12
40th World Open, Pennsylvania (US)

14.07.12-22.07.12
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament (Netherlands)

11.01.13-27.01.13
Tata Steel Chess 2013
(Wijk aan Zee)


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