I decided to spend a day or two there. It was truly wonderful. Here are the pics and videos.
Video 1
I took a taxi to go to Samarkand, which took about 5 and a half hours, We stopped off a few times. Heres one clip.
Video 2
Taxis werent allowed to take you right up to the venue so some shuttle bus/golf cart thing did instead.
Video 3
Requiring a wristband.
Video 4
The Thai Chess Team
Video 5
The hall that felt like home. It was a hive of activity.
Video 6
This I found fascinating.
Video 7
The Thai Chess team just before round 10 starts. There’s more robot fun also.
Video 8
This I enjoyed seeing.
Video 9
Round 10. Long video which shows many of the world’s best players after about 3 mins 20 secs.
Video 10
The Kuwait team. I played much chess there.
Video 11
You can see many top players in this video. Interesting viewing. That”s GM Rapport and GM Leko in the thumbnail there.
Video 12
Yet more top players here, especially from the India team.
Video 13
I am having a nice time.
Video 14
I spent nearly 7 hours walking around that day and got tired a few times. So in this video I am sitting down and recovering.
Video 15
GM Peter Svidler in the distance. I didn’t want to disturb him.
Video 16
Autograph time for the kids and a little wander around.
Video 17
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and much security.
Video 18
On the shuttle bus after much walking around.
Video 19
A walk around Samarkand before play began on the final day.
Video 20
He was very polite to me when I asked for a picture.
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