7 April 2016

An Hour-Long Show Dedicated To Chess Aired On Match TV

Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Zhukov, Vladimir Potkin, and Sergey Shipov were invited.

Sports TV hosts Dmitry Guberniev and Elmira Mirzoeva invited them to their show on Match TV. They recalled the key moments of Sergey Karjakin's tournament progress, and discussed expenses of preparation for the World Championship match with Magnus Carlsen. They also aired interviews with 14th World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, one of the world's strongest players Alexander Grischuk, and other chess professionals. 

Sergey Karjakin and Alexander Zhukov also played a friendly blitz games, commented live by Sergey Shipov.