Prominent guests in the live commentary room

Today rounds 5 and 6 are played and Jesper Bergmark Hall, who is responsible for the live commentary, has managed to get a bunch of real superstars to participate in the broadcast today:

• Ramesh RB. Just the world’s most interesting chess coach. He has lifted India’s young chess players to become the best in the world.

• Judit Polgar. The world’s best female chess player of all time.

• Jon Kristian Haarr. Daily leader in the Norwegian club Offerspill, Magnus Carlsen’s “own” chess club that set a new standard for what a chess club can look like.

• Elisabeth Paehtz. Germany’s strongest female player, multiple European champion, etc.

Here you can find the live broadcast, it starts about 15 minutes after the round starts.

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