Danish television is present during the SIS-MH Masters in Middelfart on the Danish island of Funen April 5-6. NIIT Brand Ambassador Viswanathan Anand, world champion 2000-01, will be challenged by the GMs Peter Heine Nielsen and Curt Hansen of Denmark together with GM Jonny Hector, Sweden in a double round robin event with rapid games.

The winner will receive a beautiful trophy donated by the town of Middelfart whose mayor, Steen Dahlberg, will present it himself on the evening of Sunday April 6. The event will be played during the hours 13.00 - 19.00 on both days. Arbiter will be IA Martin Noer.

In a VIP simultaneous display Friday April 4 Anand will meet with celebrities from the Danish society, headed by former foreign minister Niels Helveg Petersen who is a chess player of considerable strength; the internationally famous violin virtuosa  Kim Sjøgren, the political commentator Peter Lautrup Larsen, at the same time a master of chess, etc.

The Danish television station DR2 will make a program of 30 minutes from the three days to be included in a program with chess as the theme on April 14. The last of  several chess related programs will be the movie “Searching for Bobby Fischer”.

The event is organized by the Union in Support of Danish Chess to celebrate that it has now existed for 40 years. At the same time the Danish Chess Union celebrates its 100th anniversary and is one of the main sponsors of the event.

Live coverage of the games and further information at:
http://www.sis-mh-masters.dk