Victory has a thousand... journalists
After becoming the World School Chess Champion, Naomi has turned into a media star of sorts. Oh, the burden of fame!
On December 30, 2016, the KING 5 News with Lili Tan interviewed Naomi and her coach GM Greg Serper for the TV, just an hour and a half after we landed home from the NAO in Las Vegas.
That interview resulted in a January 3, 2017 KING 5 News TV segment, in three forms here:
- Live news TV broadcast screen video capture 7:18 PM (with different TV anchors and wording)
- KING 5 website video and story: Bellevue teen chess champ to compete in Seattle this weekend
And here's the written press, led by Erik Lacitis' masterpiece in The Seattle Times, a gripping triumph of high-end journalism:
"You keep crushing the opponent, and squeezing them"
Stabilized video of Naomi getting first place award (starts at 37s, then runs for 30s): youtu.be/InYOIUricVo?t=37
Our Chess Travel blog post: ChessTravel.blogspot.com/2016/11/world-school-chess-championship.html
Last month it exceeded 10K page views per month (and 50K at all time), as Naomi became world champion.
Which pales in comparison to the popularity of our coach GM Serper chess blog: Chess.com/member/Gserper
Happy New Year everybody!
