Metropolitan Chess held the 1st Metropolitan International Chess Tournament in Los Angeles, August 17-21. 10 Grandmasters and over 50 titled players comprise the field, making it the strongest tournament in Southern California in over two decades.
This video contains interviews with Organizer Ankit Gupta, GM Michael Adams, GM Loek van Wely and GM Melikset Khachiyan.
Though chess has not found the mainstream popularity of other sports, it still has its passionate following. Many of these chess grandmasters have been around for some time, and it would be very interesting to watch them play high level matches against each other.