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FIDE CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT

In order to promote the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament, Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura's press team were interested in expressing the competitive nature of chess and its history. After meeting with Jaron Saturnino, who manages the GMHikaru social channels, we collaborated together to devise an epic battle between the contestants.

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Background and character bodies licensed from ShutterStock.

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Chess assets licensed from TurboSquid.

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Client: Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura

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Software: Maxon Cinema 4D, Redshift, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere

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3D Animation (texturing, animation, lighting): Alexander Prestrelski​

 

Direction, Video Editing: Jaron Saturnino

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