VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DIVING CHESS CAPE TOWN 2025 CHAMPIONSHIP FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (DECEMBER 4, 2025) (FREESTYLE CHESS – For editorial use only. Must courtesy "Freestyle Chess". No resales. No commercial use. No monetisation) 1. VIEW OF HOTEL 2. VARIOUS OF CONTESTANTS PREPARING AT SIDE OF POOL 3. CONTESTANTS IN POOL 4. SPECTATORS 5. START OF CONTEST 6. VARIOUS OF CONTEST 7. VARIOUS OF HANS NIEMANN WITH GOLD MEDAL 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HANS NIEMANN SAYING: "I think I realised that I actually could spend more time underwater, like I was really at some moments just taking my time because I could hold my breath; I felt comfortable. Also putting pressure on my opponents, moving quickly, anticipating their moves, looking down so I could immediately make their move. So I just put some pressure, played well, and everything went swimmingly." 9. BOARD GETTING DROPPED INTO POOL 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HANS NIEMANN SAYING: "I think that considering how shallow the pool is, if it was perhaps deeper, there'd be more of a physical element that could imbalance. Not as strong, because I feel in this format, let's say a chess diving professional who's not a top grandmaster, it would be quite easy because it's not sort of physically strenuous enough, but maybe with a clock, but I don't know; it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed it." 11. CHESS BOARD AND PIECES IN POOL STORY: TO FOLLOW
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