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August 2013 (1)
- 04: Kramnik: “Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure” (4)
May 2012 (2)
- 28: Vladimir Kramnik on the climax of the Anand-Gelfand match (4)
- 10: Anand’s WhyChess interview (3)
March 2012 (1)
- 16: The rise and rise of Mateusz Bartel (3)
February 2012 (4)
- 25: Anish Giri: The one who got away (3)
- 20: Ilyumzhinov on the London Candidates and Grand Prix (3)
- 19: Averbakh: “History is written by the victors” (8)
- 04: Ivanchuk: “I could have become a writer” (4)
January 2012 (2)
- 31: Karpov, Kramnik and Kasparov on Spassky (15)
- 30: Spassky: “I knew the openings badly” (6)
December 2011 (2)
- 26: Kramnik: Tseshkovsky “loved chess too much” (0)
- 16: Magnus Carlsen: Not a child of the computer era (0)
November 2011 (1)
- 21: Your questions for GM Judit Polgar (42)
October 2011 (1)
- 07: Svidler: “I’m not prepared to become someone else” (0)
September 2011 (8)
- 28: Grischuk on the World Cup (0)
- 21: Svidler on his path to the World Cup (0)
- 19: World Cup Finals, Day 4: Svidler claims the Cup (0)
- 18: World Cup Finals, Day 3: The show goes on (0)
- 17: World Cup Finals, Day 2: Ivanchuk strikes (0)
- 16: World Cup Finals, Day 1: Svidler lands the first blow (0)
- 14: World Cup Semis, Day 3: Grischuk wins thriller (0)
- 13: World Cup Semis, Day 2: Svidler! (0)
August 2011 (5)
- 28: Leko explains his break from chess (17)
- 28: Svidler: “The circus is travelling to Khanty” (46)
- 28: Morozevich demonstrates his win against Svidler (2)
- 16: Svidler demonstrates his win against Timofeev (3)
- 13: Morozevich and Grischuk demonstrate their wins (5)
July 2011 (2)
- 13: Evgeny Bareev: “A lot of people live in China” (14)
- 04: Karjakin reflects on moving up in the world (10)
June 2011 (10)
- 30: Morozevich: “The Higher League wasn’t in my plans” (5)
- 28: Moscow bids for Anand-Gelfand match (updated) (20)
- 25: Morozevich’s commentary on a trademark win (2)
- 23: FIDE, and new website, to change the face of chess? (9)
- 18: Ilya Levitov: “For me, classical chess is opera” (7)
- 17: It’s the end of classical chess as we know it (and I feel fine) (9)
- 15: “Who plays better, Ivanchuk in good form or Carlsen?” (20)
- 13: Ilyumzhinov: Gaddafi “an amateur who knows how the pieces move” (10)
- 12: Ilyumzhinov plays chess with Gaddafi (1)
- 09: GM Levon Aronian answers your questions: Part I (18)
May 2011 (10)
- 31: Boris Gelfand: A completely happy man (13)
- 28: Grischuk: I was worried I’d forgotten how to play chess (1)
- 26: Gelfand and Grischuk’s final press conference (3)
- 22: God created man, but the Queen’s Gambit made them equal (6)
- 22: Gata Kamsky: I can’t play like Grischuk and Kramnik (9)
- 17: Gelfand and Grischuk’s press conference (8)
- 13: Kramnik: I thought of banning castling before the 10th move (26)
- 12: Grischuk and Aronian’s views on their match (4)
- 10: Kramnik and Radjabov’s post-match press conference (20)
- 01: Chess in Krakow (4)
April 2011 (6)
- 29: Vassily Ivanchuk (2): “Flawed games are the most beautiful” (7)
- 27: Vassily Ivanchuk: “I’m a very ambitious person” (2)
- 12: Judit Polgar: “I love chess” (7)
- 08: Vladimir Potkin on chess coaching and cheating (0)
- 04: Blondes have more fun (4)
- 01: Blondes versus brunettes (1)
March 2011 (5)
- 24: Anti-hero? Evgeny Vasiukov on Viktor Korchnoi (41)
- 22: “I don’t consider chess a game. It’s theatre.” (0)
- 16: GM Ruslan Ponomariov answers your questions: Part II (1)
- 13: Farcical end to strong women’s event (7)
- 02: Le Quang Liem and the Soviet School of Chess (7)
February 2011 (7)
- 25: Can you match Garry Kasparov? (9)
- 22: GM Ruslan Ponomariov answers your questions: Part I (3)
- 17: Danailov: “Chess should either change, or die” (5)
- 15: Mark Taimanov at 85 (5)
- 10: Levitov on the collapse of the London match (3)
- 05: Vassily Ivanchuk: I can still become World Champion (14)
- 02: Birth of a Supernova: Vasiliev reports from Wijk aan Zee (6)
January 2011 (7)
- 28: Your questions for GM Levon Aronian (46)
- 20: Banking on Kasparov (1)
- 14: Remembering Smyslov (8)
- 11: Gashimov: “I’ve got a will to win” (1)
- 09: Kasparov’s verdict on Carlsen’s withdrawal (13)
- 07: Radjabov decides not to tilt at FIDE windmills (8)
- 05: GM Peter Svidler answers your questions: Part II (0)
December 2010 (4)
- 31: Vladimir Kramnik on 2010 (8)
- 24: Nepomniachtchi back in the race (1)
- 06: Your questions for GM Ruslan Ponomariov (19)
- 02: GM Peter Svidler answers your questions: Part I (7)
November 2010 (12)
- 26: Bits and Pieces #1 (3)
- 20: Radjabov to challenge Grischuk’s place? (3)
- 18: Aronian: I’ve never considered myself a strong blitz player (5)
- 16: Kramnik and the robot (5)
- 13: Mikhail Tal and contemporary chess (10)
- 10: Kramnik on Nakamura, blitz and Carlsen (0)
- 08: Ilya Odessky returns in style (5)
- 07: Carlsen and the Candidates – a retrospective (15)
- 06: Kramnik: I don’t have Kasparov’s approach – first place or nothing (1)
- 05: Aronian interview at new Russian chess site (0)
- 03: Your questions for GM Peter Svidler (32)
- 02: Shirov interviewed at Crestbook (0)
October 2010 (7)
- 30: Ilya Odessky’s family threatened by criminals (6)
- 24: Grischuk interviewed at Crestbook (2)
- 20: Kramnik: For now Magnus is my “client” (6)
- 19: Ivanchuk: “People look at some of us as eccentrics” (3)
- 08: Update on the Gashimov saga (9)
- 06: “Chess punished the whole team” – Russian views on the Chess Olympiad (21)
- 01: Svidler on Rd 9: “As I don’t know the Grünfeld Defence…” (3)
September 2010 (15)
- 30: “Fortune beckoned… then melted into thin air” (1)
- 29: Russia beats Russia (0)
- 28: Bareev: “Today Ian played like a genius!” (0)
- 27: Bareev takes the blame for defeat (updated) (0)
- 25: Russia-USA in the Russian press (9)
- 24: “It’s genuine class” – Bareev on Grischuk’s Houdini act (6)
- 24: “If it comes to an endgame the trainers need Validol” (1)
- 22: “Svidler is Svidler” – Bareev on the Russian team’s start (0)
- 20: Kramnik: “99% of the chess world was rooting for Anand” (11)
- 16: Ponomariov: “Since becoming World Champion I haven’t worn that lucky sweater once” *FAKE* (7)
- 13: “Kirsan released into space” (2)
- 09: Gashimov left out of Azerbaijan team for Olympiad (6)
- 08: Karpov hits back (2)
- 05: Vladimir Malakhov: chess player, nuclear physicist (6)
- 02: The great Anand’s little ideas – part III (3)
August 2010 (10)
- 30: The great Anand’s little ideas – part II (4)
- 24: Voices from Kalmykia (2)
- 21: Kamsky on the Candidates Matches (0)
- 20: Interviews from the World Junior Championship (0)
- 18: The forgotten recollections of Chigorin’s daughter (4)
- 17: Khalifman: “Anand’s a genius. He emanates light” (4)
- 11: The great Anand’s little ideas – part I (10)
- 07: Karpov proposes holding Candidates Matches in Kiev (7)
- 06: “One of those things that distinguish us from the Neanderthals” (1)
- 04: Making a drama out of a crisis (8)
July 2010 (7)
- 31: The Polish Chess Federation responds (2)
- 29: “The Russian player we played a match against in 2006 in Elista doesn’t exist for us!” (11)
- 28: Wojtaszek on being Anand’s second (18)
- 24: Candidates Matches once more in turmoil (5)
- 11: Ilyumzhinov: Chuck Norris owes me a bottle of whisky (3)
- 07: Karpov and the stolen manuscript (0)
- 05: Kramnik on competing with Carlsen (9)
June 2010 (6)
- 30: Kramnik: “Kasparov took that sporting defeat as a declaration of war” (4)
- 26: Topalov, Didier Drogba and romanticism in chess (3)
- 25: Women’s Chess Champion Kosteniuk wishes Kramnik a happy birthday (0)
- 23: Analysing by the riverside with Bobby Fischer (3)
- 20: Gelfand at Crestbook Part II (5)
- 12: Welcome! (5)
May 2010 (4)
- 19: Classical Anand, Romantic Topalov (4)
- 16: Aronian: I won’t travel to Baku (0)
- 13: Chronicle of a suicide (1)
- 06: Gelfand at Crestbook Part I (0)
April 2010 (3)
- 17: Topalov on Kramnik and the Russians (0)
- 17: Topalov: “if someone’s looking to create a provocation they’ll always find something” (0)
- 06: “The weak-willed don’t become top chess players” (0)
March 2010 (5)
- 30: Karpov on the Pozner show (0)
- 23: Spassky: “I liked that the rook moved in straight lines and ate everything.” (0)
- 20: Kasparov on ending his work with Carlsen (0)
- 12: Gashimov at Crestbook (0)
- 01: Chesspro game-of-the-month scandal? :) (0)
February 2010 (6)
- 27: Final interviews from Linares (0)
- 21: Online game commentary ends on cosmic note (0)
- 21: “Topalov won the game in the best traditions of Bareev’s favourite chess player” (0)
- 17: Aronian and the Benoni (1)
- 13: Shirov on missing his chance to win Wijk (0)
- 03: Kramnik on his Wijk performance (0)
January 2010 (4)
- 29: Kramnik on beating Carlsen at Wijk (0)
- 21: “Kramnik wasn’t prepared in the opening” (0)
- 18: Shirov on a roll at Wijk (0)
- 13: Karjakin on Nakamura (Crestbook interview) (0)
December 2009 (9)
- 22: Gelfand on computers and FIDE (0)
- 21: Nuclear physics on the side (0)
- 16: Kramnik: “If Topalov becomes champion it will be a disaster for chess” (1)
- 09: The unplayed 32…Kf8!! in Carlsen-Kramnik (0)
- 05: Rauf Mamedov on the Chinese School (0)
- 05: Aronian’s chess idols (0)
- 04: Bareev and the shoe thrower (0)
- 03: Highlights from extratime.az’s World Cup coverage (0)
- 03: Karjakin on his rivalry with Carlsen (0)
November 2009 (6)
- 16: Kramnik on blitz (0)
- 12: Kramnik: “One of the toughest games of my whole life” (0)
- 10: Aronian on draws and… “I’m like an animal” (0)
- 09: “Chess isn’t something squalid, chess is very cool” (0)
- 07: “Magnus’ trainer had clearly not done enough work” (0)
- 05: Svidler on Kramnik’s opening preparation, and Shirov’s top 5 (0)
September 2009 (1)
- 17: Kramnik on the liberation of losing the crown (0)
August 2009 (1)
- 15: Karpov on the World Champions (5)
April 2009 (1)
- 27: Ivanchuk on chess genius (1)

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