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Carlsen and the Candidates - a retrospective

Carlsen and the Candidates – a retrospective

By mishanp on November 7, 2010

Although Magnus Carlsen’s decision to pull out of next year’s Candidates Matches came as a great shock, perhaps we should have seen it coming. It’s worth revisiting this summer’s press, where Veselin Topalov was making the headlines, but Carlsen’s name kept cropping up.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Azmaiparashvili, Candidates Matches, Carlsen, Danailov, Fischer, Sutovsky, Topalov, Vasiliev | 15 Responses

Gelfand and Kramnik in Moscow | photo: chess-news.ru

Kramnik: I don’t have Kasparov’s approach – first place or nothing

By mishanp on November 6, 2010

Vladimir Kramnik, who had a very bad day at the office in the Tal Memorial first round, was in better form in the interview he gave to Evgeny Surov before it began. His comments on ratings and the World Championship take on extra significance after Carlsen’s shock withdrawal.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Candidates Matches, Carlsen, Kasparov, Kramnik, Olympiad, Surov, Tal Memorial | 1 Response

Kramnik: "99% of the chess world was rooting for Anand"

Kramnik: “99% of the chess world was rooting for Anand”

By mishanp on September 20, 2010

With chess about to start in Khanty-Mansiysk, Vladimir Kramnik gave an interview to Yury Vasiliev of  Sport Express. As well as expressing his hopes for the Russian team in the Olympiad he talks about how he helped Anand in Sofia, the glass cube in Bilbao, and gives a damning assessment of Topalov and Danailov’s recent comments about the Candidate Matches. 

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Bilbao, Candidates Matches, Carlsen, cube, Danailov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Malakhov, Shanghai, Topalov, Vasiliev, WC 2010 | 11 Responses

Kamsky wins in Mainz | photo: Christian Bossert

Kamsky on the Candidates Matches

By mishanp on August 21, 2010

Gata Kamsky, in Azerbaijan for the Baku Open which starts on Sunday, gave an interview to T. Tushiev for extratime.az. The conversation inevitably centred around the uncertainty over the Candidates Matches, with Kamsky coming out against any last-minute changes to the line-up.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Baku Open, Candidates Matches, FIDE elections, Ilyumzhinov, Kamsky, Karpov, Olympiad, Topalov | Leave a response

Silvio Danailov, taken from http://danailov-for-president.com/

“The Russian player we played a match against in 2006 in Elista doesn’t exist for us!”

By mishanp on July 29, 2010

Yury Vasiliev of Sport Express broke the news yesterday that Veselin Topalov would, after all, be willing to play Candidates Matches in Russia. Today, in the full version of the interview, Silvio Danailov goes into much greater detail on his feelings towards Kramnik, his disapproval of FIDE’s conduct during the match in Sofia, and the upcoming matches and Olympiad.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Berbatov, Candidates Matches, Carlsen, Danailov, ECU election, Elista, Kasparov, Kramnik, Makropoulos, Mamedyarov, Olympiad, Sport Express, Sutovsky, Topalov, Vasiliev, WC 2010 | 11 Responses

Kazan, Russia

Candidates Matches once more in turmoil

By mishanp on July 24, 2010

In a bolt from the blue, the Kommersant newspaper reports that the Russian Chess Federation is lobbying to have the 2011 Candidates Matches switched from Baku, in Azerbaijan, to Kazan, in Russia. Veselin Topalov has joined the fray by refusing to play in Russia.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Armenia, Aronian, Azerbaijan, Baku, Candidates Matches, Dvorkovich, Extra Time, Ilyumzhinov, Kazan, Kommersant, Kosteniuk, Mair Mamedov, RCF, Selivanov, Sutovsky, Topalov, UEP | 5 Responses

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