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Mikhail Tal and contemporary chess

Mikhail Tal and contemporary chess

By mishanp on November 13, 2010

Moscow’s Tal Memorial honours Mikhail Tal, the “Magician from Riga”, who blazed a path to win the World Championship half a century ago this year. Recalling those days, and how chess has changed since, has been a theme of Ilya Odessky’s tournament reports.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Botvinnik, computers, Gelfand, Grischuk, Korchnoi, Kramnik, Nijinsky, Nikitin, Odessky, Ponomariov, Shirov, Sosonko, Tal, Tal Memorial 2010, Vaganian | 10 Responses

"Fortune beckoned... then melted into thin air"

“Fortune beckoned… then melted into thin air”

By mishanp on September 30, 2010

Russian Captain Evgeny Bareev comments on the first team failing to beat Ukraine and move into the lead at the World Chess Olympiad. The only (but perhaps sufficient) success story continues to be Sergey Karjakin, who revealed how a little female assistance gave him an easy victory against Pavel Eljanov.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Bareev, Dokhoyan, Efimenko, Eljanov, Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Kramnik, Malakhov, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Olympiad, Ponomariov, Svidler, Tatiana Kosintseva | 1 Response

The Russian team hotel | photo: russiachess.org

“Svidler is Svidler” – Bareev on the Russian team’s start

By mishanp on September 22, 2010

Russian first team captain Evgeny Bareev, not a man to mince his words, gave a refreshingly blunt assessment of the first day’s play at the Olympiad. The Russian press also included some excellent photo reports, with Vladimir Barsky’s description of his “chess flight” particularly memorable.  

Posted in Russian | Tagged Bareev, Barsky, Daly, Grischuk, Karjakin, Lebedev, Malakhov, Nepomniachtchi, Olympiad, Ponomariov, Svidler, Vasiliev | Leave a response

Ponomariov: "Since becoming World Champion I haven’t worn that lucky sweater once" *FAKE*

Ponomariov: “Since becoming World Champion I haven’t worn that lucky sweater once” *FAKE*

By mishanp on September 16, 2010

Fresh from his victory in Dortmund, ex-FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov gave an interview to GM Dmitry Komarov of the Ukrainian Fakty, where he talks about chess and music, the upcoming Olympiad, some of the secrets of his recent success, and a valuable preparation tip from Veselin Topalov.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, computers, Dortmund 2010, Efimenko, Eljanov, Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Karpov, Komarov, Kramnik, Muzychuk, Olympiad, Ponomariov, Rammstein, Strauss, Topalov | 7 Responses

Karpov proposes holding Candidates Matches in Kiev

Karpov proposes holding Candidates Matches in Kiev

By mishanp on August 7, 2010

Anatoly Karpov, former World Chess Champion and candidate for the post of FIDE President, is proposing switching the Candidates Matches from Kazan, Russia, to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Baku, Candidates 2011, FIDE election, Ilyumzhinov, Kapustin, Kazan, Kiev, Mamedyarov, Naberezhnye Chelny, Ponomariov | 7 Responses

“The weak-willed don’t become top chess players”

By mishanp on April 6, 2010

Mark Glukovsky, editor of 64, the Russian equivalent of New in Chess, responded in a controversial but compulsively readable style to the questions of Crestbook readers.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Carlsen, Glukhovsky, Mig, Odessky, Ponomariov, Svidler, WC 2010 | Leave a response

Kramnik: “One of the toughest games of my whole life”

By mishanp on November 12, 2009

The Chesspro report on rounds 5 and 6 of the Tal Memorial in Moscow included Kramnik’s reflections on his hard-fought victory over Ponomariov.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Kramnik, Leko, Ponomariov, Tal Memorial | Leave a response

“Chess isn’t something squalid, chess is very cool”

By mishanp on November 9, 2009

Ilya Odessky’s report included a transcript of Kramnik’s demonstration of his game with Anand, given as proof of the folly of considering draws necessarily boring.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Barski, draws, Fominykh, Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Leko, Odessky, Ponomariov, Sofia Rules, Tal | Leave a response

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