By mishanp on August 4, 2013
Vladimir Kramnik has had a wildly uneven 2013, swinging from the highs of the Candidates Tournament and Dortmund to an abject last place at the Tal Memorial. The Alekhine Memorial was merely disappointing, and afterwards he gave a long interview to a popular Russian weekly magazine.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Alekhine Memorial, computers, Fischer, Kasparov, Klitschko, Kramnik, Vodianova | 4 Responses
By mishanp on January 20, 2013
2012 in chess was, yet again, the year of Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian prodigy finally surpassed Garry Kasparov’s highest ever rating, causing Sergey Shipov to remark in his review of 2012 at Crestbook: “He’s Kasparov’s heir – not Kramnik, Topalov or Anand”.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Carlsen, Crestbook, Dubov, Ilyumzhinov, Kasparov, Nakamura, Shipov | 7 Responses
By mishanp on May 28, 2012
Few know more about the tension of the final stages of a World Championship match than ex-World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, so his interview on the eve of Game 12 shouldn’t be missed. He gives his impressions of the match so far and talks about what we can expect from the final game and possible tiebreak.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Gelfand, Kramnik, Sport Express, Vasiliev, World Championship 2012 | 4 Responses
By mishanp on May 27, 2012
Future generations are unlikely to marvel at the draw in the penultimate game of the 2012 World Championship match, but if they come across Sergey Shipov’s live commentary they’d at least grasp the psychological drama. The World Champion’s opening surprise plunged Boris Gelfand into a 35-minute think that had his supporters worrying he’d cracked under the pressure.
Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Anand, Crestbook, Gelfand, live commentary, Shipov, World Championship 2012 | 3 Responses
By mishanp on May 22, 2012
When Shipov remarked in his introduction to Game 8 that there might be “negative side-effects” for Boris Gelfand after his win the day before it was hard to imagine things would go quite so spectacularly wrong. Instead of consolidating his lead he almost forced Viswanathan Anand to win perhaps the quickest miniature in World Championship match history.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Crestbook, Gelfand, live commentary, Shipov, World Championship 2012 | 13 Responses
By mishanp on May 18, 2012
While commentating on Game 2 of the Aronian-Kramnik match Shipov wrote: “I’m at home in Moscow in the company of 2 cats and 3 computers. I consult them constantly when studying a position, but I don’t trust any of them”. Evgeny Potemkin’s videos filmed during Game 2 of the World Championship match reveal those weren’t empty words.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Crestbook, Gelfand, Kasparov, live commentary, Potemkin, Shipov, World Championship 2012 | 5 Responses
By mishanp on May 12, 2012
World-renowned commentator Sergey Shipov is providing live commentary on the World Championship match in Moscow between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand. The Russian originals at Crestbook will be translated into English here at Chess in Translation, and by Dana Mackenzie at his blog.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Crestbook, Gelfand, live commentary, Shipov, World Championship 2012 | 12 Responses
By mishanp on May 10, 2012
After last year’s Tal Memorial, where Viswanathan Anand drew all nine games, he gave a long and fascinating interview to Vlad Tkachiev. Topics included the champion’s current form and the upcoming match against Boris Gelfand. On the eve of that match I’m resposting the interview here as it’s currently unavailable at WhyChess.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Carlsen, Gelfand, Kasparov, Kramnik, Tkachiev, WhyChess | 3 Responses
By mishanp on April 20, 2012
After a long break I’m again going to be translating live commentary by GM Sergey Shipov. He’s covering the eagerly anticipated 6-game match in Zurich between Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian, and you’ll be able to find my live translation at ChessVibes.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Aronian-Kramnik match, ChessVibes, Kramnik, Shipov | 26 Responses
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Sergey Shipov to commentate on the rapid tie-breaks
By mishanp on May 30, 2012
After the Anand – Gelfand match ended in a 6:6 tie the World Championship will now be decided in today’s tie-breaks. Shipov will attempt to cover the four rapid games live at Crestbook in his usual text format, and you can follow a real-time translation into English here at Chess in Translation.
Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Anand, Crestbook, Gelfand, Shipov, World Championship 2012 | 17 Responses