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Vladimir Kramnik | photo: Sergey Tyagin, Itogi Game 11 drew some impressive kibitzers: here Max Dlugy, Mark Glukhovsky, Vladimir Kramnik, Dmitry Jakovenko and Peter Svidler | photo: Anastasia Karlovich Anand's WhyChess interview The rise and rise of Mateusz Bartel Giri at Tata Steel 2012 | photo: Fred Lucas Ilyumzhinov | photo: Chess Moscow Averbakh: "History is written by the victors" Ivanchuk: "I could have become a writer" Karpov, Kramnik and Kasparov on Spassky Spassky: "I knew the openings badly" Kramnik: Tseshkovsky “loved chess too much” Magnus Carlsen: Not a child of the computer era Your questions for GM Judit Polgar Svidler: "I'm not prepared to become someone else" Grischuk on the World Cup Svidler on his path to the World Cup World Cup Finals, Day 4: Svidler claims the Cup World Cup Finals, Day 3: The show goes on World Cup Finals, Day 2: Ivanchuk strikes World Cup Finals, Day 1: Svidler lands the first blow World Cup Semis, Day 3: Grischuk wins thriller World Cup Semis, Day 2: Svidler! Leko explains his break from chess Svidler: "The circus is travelling to Khanty" Morozevich demonstrates his win against Svidler Svidler demonstrates his win against Timofeev Morozevich and Grischuk demonstrate their wins Bareev playing basketball before setting off for China Karjakin interviewed after winning the 2010 ACP Rapid Cup | photo: Boris Bukhman Morozevich: "The Higher League wasn’t in my plans" Moscow bids for Anand-Gelfand match (updated) Morozevich's commentary on a trademark win Makarycheva interviews Tkachiev on NTV during the Golden Blitz tournament in Moscow in 2005 | photo: Misha Savinov, ChessBase Ilya Levitov: "For me, classical chess is opera" It's the end of classical chess as we know it (and I feel fine) Boris Gelfand at Amber this year | photo: Fred Lucas, amberchess20.com Gaddafi makes the first move (with the black pieces) Ilyumzhinov and Gaddafi hug | photo: Reuters/Libya TV Aronian at the last ever Amber | photo: Fred Lucas, amberchess20.com Gelfand was met in the airport by his family | photo: 7kanal.com Alexander Gelfand and his team after winning the Candidates Final | photo: Moscow Chess Federation God created man, but the Queen's Gambit made them equal Gata Kamsky | photo: russiachess.org Eyes down, but happy Kramnik: I thought of banning castling before the 10th move Hall of mirrors - Grischuk and Aronian can't see the audience | photo: russiachess.org Kramnik and Radjabov's post-match press conference Chess in Krakow Ivanchuk at Monaco | photo: Fred Lucas, amberchess20.com Ivanchuk in Monaco this year | photo: Fred Lucas, amberchess20.com Judit Polgar: "I love chess" Vladimir Potkin, European Champion | photo: aixlesbains2011.fr Blondes have more fun Blondes versus brunettes Anti-hero? Evgeny Vasiukov on Viktor Korchnoi "I don't consider chess a game. It's theatre." GM Ruslan Ponomariov answers your questions: Part II The winner, Anna Muzychuk Le Quang Liem | photo: Chess-News.ru Can you match Garry Kasparov? Ponomariov at Tata Steel 2011 | photo: Fred Lucas, www.fredlucas.eu Silvio Danailov | photo: Chessbase Che Guevara observing Taimanov's game at the 1964 Capablanca Memorial in Havana Levitov on the collapse of the London match Ivanchuk at the market in Lviv Hikaru Nakamura giving the winner's speech Who needs autographs, when you can get your own question answered? :) | photo: Fred Lucas, www.fredlucas.eu Banking on Kasparov Vasily Smyslov | photo: Fred Grinburg RIA Novosti Gashimov: "I've got a will to win" Kasparov presents the London trophy to Carlsen | photo: Ray Morris-Hill Silver medal in Moscow | photo: russiachess.org Svidler at the 2010 Russian Championship. Maria Fominykh's caption to this photo: "Whenever Svidler appeared in the press centre he was the centre of attention. People keep saying that chess needs professional commentators. We've found at least one, but for now he plays chess too well." http://chesspro.ru/_events/2010/super_m_fominih2.html | photo: ChessPro Kramnik at the London Chess Classic | photo: Ray Morris-Hill Nepomniachtchi at the drawing of lots | photo: Chess-News.ru Your questions for GM Ruslan Ponomariov Svidler giving the winner's speech at the Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2009 Spassky at the Gibraltar Chess Congress 2009 Grischuk - Radjabov during the Blitz World Championship | photo: Chess-News Maria Fominykh interviews Aronian Kramnik and the robot Mikhail Tal and contemporary chess Maria Fominykh interviews Levon Aronian | photo: Chess-News Odessky (left) talking to Genna Sosonko | photo: Chess-News Carlsen and the Candidates - a retrospective Gelfand and Kramnik in Moscow | photo: chess-news.ru Aronian at the Tal Memorial drawing of lots Svidler plays cricket in Gibraltar | photo: Chessbase Alexei Shirov and his daughter at the Bilbao Masters Final 2010 | © Fred Lucas, from Chessbase report Ilya Odessky with Vugar Gashimov | photo: Chessdom Grischuk interviewed at Crestbook Kramnik: For now Magnus is my "client" Ivanchuk at the Olympiad | photo: russiachess.org Update on the Gashimov saga Silver Medallists | photo: ugra-chess.com Peter Svidler | photo: russiachess.org "Fortune beckoned... then melted into thin air" Sergey Karjakin | photo: ugra-chess.com Russia-2 taking things a little easier | photo: russiachess.org Khalifman and Bareev | photo: russiachess.org Russia-USA in the Russian press "It's genuine class" - Bareev on Grischuk's Houdini act "If it comes to an endgame the trainers need Validol" The Russian team hotel | photo: russiachess.org Kramnik: "99% of the chess world was rooting for Anand" Ponomariov: "Since becoming World Champion I haven’t worn that lucky sweater once" *FAKE* "Kirsan released into space" Gashimov beats Shirov in Spanish League Anatoly Karpov | photo: susanpolgar.blogspot.com Malakhov at the opening of last month's Russia-China match | photo: chessdom.com The great Anand's little ideas - part III Wojtaszek in the Spanish League | photo: www.feda.org Kalmykia monument and steppe | photo: chek-pipinda.livejournal.com Kamsky wins in Mainz | photo: Christian Bossert Interviews from the World Junior Championship The forgotten recollections of Chigorin's daughter Khalifman at the Minsk Open 2010 | photo: openchess.by The great Anand's little ideas - part I Karpov proposes holding Candidates Matches in Kiev "One of those things that distinguish us from the Neanderthals" Making a drama out of a crisis The Polish Chess Federation responds Silvio Danailov, taken from http://danailov-for-president.com/ Wojtaszek on being Anand's second Kazan, Russia Ilyumzhinov: Chuck Norris owes me a bottle of whisky Karpov and the stolen manuscript Kramnik on competing with Carlsen Kramnik: "Kasparov took that sporting defeat as a declaration of war" Didier Drogba Women's Chess Champion Kosteniuk wishes Kramnik a happy birthday Fischer unleashes his "river variation" on Gligorić at the 1958 Interzonal Welcome! Classical Anand, Romantic Topalov Karpov on the Pozner show Spassky played a match with Korchnoi in 2009 White to move and win The unplayed 32...Kf8 Rauf Mamedov on the Chinese School