Svidler: “I’m not prepared to become someone else”
Peter Svidler has had a stellar last couple of months, winning the Russian Championship, the World Cup and now the…
Grischuk on the World Cup
Shortly after the World Cup was over runner-up Alexander Grischuk gave an interview to Maria Fominykh. He talked about his…
Svidler on his path to the World Cup
After an utterly deserved victory at the World Cup (picking up 20 rating points and moving into the Top 10 in…
World Cup Finals, Day 4: Svidler claims the Cup
After two final draws the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk is over. Peter Svidler ran out a more-than-convincing winner after…
World Cup Finals, Day 3: The show goes on
The third games of the final matches at the World Cup could have been the last if Peter Svidler and…
World Cup Finals, Day 2: Ivanchuk strikes
The second day of the Khanty-Mansisyk final matches couldn’t live up to the first. It had great sporting significance, as…
World Cup Finals, Day 1: Svidler lands the first blow
Any fears of dull chess in the final 4-game matches in Khanty-Mansiysk soon vanished as they got off to an…
World Cup Semis, Day 3: Grischuk wins thriller
On a day of high emotion Alexander Grischuk beat Vassily Ivanchuk to qualify both for the World Cup final and…
World Cup Semis, Day 2: Svidler!
Russian Champion Peter Svidler has reached the World Cup final after beating Ruslan Ponomariov with the black pieces. Although Svidler…
Leko explains his break from chess
One of the stories of the recent World Team Championship in China was the return of Peter Leko after a…