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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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